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Seth Clevenger

Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia

Seth Clevenger is managing editor of features at Transport Topics. He plans, writes and edits news features for Transport Topics’ weekly newspaper, supplemental publications and TTNews.com. 


Business

FleetUp Registers ELD Product

Startup technology vendor FleetUp officially announced that it has registered its electronic logging system with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ahead of the agency’s upcoming mandate of the technology.

May 31, 2016
Business

Bestpass Adds Oklahoma to Complete National Tolling Coverage

Bestpass Inc. announced that it now offers complete nationwide toll-management coverage for commercial fleets with the addition of services in Oklahoma.

May 31, 2016
Business

Technology Can Help Fleets Serve E-Commerce Demand, Estes Exec Says

PHILADELPHIA — As the growth of e-commerce continues to reshape the supply chain, fleets can use technology to help meet the growing demand for final-mile delivery services, an executive at Estes Express Lines said.

May 24, 2016
BusinessAutonomous

Western Star Debuts Transforming Truck

MOUNTVILLE, S.C. — Western Star has launched an off-road truck capable of swapping truck bodies within minutes, enabling operators to use the same chassis for multiple applications.

May 23, 2016
Business

Western Star Launches Off-Road Model That Swaps Truck Bodies

MOUNTVILLE, S.C. — Western Star has launched an off-road truck capable of swapping truck bodies within minutes, enabling operators to use the same chassis for multiple applications.

May 13, 2016
TechnologyBusiness

Tech Startups Add to Wave of App-Based Freight Services

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More startups have joined the growing wave of technology firms offering mobile app-enabled freight services, a trend often described, for better or worse, as the “Uberization of trucking.â€

May 12, 2016
GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment

ELD Mandate Poses Special Challenge for Truck Leasing, Rental Operations

As the trucking industry prepares for the federal electronic logging mandate, carriers and equipment providers are grappling with one of the murkier aspects of the regulation — how to use the technology in lease and rental vehicles.

April 18, 2016
BusinessEquipmentTechnology

Cargomatic Slashes Workforce

Freight technology firm Cargomatic, which offers a mobile app that connects shippers and local truckers with available hauling capacity, confirmed that it recently laid off part of its workforce.

April 11, 2016
BusinessTechnology

Wabco, Bendix Say Active Safety Tech Paving Way for Autonomous Systems

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The continuing evolution of active safety and braking systems is helping to pave the way for more advanced autonomous driving technologies, executives with two key industry suppliers said here at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

April 11, 2016
Special CoverageBusiness

Trucker Path Launches Truckloads Freight Marketplace

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Driver app developer Trucker Path announced the general release of its Truckloads freight marketplace.

April 2, 2016