Trucking

We’ve talked a lot about preventative maintenance and the importance of ensuring you don’t suffer from excessive downtime. There is a simple way fleet managers can do this. Fleet maintenance software is a management application that allows fleet managers to reduce maintenance costs, improve fleet performance, and assist in regulatory and legal compliance. It has … Read more

Welcome to Part II of our in-depth look at how truck drivers can stay healthy on the road. In our last installment of this blog series, we took an in-depth look at how truck drivers can control what they eat and how they exercise. And while trucking companies continue to make moves to provide gyms … Read more

Truckers keep America moving forward delivering the goods we all need to live each day. They haul loads across the country in every kind of weather, always making sure their cargo is safe, secure, and in perfect shape. And in the age of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have become more essential than ever before. But … Read more

Did you know that it is easier than ever before to leverage simple-to-use technology to elevate driver and asset utilization? Fleets deal with every day, technological solutions to ensure fleets can capably clear their capacity problems. The question is, are they using these methodologies? Let’s take a closer look at this issue and why it … Read more

The day-to-day expenses of running a fleet can add up quickly, and fleet-related costs can go unnoticed because you can’t monitor what you can’t see. Put simply, fleet managers simply may not have the level of visibility they need to properly track costs and ensure the bottom line does not suffer as a result. Here’s … Read more

Welcome to Part II of our series on safety culture for trucking companies. We have covered a range of topics, from incentives to video-cam footage. What’s next? Let’s move on from generating incentives and motivational tactics to addressing accountability. What’s a trucking company to do about disciplinary policies and action? How Fleet Managers Handle Disciplinary … Read more

Strong safety cultures are ones where every employee – from the owner to the president to a part-time worker – put safety before everything else. Every decision, from the driver hiring criteria to the technology adopted and used throughout the fleet, is made with safety in mind. When safety is the priority, great safety performance … Read more

One change that could ease some pressure on trucking companies is the new FMCSA rule that went into effect March 22 that will allow truck drivers who do not satisfy certain vision requirements with one eye or another to still be qualified to drive a big rig. Currently, these truck drivers cannot operate in interstate … Read more

Many say the trucking sector is the canary in the coal mine. Whatever happens in the trucking sector can be used to extrapolate what will happen in the broader economy. And with so much unease in the world, between a lingering pandemic, a new land war in Europe, and rising inflation, what can industry insiders … Read more

The trucking industry is in a period of significant change. Much of this transformation is being pushed by technological advancements in telematics, data management and equipment features. Autonomous trucking is also making big strides. Electronic logging devices get more advanced than ever. Truck drivers and trucking companies have a lot to choose from when it … Read more