ATLANTA — Active safety technologies such as collision mitigation and lane departure warnings have proven effective at preventing crashes, but proper ...

ATLANTA — Gorilla Safety introduced an app designed to improve fleet management at American Trucking Associations' 2019 Technology & Maintenance ...

ATLANTA — The Lion Electric Co. wants to demystify electric commercial vehicles for its customers. “To do an electric truck is not easy. It's very hard work, years ...

Walmart has begun expanding the scope and capabilities of its private fleet, taking over store distribution from dedicated contract carriers at facilities in Maine, ...

ATLANTA — Trimble Transportation has partnered with Decisiv to streamline communications and data sharing between fleet maintenance shops and their ...

Making the best use of your fleet should include considering the role of the maintenance shop. No company wants to continually rely on always having spare ...

SAN DIEGO — Lytx is rolling out an updated suite of video safety and telematics services that company executives said is a response to the evolving ...

Fender benders on the interstates in and around New Orleans are as common as a homemade bowl of jambalaya for lunch. But an accident on Interstate 10 at ...

ATLANTA — The Technology & Maintenance Council's Cab & Control Study Group is asking for input as the trucking industry begins exploring use of sensors, ...

Advancing the Technology & Maintenance Council's efforts to address the trucking industry's technician shortage and enhancing education and training for ...

The importance of mining repair data for information that can help improve the performance of motor carriers' equipment was a continuous message during ...

ATLANTA — Pressure Systems International announced a new tire pressure monitoring system for trucks, tractors and trailers at American Trucking ...

Ethiopian Airlines has followed the Civil Aviation Authority of China in grounding all its Boeing 737 Max 8s in response to Sunday morning's crash of one of the ...

ATLANTA — One truckload fleet averaged more than 75000 miles between roadside breakdowns in the fourth quarter last year, about seven times the vertical ...

ATLANTA — The North American Council for Freight Efficiency has started to accept applications for its second “Run on Less” competition, focusing on the ...

The family that controls Ireland's biggest trucking company is suing their former solicitor and financial adviser, claiming they were defrauded of €7m. The Nolan ...

Despite its importance, performance of the transport and logistics sector in Ukraine is still below par, and the available infrastructure is substandard. Chronic ...

Sales of used Class 8 trucks in January fell compared with a year ago, but the average heavy-duty truck brought 10% more money as customer demand ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The National Transportation Institute (NTI) and Women In Trucking (WIT) are again partnering to facilitate the data collection and analysis ...

Fleets Pull Together Data Points for More Accurate Arrival Times.

Class 8 orders for February trickled in to reach 16,900, down 58% compared with a year earlier, reflecting a backlog already swollen by record demand in 2018, ...

Charging infrastructure has been identified as one of the largest unknowns and sources of anxiety for fleets considering near-term adoption of battery-electric ...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A “manufacturers crisis” in transferring automatic onboard recording device software into electronic logging devices is in the making, ...

The Australian branch of Swedish home furnishings giant Ikea is taking its transport fleet all-electric, with a commitment to have quit internal combustion engines ...

DALLAS — Omnitracs has embarked on a mission to reduce wasted time and inefficiency in trucking by harnessing the latest advances in cloud computing and ...

Japanese company Muji launched world's first all weather autnomus robot bus named Gacha in Helsinki, Finland last week. The first bus will roll out in 2020.

SAN DIEGO — Creative methods for recruiting new hires and recognizing existing drivers' efforts can help commercial fleets keep their vehicles' seats filled, ...

One of the greatest societal changes in the United States over the past decade has been the push to legalize marijuana for both recreational and medical use.

Edison , NJ -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/28/2019 -- Passenger Transport System refers to monitoring the performance of passenger transport fleets and operations.

The terms artificial intelligence and automation pepper discussions about the transportation industry's future, often closely followed by mentions of autonomous ...

Dana Inc. said it became the largest investor in Class 8 electrification company Hyliion Inc., expanding its ability to offer complete diesel-electric hybrid systems ...

Air-crash experts are gathering in Ethiopia to analyze black-box data from a Boeing Co. 737 Max jetliner as controversy over the model's safety intensifies ...

