Underperforming vehicles are even more of a drag to a fleet's bottom line than downtime, contends this author. What can you do about it?
The Port of Long Beach said balancing inbound and outbound cargo will boost operational efficiency during the strongest cargo surge in its history.
Heavy Duty Trucking magazine is hosting a free webinar Dec. 19 to discuss emerging technologies, such as autonomous trucks and drone-based delivery systems.
American Trucking Associations has debuted the ATA Affinity Program, its latest initiative to provide value to the trucking industry and its members and announced that UrbanVolt would be its first Affinity Program Partner.
With electricity rate fluctuations of up to 200% daily, its essential for fleets to view their local utilities as partners and engage them before placing an order for the first electric vehicles.
Flying Star Transport integrated its dispatch, in-truck technology and accounting system, while meeting the new ELD mandate and addressing demand for more real-time data. As a result the petroleum-hauling fleet has seen real gains in efficiency.
In Josh Switkes’ view, it's way too premature to write truck platooning off as a dead end technology. And HDT Senior Editor Jack Roberts agrees with that point.
The money thus conserved will pay back a $1,050 to $2,800 investment for necessary equipment in one to two years, it estimates.
Nominations are open until Friday, Aug. 12, for the all-new Fleet Technology Expo awards. which will recognize fleets for their sustainability and efficiency practices.
Fourteen fleets achieved fuel savings of $477 million in 2014 by adopting a variety of fuel efficiency technologies according to an annual study from the NACFE.
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