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With freight improving but costs still climbing, fleet maintenance executives explain how they're balancing price, quality, and supplier relationships.
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Transportation Specialists Insurance Agency has been formed to provide truck insurance for the professional driver. Located in Flying J Travel Plazas, the company will electronically market insurance through the Roadlink kiosk system. Staffed with insurance professionals who have
Read More →Cellport has introduced MobileWeb, a $695 box that connects to a vehicle’s electrical wiring to collect information about its health such as oil level and vehicle location. The box collects the information in HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
Read More →Payne & Associates has released full-fleet operating software as well as internet locator and load tracking software. Visual Dispatch, a Windows 32-bit application controls the entire fleet dispatch operation, performing order entry, equipment/driver assignment, load optimization, routing,
Read More →AT/Comm has introduced the RF Gateway fleet management system. The wireless communications system allows fleets to automatically transmit and receive critical data including trip logs, maintenance and service measurements and engine diagnostics. Features include automatic polling,
Read More →One oil industry writer believes the real threat to oil companies is computer technology that allows workers to telecommute. “The electric car is here and it’s not from Detroit,” said Daniel Yergin, head of Cambridge Energy Research
Read More →A new public-private partnership between the federal government and the cellular phone industry will promote an emergency phone number — similar to 911 — for wireless phone users. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Federal Communications
Read More →Qualcomm Inc. now offers OnTracs state mileage reporting software to determine miles driven by state, truck and fleet. Software combines with OmniTracs satellite positioning and ALK’s PC Miler routing database to determine accurate miles. System features built-in
Read More →Information Software has released ShipperPlus Version 6 for Windows, an update of its logistics package for order consolidation, rating, loadbuilding and analysis. Software features an intuitive graphical user interface that presents shipments, loads, orders and goods on
Read More →Seminar scheduled for July 30 to Aug. 1 in Milwaukee is designed to teach fleet executives, owner-operators, traffic managers and entrepreneurs brokering and transportation negotiation skills. The School of Brokering has been instructing since 1987 and
Read More →Knights Inn has created an Internet site aimed at over-the-road truckers. Located at http://www.knightsinn.com, the site provides real-time, online reservations capabilities for the chain’s 200 facilities in North America. The site — which also offers details
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