MCE News Updates

Special Coverage, Business

Idle Smart to Offer Android-Based Platform to Manage Idle Time, Batteries

PHILADELPHIA — Idle Smart will soon offer a new version of its idle-management platform based on the Android operating system, which enables remote device management and performance monitoring.

October 19, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

BestPass Adds Exclusion Zones to Toll-Management Service

PHILADELPHIA — BestPass Inc., a provider of toll payment and management services, has added a new feature to help fleets catch unplanned toll usage.

October 19, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

Conversion Launches Online Driver Orientation, Onboarding Programs

PHILADELPHIA — Conversion Interactive Agency is launching Conversion E-Learning Academy, a Web-based resource offering driver orientation and onboarding programs.

October 19, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

PeopleNet to Offer Software on Samsung Devices

PHILADELPHIA — PeopleNet is partnering with Samsung to expand the hardware choices available for its fleet-management applications.

October 19, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

FMCSA's Darling: 2016 Will Be the 'Year of Partnerships'

PHILADELPHIA — Speaking at American Trucking Associations' Management Conference & Exhibition on Oct. 18, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Acting Administrator Scott Darling declared 2016 “the year of partnerships” between his agency and stakeholders such as ATA.

October 18, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

Oklahoma’s Dan Case Remembered at MCE

PHILADELPHIA — The contributions of longtime executive director of the Oklahoma Trucking Association, Dan Case, who passed away last month, were recognized by senior American Trucking Associations officials.

October 18, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

ATA President Graves: Highway Bill’s CSA Reforms Address Trucking’s Concerns

PHILADELPHIA — Provisions that would reform a federal scoring program for truck companies in a recently unveiled highway bill would address concerns the trucking industry has raised for years, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said.

October 18, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

Eleven Members Named to LEAD ATA's Third Class

PHILADELPHIA — The third class of American Trucking Associations’ executive leadership program was announced on Oct. 18 during ATA's annual Management Conference & Exhibition here.

October 18, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

ATA to Donate Another $100,000 to Trucking Moves America Forward

PHILADELPHIA — American Trucking Associations announced that it will donate $100,000 to Trucking Moves America Forward, its second such annual donation.

October 18, 2015
Special Coverage, Business

FastPort Looking to Hire Veterans on Behalf of More Trucking Companies

PHILADELPHIA — Technology company FastPort Inc. continues its work to bring military veterans into trucking as drivers as they rejoin the civilian labor force.

October 18, 2015