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The screen of a Cab-Mate One ELD mounted inside a truck with its screen turned on. The device was recently certified in Canada.

Nate Tabak, Border and North America CorrespondentTuesday, September 14, 2021

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Canada ELD certification ‘very rigorous,’ company says after completing vetting

An executive from Pedigree Technologies explains how the North Dakota firm became one of the first ELD providers to successfully get a device certified in…

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A view from inside the cab of a truck where a driver is using an ELD or electronic logging device, which whose use is required in Canada as of June 12.

Nate Tabak, Border and North America CorrespondentSaturday, June 12, 2021

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Canada’s ELD mandate now in effect — kind of

Canada’s requirement for commercial vehicles to use ELDs technically took effect Saturday. The trouble is no devices are certified for use, and true enforcement won’t…

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Todd MaidenTuesday, May 11, 2021

Marten upgrades to ORBCOMM’s dual-mode tracking service

ORBCOMM, a provider of electronic logging devices and IoT technologies, announced carrier Marten Transport is retrofitting its fleet with ORBCOMM’s dual-mode asset-tracking devices.

Drilling Deep Podcast

John KingstonThursday, March 11, 2021

Drilling Deep: Canada’s very gentle launch of its ELD mandate

The Great North is taking the slow road on implementation

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An electronic-logging device (ELD) on the dash of a commercial truck. Canada will require the use of ELDs in commercial trucks as of June 12 when its ELD mandate comes into force.

Nate Tabak, Border and North America CorrespondentTuesday, March 9, 2021

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Canada’s fast-approaching ELD mandate won’t be enforced — at first

The Canadian government won’t say when enforcement of its ELD mandate will begin. But it won’t happen on day one. And it’s unclear when the…

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KeepTruckin disagrees with the NTSB finding to remove its ELD devices from the market

Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and EnterpriseMonday, March 1, 2021

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Investigative: KeepTruckin fights NTSB bid to remove its ELD technology in wake of crash

KeepTruckin is petitioning the National Transportation Safety Board to rescind its recommendation that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration remove the company's logging devices from…

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Clarissa Hawes, Senior Editor, Investigations and EnterpriseWednesday, February 17, 2021

Profits drive log fraud in trucking — Long-Haul Crime Log

Since the federal government started regulating the number of hours a truck driver can legally drive in a day, requiring either paper logs or higher-tech…

Finance

John KingstonMonday, January 11, 2021

ELD provider ORBCOMM jettisons high-priced debt for new capital structure

ORBCOMM’s privately transacted $200 million refinancing means the ELD provider is entering 2021 with a markedly different balance sheet than in recent years.

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