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Rebooting Riteload, take two: Last no-broker board standing?
Newly re-branded Riteload (from âMyRiteloadâ) might well be the one of the last platforms still pursuing that âelusive holy grailâ of shipper-direct, brokerless matching we once wrote about. Theyâve relaunched a website, changed plenty, and hired an executive with deep trucking experience.
July 23, 2019
Overdrive Radio
A Truckstop in the halls of Congress, a hotshot carrierâs tech-informed business
Failure to fund road repairs, notes Truckstop.comâs Chief Relationship Officer Brent Hutto in this weekâs edition of the Overdrive Radio podcast, can hasten the incidence and increase the likelihood of the perhaps No. 1 reason owner-ops go out business â thatâs a major mechanical failure, of course.
July 11, 2019
Business
Landstarâs new mobile app for contractors
Intended for use by owner-operators leased to the Jacksonville, Fla.-headquartered all-owner-operator fleet, the new LandstarOne mobile app offers contractors what the company intends as a kind of one-stop shop for business needs.
June 10, 2019
Overdrive Extra
When changing freight lanes, donât forget to think differently, too
Quick-changing freight conditions affect carriers large and small, and faster than they ever did before as tech greases the change skids. The people who are going to adjust best, as has always been the case, will be independent thinkers with high-level critical thinking skills in the toolbox.
May 23, 2019
Parking
New TruckPark app allows drivers to reserve parking spaces
The TruckPark app currently allows drivers to reserve parking at 13 truck stops in and around Chicago, Cleveland, New York City, Atlanta, Dallas and Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Company COO and co-founder Joshua Walls said TruckPark will soon be expanding to additional locations.
May 8, 2019
Business
Diesel laptopsâ diagnostic software in tech-training use
Diesel Laptopsâ diagnostic software packages are being integrated into training curricula for diesel techs within the programs of American Diesel Training Centers.
April 8, 2019
Business
Panel updates driver-assist tech progress, says jobs not threatened
FMCSA is striving to get input from the industry to ensure that no regulations needlessly impede research and deployment of driver-assist technologies.
March 29, 2019
Business
Convoy adds âautomated biddingâ to in-app freight network
The Convoy freight platform launched automated bidding within its Request a Load feature, which U.S. carriers can use to input desired rates, favorite lanes and availability dates to allow the system to then automatically bid on loads.
March 22, 2019
Business
NavigatorTMS and FreightTracer aim to ease burdens of operations/customer management for independents
Mark Eichinger pitches his companyâs FreightTracer track-and-trace product and NavigatorTMS as small-fleet/independent-owner-op solutions to help compete on a level playing field âwith the larger organizationsâ when it comes to technology and what they can offer prospective customers.
January 25, 2019
Business
Schneider brokerage adopts Trucker Tools
Schneider Transportation Management has selected Trucker Toolsâ carrier management and shipment tracking software services to support the brokerageâs growing network of carriers and other operations.
January 23, 2019
Business
Dump-focused service launches in L.A. market
Online dump-truck-focused load platform Trux has opened for business with the greater Los Angeles market as the first step in an eventual national roll-out planned to take place over the course of the year.
January 17, 2019
Electronic Logging Devices
The no-subscription-fee ELD going out of service Jan. 31
The Zed ELDâs shuttering comes just several months after the company touted its Zed Connect platform and refinements to its ELD app at the Great American Trucking Show in August.
December 27, 2018
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