Jack Cooper Transport Company has announced its intention to stop yard management operations and lay off 425 employees at its Louisville, Kentucky ...

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Airbus is unlikely to win any long-term market share due to the Lion Air and Ethiopian 737 MAX tragedies because the penalties are huge for Boeing customers ...

Usher Transport personnel discuss best practices developed in “Spilt Milk: Cleaning a Spill, Responding on the Scene & Aiding an Investigation"

It is easy for fleet management to be pushed lower on the priority list during digital initiatives. While understandable, this is also high-risk. Fortunately, modern ...

Airline operators are temporarily grounding Boeing 737-8s following the fatal crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737-8 on March 10.

ERTICO – ITS Europe explains its goals for “greening the fleet” and how different tools and technologies can contribute as part of a coherent strategy.

The new smart cities of the future are being engineered with Internet of Things (IoT) sensors embedded throughout their core fabric.

After days of mounting pressure, the United States grounded Boeing's 737 Max aircraft on Wednesday, reversing an earlier decision in which American ...

Limo car *service* has been so much in trend. Be it business travel or wedding, hiring a luxurious ride offers ultimate convenience.

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Madeleine Hillyer, US Media Relations ...

There are challenges to address, but connected and autonomous vehicles will revolutionise transport and travel.

A crash that killed 157 people on Sunday was the second incident in recent months involving a Boeing 737 MAX 8. A Lion Air flight using the same model went ...

Fleets Do Their Own Truck Repairs, Open *Service* Bays to Offset Cost.

Air Canada has decided to remove its grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 jets from *service* until at least July 1 in order to provide more certainty for passengers that ...

OSLO (Reuters) - On the outskirts of Oslo, a row of Fiat 500es imported from California stand parked in the snow outside the Buddy Electric dealership, part of a ...

GALESBURG, Mich.— Power management company Eaton says it is contributing several components to truck manufacturers participating in the Department of ...

NESTE OYJ/ADR (OTCMKTS:NTOIY) and Marathon Petroleum (NYSE:MPC) are both energy companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two ...

MANILA -- When local ride-hailing platform Micab launched *service* in Metro Manila last year, the timing seemed unthinkable. Singapore-based unicorn Grab ...

Two days after a report concluded that none of the world's 20 biggest publicly traded airlines is doing enough to tackle climate change, executives from ...

Camera monitor systems designed to replace a truck's conventional side mirrors are getting favorable reviews from drivers, according to executives at fleets that ...

The trucking market has undergone change in many forms over the years as technology and regulatory developments have exerted larger and more intense ...

German-based cargo container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd AG is launching a new liner *service* offering a direct connection between…

Fleets Offer Pay, Bonuses Beyond Cents Per Mile to Retain Drivers.

LAS VEGAS — Autonomous truck developer TuSimple said it will expand its U.S. test fleet to 40 vehicles by June, which the company claims will make it the ...

Twenty fleets have been recognized by the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge in the 2019 Best Fleets to Drive For program. At TCA's Annual ...

Some developers are beginning to apply voice-command technology — think Apple's Siri or Amazon's Alexa — to the trucking industry to enhance safety and ...

The rival ride-hailing services are now dueling to deliver everything from groceries to mortgages to Southeast Asia's middle class.

Omnitracs has formed a partnership with Red Hat, a major provider of open-source, cloud-based software, to accelerate the development of its ...

Two flight data recorders from Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 have been found, as airlines around the world began grounding Boeing 737 MAX 8s like the one ...

Trucking groups prepared their drivers for the polar vortex gripping the Midwest with tips on operations and safety. The blast of arctic cold swept the region for ...

Industrial solutions software company Uptake and fleet telematics provider Geotab have partnered to develop a *service* to help fleets predict failures.

Amazon could electrify major portions of its delivery fleet and help kickstart the nascent market for electric trucks.

Carriers aiming to answer this question — how much did that truck truly cost? — must weigh a range of factors to arrive at a “total cost of ownership.”

