Fleet profile: Safety is job one at Canada Cartage
For Tony Palmerio, national safety and compliance manager for Canada Cartage, running a tight ship when it comes to safety requires multiple mindsets. “We have to think in legal terms, which means if your safety program is not documented, it didn’t happen,” he said, “but that’s not all. We have to think like an insurance
Turvo launches Integration Hub for logistics technology integrations
Turvo has announced the launch of the new Integration Hub, which adds point-and-click integrations to its Turvo Collaboration Cloud. According to Turvo, Integration Hub helps logistics companies unite their operations with self-service, one-click integrations to third-party systems such as WMS, TMS, SCM, telematics solutions, load boards, accounting & ERP systems, insurance verification and more. According to
PowerFleet launches advanced vehicle video solution with AI capabilities
PowerFleet Inc. has announced the launch of Vista, an in-vehicle video solution that leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to analyze and proactively manage risky driving situations across fleets. With Vista, PowerFleet is expanding its image technology portfolio, which includes the patent-pending LV-710 freight camera for trailers and containers and the CP4 System designed for the industrial
Automated truck driving: Where does the liability land?
We’re coming to the point in automated driving technology development where self-driving developers and OEMs are zooming past the theoretical “What if?” and starting to answer real-world questions. One of the biggest is: Where does the liability land in the event of a collision when the Level 4 automated truck is driving itself under its
Seven steps to fleet safety
Years of rising insurance premiums have pushed fleet operators to their limits, with many insurance carriers mitigating costs through dramatically increased deductibles and reduced coverage, according to the American Transportation Research Institute. Yet, a growing number of carriers are reining in insurance spending – without taking on excess liability – by leveraging advanced fleet safety
Helping fleets manage truck data privacy
For many businesses, overcoming the challenges of COVID-19 has meant implementing fleet management solutions and other new technologies to keep pace with a rapidly changing world. As many as 33% of small business owners indicated that they have implemented new systems to help secure their future success. But in order to ensure this success, privacy
TuSimple, Liberty Mutual partner to study safety benefits of autonomous trucks
TuSimple and Liberty Mutual Insurance are partnering to assess the comparative safety of autonomous trucks. TuSimple and Liberty Mutual say they will work together to better understand how autonomous technologies perform in comparison to the same types of trucks driven manually by human drivers. TuSimple’s autonomous freight network operates a fleet of 50 L4 autonomous
Here Marketplace adds CustomWeather data
Here Technologies has added CustomWeather to the Here Marketplace, providing software developers access to sets of weather and climate data. The Here platform’s Marketplace offers secure data exchange, essential location data and technology and an ecosystem of partners, the company says. With CustomWeather data, the company says multiple industries can develop business-enhancing solutions on the
Samsara releases Fleet Benchmarks Report
Samsara has released the Fleet Benchmarks Report, a new report that the company says leverages Samsara’s dataset to help its fleet customers better understand fleet performance, identify areas for improvement and set informed goals. The company says the Fleet Benchmarks Report can help fleets: Understand key performance metrics with contextualized, actionable data: See how your
New Technology for Drivers Can Help Prevent Common Accidents
In the late 1990s, ASA Electronics was approached by one of our fleet customers following a fatal truck accident to help them develop a product that would prevent future accidents. The customer reviewed and tested three different safety options and ultimately decided to implement Voyager video technology on their vehicles. In the first year, this
