ELD

The percentage of carriers still running automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) has dropped to 3%, according to a FreightWaves survey conducted in conjunction with EROAD and CarrierLists. This number has remained under 5% for the past few weeks.  The surveys are done in order to take the...

Volvo Trucks North America and its Mack Trucks sibling are partnering with connected transportation company Geotab to send electronic logging device (ELD) data to the cloud and back for interference-free reporting. The telematics devices, factory-installed in Volvo and Mack trucks, send engine and...

The number of carriers still running automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) ahead of the December electronic logging device (ELD) deadline has climbed above 10% for the first time since mid-July. This suggests that more carriers than previously thought may be holding onto their old devices...

Schneider National (NYSE: SNDR), the publicly-traded, Green Bay, Wisconsin-based trucking carrier, has cemented a strategic partnership with Platform Science, an Internet of Things platform for enterprise fleets. Schneider will use Platform Science as the electronic logging device (ELD) solution...

In May, fleet management software company BOLT System responded to the demand for increased delivery efficiency by creating its app, Tandem Workflow.  Four months later, the app gained 100 users, and Chief Technology Officer Jerry Robertson projects 400 percent growth by the final quarter....

The results of this year's Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) International Roadcheck 2019 inspection blitz offered some concerning numbers in terms of driver compliance that could put fleets at increased risk. The annual inspections, conducted this year June 4 to 6, found that more...

Data is everywhere, and fleet operations are benefiting from that data in terms of efficiency. But there is an additional upside to data, and it means mitigating liability and risk for fleets. Technology such as dash cams, electronic logging devices (ELD), telematics and even diagnostics systems...

Software and telematics technology provider Konexial recently launched a Spanish-language version of its electronic logging device (ELD) product, My20 ELD.  Ken Evans, chief executive of Knoxville, Tennessee-based Konexial, said the company added the Spanish-language feature at the request of its...

About 9 percent of carriers on the roads today are still using automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) in lieu of electronic logging devices (ELDs). That number has not changed much over the last several weeks, suggesting the carriers still running AOBRDs are in no hurry to change.  Each...

The number of carriers that have traded in their automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) for electronic logging devices (ELDs) continues to grow. As the December compliance deadline approaches, only the smallest fleets continue to run old devices.  The three-week moving average of carriers...

In less than four months, nearly all motor carriers will be required to run an electronic logging device (ELD) to monitor driving hours. There are a few exceptions, such as those drivers not required to keep a Record of Duty Status (RODS) more than eight days in a 30-day period, or those...

A group representing trucking and other companies with 50 employees or less has been denied an exemption from the federal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. The exemption, filed by the Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC), received nearly 2,000 comments after it was posted in...

Regional and super-regional carriers continue to lag behind national carriers in the switch from automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) to electronic logging devices (ELDs). The number of regional and super-regional carriers already running ELDs is hovering around the 80 percent mark,...

Freight matching apps are quickly becoming must-have tools for owner-operators and small fleets looking for loads or to fill backhaul gaps. That wouldn't be possible, though, if not for advancements in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), which allows for identification of available...

With less than six months to go until the final deadline for the installation of electronic logging devices (ELDs), one of five small carriers has yet to make the switch from automatic onboarding recording device (AOBRDs), according to a new weekly FreightWaves and EROAD survey released today. ...