How implementing trailer tracking systems can streamline operations
With industry challenges such as driver shortages and high levels of equipment utilization, efficiently managing trailers is more critical than ever.
Optimizing trailer utilization: Using telematics to operate assets more efficiently
Motor carriers are facing industry-altering challenges such as driver shortages, which directly reduce available capacity and thereby the ability to meet the demands of fleet customers.
DTNA’s global equipment strategy rolls into Mexico, faces familiar challenges
While the language might be different and the truck offerings are specific to Mexican applications, the challenges fleets face south of the boarder are surprisingly familiar: the fight for greater fuel efficiency; a growing driver shortage; and looming regulations that will change the equipment landscape.
How to prevent parasitic loads
It’s a delicate balance for fleet managers between providing driver comfort, but having the trucks start in the morning.
Forging a connected ecosystem for heavy-duty electrification
What obstacles still stand in the way of a broad adoption of this technology?
The importance of flexibility in truck maintenance, ADAS in truck winterization plans
Winterization requires fleets to consider advanced technology, including ADAS for safe driving.
Samsara shares 2023 trucking industry predictions
From the crystal ball: Successful fleet electrification will rely on driver buy-in and preparedness.
Back to Basics: Truck fuel economy, maintenance strategies to combat supply chain issues, rising fuel cost
Today’s fuel prices have re-introduced a bevy of asset management challenges for fleets that significantly impact the bottom line of every fleet organization. This is especially a concern since fuel is the largest component of total cost of ownership (TCO) for any fleet. While it is challenging to procure new trucks, it’s equally important to
Success by the truckload: Truck technician training tips
There’s a shortage in just about every aspect of every industry. Driver shortages, supply shortages, technician shortages, parts shortages – they are all plaguing fleet operations and slowing down the entire expediting process. The only thing the commercial industry isn’t short on is, well, shortages. It’s extremely inconvenient, to put it nicely, but in every
ATRI: Fuel costs top the list of trucking industry issues
The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its 18th annual Top Industry Issues report, identifying the leading industry concerns including fuel prices, the driver shortage, truck parking, driver compensation, the economy and for the first time, speed limiters. In a year that saw record-high fuel costs, fuel prices were ranked as the top industry concern,
