Mobile computing is quickly becoming the platform of choice. Tablets and smartphones are far outselling laptop or desktop computers in the consumer market, and a growing number of trucking operations are deploying these devices.
Mobile computing is quickly becoming the platform of choice. Tablets and smartphones are far outselling laptop or desktop computers in the consumer market, and a growing number of trucking operations are deploying these devices.
Pegasus TransTech Corp. announced that Pilot Flying J and Love’s Travel Stops have extended their exclusive agreements to provide Transflo Express truck stop scanning at all locations in the United States and Canada through Dec. 31, 2030.
Fleetmatics, a global provider of fleet management technology, announced that is is continuing to deliver on its global expansion plans with simultaneous launches into the Australian and Dutch markets. With the expanded operations, FleetMatics says it will provide local fleet-based businesses a new choice in fleet management technology.
For many years, it seemed like no job in the transportation industry was finished until the paperwork was done. Times have changed. Today, any process with paper is synonymous with waste, or better yet, an opportunity for change.
The record adverse winter conditions that hit the US and Canada at the beginning of this month, traveling from the Midwest through the north central states to the East Coast, have taken their toll on manufacturing facilities and automotive shipments during the last couple of weeks.
A number of global ocean carriers, including Japan’s NYK Line and ‘K’ Line, are facing a second round of fines because of non-competitive behaviour in their vehicle shipping business, this time by a Japanese regulator.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s request to hear its case against the federal cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico.
A U.S. District Court in Alabama has dismissed portions of a lawsuit brought against Pilot Flying J by Wright Transportation that alleges the truck stop chain and fuel provider violated the Racketeer
Editor’s Note: In its semiannual regulatory update published in the Federal Register Jan. 7, the Department of Transportation included an entry on the Safety Fitness Determination rule the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been working on in recent years.