Tag: trip planning

Business

Verizon Connect adds navigation option

As of last Friday, customers with subscriptions to the Verizon Connect Reveal ELD and fleet management system can add-on a navigation service developed by the company, the Navigation mobile app.

July 29, 2019

Business

Trucker Path acquisition by global company Renren to bring navigation, more to the trip-planning app

Meet Renren CEO Joseph Chen, who drove truck for a time as a young man and says the Trucker Path acquisition is intended to take the app and its affiliated services “to the next level,” Chen says. “I think that the next 20 years will be most exciting for the trucking industry globally as we gradually get more technology into the industry.”

January 12, 2018

Business

Things that aren’t in the news, but should be

“The same people who don’t hesitate to sit in the fuel island for 30 minutes will lose their mind trying to get out of the parking lot. It’s like a switch is flipped from ‘Nope, not moving,’ to ‘GOTTAGOFAST!’ (The first person to blame this on ELDs gets a throat chop.)” …

November 20, 2017

Business

New owner-operator edition from Fog Line Software

The Truckn Pro Owner-Operator Edition is designed specifically with the needs of one-truck independents with motor carrier authority and leased owner-operators in mind.

April 13, 2016

Business

Trucker Path reaches 1 million downloads milestone

The Trucker Path Pro smartphone app now provides a new user-friendly overall design as well as a new “Fuel View” feature, showing prices along particular lanes displayed on a map.

March 9, 2016

Business

PC-Miler with hours manager

ALK Technologies introduction of the hours manager into PC-Miler software allows for better small fleet back-office planning around required breaks, among top problems with the hours of service recently identified by Overdrive readers.

June 30, 2015

Business

Trucker Path: Technology could ultimately bring wide appeal to younger trucking generation

To attracts carrier users to its smartphone app, Trucker Path built a robust trip-planning app with intentions of later launching an online freight marketplace, now in beta testing phase.

April 8, 2015

Channel 19

Trip-planning / service locator app bags prize; hours hearing vid

Another play in the trucking smartphone-apps landscape, with a robust trip-planning function; and full video of this week’s House Small Business Committee’s hours of service hearing.

November 23, 2013

Voices

Weighing in on the hours changes

Reader response to the hours changes that went into effect July 1 show operational limitations, with implications for revenue.

July 23, 2013

Business

Trip-planning for dummies

“Speaking of Jersey, does anyone know how effective kevlar is against Jersey Devil bites? Should I pack the chain mail instead? Never can be too prepared.”

July 7, 2013

Channel 19

Android ‘Freight Finder’ app from TQL

ATTN: Owner-operators. Yesterday, Total Quality Logistics announced functionality and availability of a new “Freight Finder” app for Android-based smartphones. The free application enables quick searches from current location or other location of available loads, by trailer type and within an adjustable radius of up to 300 miles. I’ve downloaded and done a quick run-through with […]

February 11, 2011