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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

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ATA Educational Truck Adds Electronic Log from XRS

LAS VEGAS — Mobile fleet software provider XRS Corp. said its Turnpike platform is now running on American Trucking Associations’ Interstate One truck, the first time that the educational tractor-trailer will use an electronic log.

October 11, 2012
Business, Technology

Trimble Completes TMW Acquisition

Trimble Navigation Ltd. said it has completed its $335 million acquisition of transportation software provider TMW Systems.

October 3, 2012
Business, Technology

TMW Tailoring Its Software Offerings to Meet Evolving Needs of Customers

ORLANDO, Fla. — TMW Systems Inc. is expanding the capabilities of its transportation management software to the evolving needs of today’s transportation providers, CEO David Wangler said.

October 1, 2012
Business, Technology

Ontario Extends CB Exemption from Hands-Free Law

CB radios have been exempted from Ontario’s hands-free distracted driving law for another five years, Ontario’s Minister of Transportation Bob Chiarelli said.

September 26, 2012
Business, Technology

GPS Devices Causing Trucks to Hit Low Overpasses, Sen. Schumer Says

Faulty GPS directions are causing hundreds of trucks to hit low overpasses in New York, said Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.).

September 24, 2012
Business, Technology

Workflow Programs Enhance Fleets’ Access to Delivery Updates

Dayton Freight Lines uses workflow software to eliminate “fat-finger” errors. C.R. England uses it to check and correct the temperature of refrigerated cargo.

September 24, 2012
Business, Technology

Service Industry Urges Action to Fight Technician Shortage

PITTSBURGH — Facing the prospect of having to replace tens of thousands of technicians in the coming years, officials from the trucking and fleet maintenance industries have urged companies to work closely with educators as one way to attract new talent.

September 24, 2012
Business, Technology

PeopleNet to Continue McLeod Integration Despite TMW Purchase by Firm’s Owner

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In-cab communications provider PeopleNet Inc. said it will continue integrating its products with enterprise software maker McLeod Software, despite the recent purchase by PeopleNet’s owner of McLeod’s primary competitor.

September 24, 2012
Business, Technology

Data Dis Integrates With PeopleNet

Data Dis Inc. said it has integrated its fleet maintenance software with onboard communications provider PeopleNet Communications Corp.

September 17, 2012
Business, Technology

Software Systems Help Warehouses, Carriers Move Freight Quickly, Accurately, Users Say

Where warehouse dockworkers once had to go to a supervisor’s window for their assignments, advanced software has eliminated this and other long-standing procedures — turning the process of managing distribution centers into a faster, better-coordinated system, users and vendors said.

September 17, 2012