The cost of fuel consistently ranks among the top three expenses for trucking fleets, putting fuel economy at the top of fleet managers' minds. Increasing fuel ...

ATLANTA — Nearly all motor carriers subject to the federal electronic logging device mandate have complied with that regulation, but another significant ...

ISLE of Wight drivers could be forced to pay £8 a day to use their cars in Portsmouth if the city is declared a clean air zone.

Truck driver Justin Osborne pulled up to a house in the Dallas suburbs last month and started unloading an oven, a dishwasher and a microwave. His mission: ...

Andy Transport, a Canadian transportation, logistics, and warehousing company, has officially launched its newest business venture: Tristan Fleet Management.

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Autonomous truck-makers in the spotlight as costs mount and efficiencies decline for mining companies around the world - Products & Services.

The telematics-for-trucking market experienced a dramatic explosion in growth over the past three years, driven primarily by the federally mandated rollout of ...

The annualized rate of driver turnover at large truckload fleets in the second quarter jumped 4 percentage points year-over-year to 98%, according to American ...

Trac Intermodal, a North American chassis pool manager and intermodal equipment provider, announced Nov. 6 that it had acquired the tire services division of ...

Fleet managers often can become overwhelmed. They need to invest in new equipment and make decisions that are impacted by labor and financial markets as ...

It was not so long ago that home delivery of products such as furniture, mattresses and televisions was straightforward and rigid, with few choices for customers.

Twenty fleets have been recognized by the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge in the 2019 Best Fleets to Drive For program. At TCA's Annual ...

Uber Freight has added a “fleet mode” to its mobile app to enable dispatchers at small fleets to find and book loads and assign them to their drivers.

Driver turnover is on pace to hit the highest annual rate in five years, but experts point to several ways carriers can limit the churn, including better hiring ...

Noting that the winners were selected from a record number of nominees and finalists, the Truckload Carriers Association and CarriersEdge have announced ...

Technicians often don't troubleshoot a truck's electrical system to the extent they could, according to a recent assessment by the Technology & Maintenance ...

The family tree for Internet of Things was planted in the trucking industry long before the term was invented. For more than 20 years, fleets have been using ...

Hexagon Lincoln recently received a large order for TITAN gas transport modules from Certarus Ltd.

Annual rankings provide an indispensable overview of the largest for-hire carriers in North America, along with timely analysis of trends shaping the industry.

Cameras are everywhere today. They've become ubiquitous in all kinds of public buildings for security purposes. The trucking industry is no exception to this ...

After a record number of nominees and finalists this year, the Truckload Carriers Assn. (TCA) and CarriersEdge announced the 20 Best Fleets to Drive For.

To many, TomTom is synonymous with "Sat Nav" devices plastered to car windshields. But the Dutch mapping company is going all-in on autonomous cars.

As fleets know, many variables can affect test results for truck fuel-saving technologies and practices.

Fuel is often one of the first considerations in calculating annual expenses. According to the American Transportation Research Institute's 2017 Analysis of the ...

Bike-sharing could thrive as Singapore develops its Park Connector Network and build cycle-friendly towns, said SG Bike's senior management.

Annual rankings provide an indispensable overview of the largest for-hire carriers in North America, along with timely analysis of trends shaping the industry.

EDMONTON, Alberta — Bolstered by a growing Canadian economy and a strong trucking market overall, Mack Trucks is looking to increase its presence across ...

All indications in the National Transportation Safety Board's latest "Most Wanted List" of problems to fix in transportation point to one thing: in many ways, ...

Florida posted the biggest surge among states in the use of heavy-duty trucks with clean diesel engines in 2017, notching an 81% jump compared with a year ...

bn in government subsidies will support electric scooters, three-wheelers and buses.

As part of its sustainability efforts, parcel delivery company DHL is rolling out a new fleet of electric delivery vans that will serve U.S. markets.

E-bikes are getting a major boost in Paris. Île-de-France Mobilités, Paris's regional transport agency, plans to offer long-term rentals of 10,000 electric bicycles ...

Amerit Fleet Solutions, a provider of fleet maintenance and repair services to commercial fleets, announced the close of a majority investment from Ridgemont ...