ELD

Data is everywhere, and fleet operations are benefiting from that data in terms of efficiency. But there is an additional upside to data, and it means mitigating liability and risk for fleets. Technology such as dash cams, electronic logging devices (ELD), telematics and even diagnostics systems...

Software and telematics technology provider Konexial recently launched a Spanish-language version of its electronic logging device (ELD) product, My20 ELD.  Ken Evans, chief executive of Knoxville, Tennessee-based Konexial, said the company added the Spanish-language feature at the request of its...

About 9 percent of carriers on the roads today are still using automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) in lieu of electronic logging devices (ELDs). That number has not changed much over the last several weeks, suggesting the carriers still running AOBRDs are in no hurry to change.  Each...

The number of carriers that have traded in their automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) for electronic logging devices (ELDs) continues to grow. As the December compliance deadline approaches, only the smallest fleets continue to run old devices.  The three-week moving average of carriers...

In less than four months, nearly all motor carriers will be required to run an electronic logging device (ELD) to monitor driving hours. There are a few exceptions, such as those drivers not required to keep a Record of Duty Status (RODS) more than eight days in a 30-day period, or those...

A group representing trucking and other companies with 50 employees or less has been denied an exemption from the federal electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. The exemption, filed by the Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC), received nearly 2,000 comments after it was posted in...

Regional and super-regional carriers continue to lag behind national carriers in the switch from automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) to electronic logging devices (ELDs). The number of regional and super-regional carriers already running ELDs is hovering around the 80 percent mark,...

Freight matching apps are quickly becoming must-have tools for owner-operators and small fleets looking for loads or to fill backhaul gaps. That wouldn't be possible, though, if not for advancements in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), which allows for identification of available...

With less than six months to go until the final deadline for the installation of electronic logging devices (ELDs), one of five small carriers has yet to make the switch from automatic onboarding recording device (AOBRDs), according to a new weekly FreightWaves and EROAD survey released today. ...

Maple Leaf Motoring isa weekly rundown of developments in the world of Canadian trucking. This week: What Canada's ELD mandate means for U.S. trucks, a deadly truck crash outside the Port of Vancouver and Michigan lawmakers take aim at Windsor-Detroit bridge funding. When Canada's electronic...

Canada will require the use of electronic logging devices (ELDs) beginning in June 2021, making official a long-sought regulation of the commercial transportation industry. Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced the implementation date and the finalized regulations governing ELDs on...

Maple Leaf Motoring isa weekly rundown of developments in the world of Canadian trucking. This week, the effect of ELDs on domestic routes, job growth continues in transport and an Ontario carrier adds a location near Chicago. When Canada's electronic logging device (ELD) mandate takes effect,...

The mandatory adoption of electronic logging devices (ELDs) has given decision-makers the ability to access a wealth of data they never knew they needed. The tough part is attempting to sift through and draw insights from that data.   FreightWaves Chief Data Scientist Daniel Pickett is going to...

Opus9 carriers are being given access to FleetUp's electronic logging device (ELD) product at a discounted rate through a partner program that will provide real-time GPS tracking and ETA services to customers of Opus9. Existing Opus9 carriers can join the program through the company's...

It has been over 18 months since electronic logging devices (ELDs) were made mandatory in the United States. Several reports have been written since regarding the learning curve that drivers had to go through to get accustomed to the new equipment and the regulations that governed their daily...