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News•by Staff•February 20, 2020

EKA Offers Omni-TMS for Brokers, 3PLs

EKA Solutions has launched a version of its Omni-TMS for brokers and third-party logistics providers, a SaaS 4PL Omni-TMS solution. This new software-as-a-service platform will help brokers and 3PLs deliver a full complement of outsourced digital transportation management services to customers.

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News•by Staff•February 20, 2020

Volvo, Mack, Announce Driver Display Activation for Remote Programming

A new telematics service being offered by both Volvo and Mack allows drivers to update software and parameters at any time, from anywhere they have cellular service.

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News•by Staff•February 19, 2020

Truck Tonnage Index Pegs Year-Over-Year Increase in January

According to the American Trucking Associations, its advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 0.1% in January after rising 0.5% in December, equaling 117.4 (2015=100) compared with 117.3 in December.

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News•by Staff•February 19, 2020

Omnitracs Releases Artificial Intelligence Fleet Tax-Management System

Tax Manager uses the latest in artificial intelligence from the Omnitracs One platform to provide an “easier and more user-friendly” tax management experience for the trucking industry, the company said.

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News•by Staff•February 19, 2020

ATRI Names Top 100 Truck Bottlenecks

The American Transportation Research Institute has released its annual list of the most clogged bottlenecks for trucks in America.

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News•by Staff•February 18, 2020

Uptake Premiers Real-Time Fleet Maintenance Program

Uptake says its new Dynamic Maintenance uses artificial intelligence to improve fleet operations efficiency with predictive maintenance.

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News•by Jim Beach•February 18, 2020

Why Omnitracs Wants to Move Beyond In-Cab Devices

The company that was the first to put a computer in the cab of a truck is now working to move beyond being a hardware provider, said Omnitracs CEO Ray Greer, kicking off the company’s annual user conference – the need for which was highlighted by an outage last year.

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Articles•by Deborah Lockridge•February 14, 2020

Don’t Use a Cannon to Swat a Mosquito [Commentary]

Entrepreneurship is intertwined with the American Dream. In trucking, drivers may work as an independent contractor as a stepping stone on the path to running a full-fledged trucking company, or they may just prefer the independence of being an owner-operator.

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News•by Staff•February 14, 2020

FTR: Freight Conditions Ticked Upward as 2019 Wound Down

FTR said its Trucking Conditions Index in December was the highest since January 2019 and the first positive reading since 0.28 in July.

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News•by Deborah Lockridge•February 13, 2020

Growth in Truck Freight, Rates to be Slight in 2020: FTR

Barring the unexpected, trucking can generally expect flat to moderate growth in demand and rates in 2020, with most of the growth in the second half of the year.

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