While first-time adopters will need to install ELDs in their trucks by Dec. 18, fleets using e-log systems categorized as automatic onboard recording devices, or AOBRDs, get a two-year extension. But if you can wait, why change now?
August 21, 2017GovernmentBusinessTechnology
ELDs: A New Era in Trucking
The Dec. 18 implementation date for the federal electronic logging device mandate will mark the beginning of a new era in trucking. Electronic logs are nothing new, of course — many fleets have been using them voluntarily for years or even decades. But moving nearly the entire longhaul trucking business onto ELDs will enhance adherence to driver hours-of-service limits across the industry and put all carriers on equal footing.
August 21, 2017BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
Maven Introduces ELD, Fleet Management System
Maven Machines, provider of the Maven Co-Pilot headset for driver safety, has launched its own electronic logging device and has expanded its product line into a full fleet management system.
August 21, 2017BusinessTechnologyEquipment
ELD Suppliers Offer Various Pricing Models, Levels of Service
The cost of an electronic logging device is difrficult to gauge, partly because vendors use different pricing models.
August 21, 2017GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment
Training Can Ease Transition to ELDs
It may be impossible for fleets to entirely avoid upheaval as they make the move to ELD compliance, but the right planning and training can make a world of difference, technology suppliers said.
August 21, 2017BusinessTechnologyEquipment
New ELD Vendors Flood Market as Mandate Nears
A growing number of technology vendors have been flooding the market with new electronic logging device products in advance of the federal ELD mandate that takes effect Dec. 18.
August 21, 2017GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipment
EPA Will Revisit Phase 2 Trailer, Glider Rules
In a move to respond to concerns by the trailer and glider industry, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it plans to “revisit” its Phase 2 provisions on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty engines.
August 18, 2017BusinessTechnology
Best Practices for Fleet Safety – The Experts Speak
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August 17, 2017BusinessTechnologyLogistics
Returns of Online Purchases a Key Factor in E-Commerce Boom
While the growth of e-commerce is widely viewed as a boon for last-mile deliveries, customer returns of the merchandise that’s delivered also are forcing change across carriers’ and shippers’ supply chains, industry experts said.
August 17, 2017GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety
ELD Mandate on Track, Spear Says
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — American Trucking Associations President Chris Spear said he is confident that the federal electronic logging device mandate will take effect on schedule on Dec. 18 after years of debate and legal challenges.
August 17, 2017