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FMCSA Vs ELDs, Airlines Lose $113 Billion, And Why "This Is The Delay" For Baby Yoda
Friday, March 6, 2020 - 4:26pm | 320Read More...On today's episode, Dooner and Hill are talking about a former Uber exec who filed for bankruptcy after losing a $179M dispute with Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the FMCSA going after rule-breaking ELDs, and coronavirus costing commercial airlines a $113 billion loss. Plus, Lean Staffing's CEO...
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FMCSA Ready To Work With Industry On Rule-Breaking ELDs: Mullen
Thursday, March 5, 2020 - 8:57am | 1171Read More...The question seemed to catch Jim Mullen, acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a bit off guard: Was it true that in Canada, a lot of carriers were altering records coming out of their electronic logging devices (ELDs) and showing incorrect data on driver...
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ELDs Are A Drag On Trimble's Fourth-Quarter Earnings
Thursday, February 13, 2020 - 11:52am | 844Read More...ELDs are proving to be a headwind at Trimble. In releasing the company's fourth-quarter 2019 earnings Wednesday, executives at Trimble TRMB (NASDAQ: TRMB) on a conference call with analysts discussed how there has been a need for extensive investment in the company's ELD operations and that it...
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Today's Pickup: Slain Trucker's In-Cab Camera Leads To Suspect's Arrest
Friday, January 10, 2020 - 12:35pm | 559Read More...Good day, A man was charged Thursday with shooting a truck driver on I-269 outside Memphis, Tennessee, after an in-cab video captured the suspected killer, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. James Huddleston, 27, was arrested after his father identified him as the person in images captured...
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ELD Supplier Trimble Acquires Kuebix, Sees Big Integration Ahead
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 5:16pm | 855Read More...Trimble, a major supplier of electronic logging devices (ELDs), has acquired the privately held transportation management system (TMS) provider Kuebix. Network integration appears to be the key factor driving the acquisition. In the press release announcing the acquisition, Trimble said the deal...
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Trimble Requests Extension To FMCSA Repair Mandate
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 9:20am | 435Read More...Logistics company Trimble Transportation (NASDAQ: TRMB) has requested an extension to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA's) eight-day electronic logging device (ELD) repair requirement, as the company struggles to update devices that malfunctioned when 2020 arrived. "Driver...
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What Is An ELD?
Friday, December 27, 2019 - 9:07am | 617Read More...What Is An ELD? Electronic logging devices or ELDs as they're more commonly known, are not a new technology although the regulation behind them is. They are devices that record the number of hours a driver works and rests each day to ensure they are compliant with government regulations. To...
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Few Stragglers Remain Ahead Of ELD Deadline
Monday, December 16, 2019 - 5:59pm | 748Read More...Some suppliers admit there are a few stragglers in the trucking industry still holding out to comply with a new federal rule that requires them to switch over from automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRDs) to electronic logging devices (ELDs). Most vendors say customers have been proactive...
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Platform Science Thrives On Background Approach To Freight Tech
Monday, December 16, 2019 - 11:51am | 755Read More...In the 1990s, German chemical company BASF had a slogan that speaks to what Platform Science is doing today: "At BASF, we don't make a lot of the products you buy, we make a lot of the products you buy better." It describes the operating approach of Platform Science, the No. 10 company on the 2019...
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ELD Holdouts Shouldn't Expect Mercy After Looming Compliance Deadline
Thursday, December 5, 2019 - 12:04pm | 738Read More...About 2% of carriers are still holding onto their automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) as the mid-December electronic logging device (ELD) deadline looms. This number has stayed basically the same for over a month now, signaling that true holdouts actually make up about 2% of the trucking...
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CVSA Confirms Hard Enforcement Of ELD Transition
Tuesday, December 3, 2019 - 9:09am | 505Read More...Taking its cue from federal regulators, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) confirmed it will begin fully enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) rule on Dec. 17, with no "soft enforcement" grace period. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) previously has stated...
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Where's My Truck, And What's The Value Of That Information?
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 5:33pm | 635Read More...The phone booth used to be a critical tool for trucking companies, shippers and drivers when it came to tracking shipments. That concept is as ancient as the phone booth, but the desire to track shipments has only intensified in the past few years. "A big part of what's been driving this is...
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Percentage Of Compliant Carriers Stagnates Ahead Of December ELD Deadline
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 - 12:23pm | 647Read More...The number of carriers still running automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) ahead of the mid-December electronic logging device (ELD) compliance deadline has held steady at 2% over the last two weeks, according to the most recent average of several FreightWaves surveys. The stagnation...
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ELD Mandate's Hard Deadline Is Here And Adoption Rates Are Still A Concern
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 12:45pm | 941Read More...The trucking industry is finally on the precipice of what will be the final leg of the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate implementation, which will go into effect on December 16. With that, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will expect every truck running on American...
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Connectivity Restored To 99.9% Of Omnitracs ELDs
Thursday, November 7, 2019 - 9:25am | 483Read More...Omnitracs reported that 99.9% of its electronic logging devices (ELDs) affected by a four-day connectivity issue are working again, meaning truck drivers can stop manually tracking their movements. "We are here to assist the exceptional few customers who have not received the updated configuration...
