Shell Rotella SuperRigs Going Virtual for 2020
The 38th Annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs contest has, as most events this year, gone virtual.
August 5, 2020
The 38th Annual Shell Rotella SuperRigs contest has, as most events this year, gone virtual.
August 5, 2020
Infrastructure investments, including additional truck parking, and the allowance of hair testing by the U.S. DOT were among the items trucking industry lobbyists appealed for, when speaking at the Federal Motor Carrier Administration’s (FMCSA) Truck Safety Summit.
August 5, 2020
According to both ACT Research and FTR, preliminary North American Class 8 net orders jumped to around 20,000 units in July. This 27-28% increase effectively doubled the amount of trucks sold in July 2019.
August 5, 2020
Driver iQ’s SafeCarrier is a new background screening service that leverages its parent company Cisive’s technology and data combined with Driver iQ’s industry knowledge to offer a solution specific to the trucking industry.
August 5, 2020
Thermo King has officially launched a new elite and standardized service model after successfully piloting the program at dealerships in North America and Europe.
August 5, 2020
The leaders of the Federal Highway Administration and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration lauded trucking for its work during COVID-19 and addressed safety issues such as truck parking and advanced driver assistance systems during the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's 2020 Trucking Safety Summit.
August 5, 2020
Hiring the right drivers, supporting them with technology, and keeping them healthy are three winning strategies when it comes to operating a safe fleet. Those were some of the observations from seven panelists participating in two discussions on "What’s Working" at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Truck Safety Summit held Aug. 5.
August 5, 2020
C.H. Robinson recently added new tech enhancements to its self-shipping tool Freightquote to further automate and simplify the shipping process for small business owners.
August 5, 2020
Self-driving truck entrepreneur Anthony Levandowski has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for stealing trade secrets related to autonomous vehicles, in what the judge called “the "biggest trade secret crime I have ever seen."
August 5, 2020
Carrier Transicold’s new high-efficiency Vector HE 19 unit is its first North American transport refrigeration system to use the next-generation refrigerant R-452A exclusively.
August 4, 2020
Drivewyze recently added 12 new locations in Montana and Illinois, expanding the company’s weigh station services in both states with more bypass opportunities: Montana now has 12 sites, Illinois has 17.
August 4, 2020
Since the beginning of 2020, WorkHound has been collecting driver feedback on everything from pay to COVID-19, safety, and logistics.
August 4, 2020
When Rainer Müller-Finkeldei started working on artificial intelligence at Daimler in 1995, few people knew what AI was or had heard of neural networks. Now he’s in the thick of autonomous truck development and more as the new senior vice president of engineering and technology at Daimler Trucks North America.
August 4, 2020
Whip Around is now available on the Geotab Marketplace, providing fleets with electronic driver vehicle inspection reports (eDVIR) and work orders to keep their trucks FMCSA-compliant.
August 4, 2020
The rise of all-electronic tolling across the United States, which has accelerated due to COVID-19 concerns with cash payments and toll booth interactions, has resulted in new challenges for commercial fleets, especially if they are heavy toll facility users with a national footprint.
August 4, 2020