ELDs

Robust Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) are able to track driver hours and ensure compliance to Hours of Service (HOS) regulations, but electronic logging is just one component of a larger mobile fleet management solution. The right technology gives you insight into problems you didn’t know existed and greatly reduces tedious manual processes. Fleets using a […]

The Trucking Alliance has long stood out for its unique structure and its departure from what might be thought of as trade group consensus.

The ELD mandate put more pressure on truck drivers’ workdays and may have pushed its most-tenured employees out. 

A new book raises doubts about whether the ELD mandate has boosted truck safety.

Truck drivers say new technology has made their jobs a “race against the clock.” Technology manufacturers are trying to argue the other side.

Golden State, often a trendsetter in regulation, lags behind on ELD requirement for trucks that stay within state borders; comment period open.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has invalidated an ELD from ArionTech Inc. for “failure to meet the minimum requirements.”

Canadian transportation regulators agreed to push back enforcement of an ELD mandate until 2023 amid problems with provincial legislation and a low number of approved devices.

The clock is ticking for truckers to upgrade or replace their third-generation (3G)-reliant ELDs — or face possible hours-of-service violations — as major cellular providers move to 5G network services in 2022.

Regulators are urging carriers to take action to ensure their ELDs remain legal after mobile networks transition out of 3G.

Transport Canada is investigating an ELD certification body after a vendor alleged that it approved a device that could allow drivers to falsify their logs.

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 Canada. It wasn’t easy.

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 come for another year.

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.

The Great North is taking the slow road on implementation

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 first devices will get approval.

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 its list of self-certified vendors following a fiery crash that killed seven motorcyclists.

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 records, some motor carriers and truckers have devised ways to skirt the rules by falsifying drivers’ log books.

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

Road Hunter, a popular navigation app for truckers, surveyed its users to find out more about their ELD providers. The app’s founder said there is a huge market for truckers potentially willing to switch ELD providers.

Two companies are bringing in partners with yard space that might not already be available or marketed to truck drivers.

Whatever hit the company also impacted its phone system

In a not-required disclosure, company does not estimate time for a return

Echo exec Gustafson has praise for technological changes

TruckX has introduced a ruggedized wired ELD setup, which reduces the operational difficulties that come with using a bluetooth ELD solution.

In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, second-quarter earnings are coming fast and furious, and if you are looking to them for definitive answers on the economy, you might be disappointed. Plus, how hackable are ELDs and why is diesel engine maker Cummins so interested in hydrogen?

The partnership includes 15% discounts to Convoy’s carriers looking to buy KeepTruckin products and solutions.

“The last place I picked up, I couldn’t even come inside the building to use the bathroom,” said Chicago-based driver Bob Stanton.

At TCA meeting, agency administrator says FMCSA will need help acting on reports of cheating.

Competition intensifies for new entrants and legacy providers in the fleet management market.

Recent changes in electronic logging device mandates put a hit on the company’s bottom line in 2019 — and probably in 2020.

On Friday’s What The Truck?!? we talk coronavirus, ELDs, freight forecasting and more

Happy top of the weekend! Thanks for making us a part of the backhaul of your week, and boy do we have some news for you. First, we hit the headlines: Applying the restrictions of AB5 in California to the trucking industry runs afoul of federal law, according to a court case just handed down. […]

The acquisition of Kuebix is believed to be a step toward making a fragmented transportation industry more efficient.

Drivers passing through a truck stop in Portland, Oregon talk holiday plans and a profession in flux.

Connectivity is crucial to success in trucking. Darren Prokop writes about various aspects of connectivity that make trucking more transparent and efficient.

The hard deadline for the ELD mandate hits on December 16, and a significant portion of the fleets that run AOBRDs are looking to put off ELD adoption until the last minute.

More carriers install ELDs as compliance deadline nears.

Dan Doran suggests the industry should’ve focused on HOS revisions before discussing ELDs.

The three-week moving average of surveyed carriers reporting ELD compliance dropped to just 89.1%.

The FreightWaves Pricing Power Index is a new weekly feature that highlights the balance of power between shippers and carriers.

American Trucking Associations President & CEO Chris Spear sits down with Craig Fuller on this episode of Fuller Speed Ahead.

Trucking software supplier Drivewyze is adding the dangerous mountain passes of Colorado to its safety alerts for subscribers of its PreClear weigh station bypass program.

The company reported diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.53, $0.01 short of estimates and $0.02 higher than the second quarter of 2018.

Company’s best-in-class model will be tested as LTL conditions remain soft

While AOBRDs and ELDs serve a similar function, there are several differences in both rules of operation and using the device itself.

Where are the opportunities on the west and east coast? Plus, results from our survey of those shifting from AOBRDs to ELDs.

While Ottawa’s rules are designed to conform with American devices, they will need to undergo a rigorous certification process.

Capitol Hill hearing took on lease-purchase agreements, truck size and weights

Looking at how Canada’s forthcoming mandate might affect the 62,000 trucks that don’t cross the border.

“June is a big month in the second quarter historically…and if we don’t see it here in the month of June you really have to question what we are going to see in July and August,” said Rourke.

Whether truck location data is generated from electronic logging devices (ELDs) or proprietary tracking or routing software, there’s one location – the loading dock – where more supply chain visibility is desperately needed, according to freight industry experts. “Anyone can learn how to drive a truck; the hardest part for drivers is navigating through all […]

A new survey of small fleets and owner-operators found they would like to utilize many of the same tools larger fleets do to control costs, including more technology like predictive maintenance.

Fleets participating in the TCA Profitability Program (TPP) gain access to benchmarking data that can help them improve operations.

As of December 16, 2019, anyone running an AOBRD must switch to an ELD. There are steps that can be taken now to ensure the changeover will be painless.

FreightWaves is monitoring a number of trends that will impact the freight market in 2019. Digitization will play a key role in these trends as companies seek to optimize their supply chain processes.

December was a month of growing uncertainty and severe declines in the U.S. financial markets. The only thing that seems to be growing is the level of ambiguity in everyone’s outlook. 

Truck drivers hauling in the state of New York will not see ELD enforcement until state regulators finish getting the rule on the books.

As administrators for the Black Smoke Matters group on Facebook worked to get a handle on the sudden explosion of members in the group, one administrator announced he is stepping away from the page and the group has posted what it is calling “Truckers Declarations for the 2019 Shutdown” on its website.

It’s that time of year; time to look forward and plan for the year. In order to have a better idea of where the economy and industry are headed, we always like to look back and review from where we came and what happened.

Black Smoke Matters, a group formed by truckers, is planning a nationwide shutdown on April 12 to protest several issues facing truckers.

Livestock haulers are relying on the fate of the federal budget to determine how long their ELD exemptions will last.

Chris Buffone speaks at MarketWaves on Drivewyze’s service in weigh station bypass to help drivers save time and money.

On today’s episode, Craig Fuller, Dean Croke, and Ibrahiim Bayaan discuss ELDs and their impact on driver hours, trends in violations, and economic outlook.

The American Transportation Research Institute is asking fleets to contribute electronic logging device (ELD) data to the group so it can study how the data can assist the industry in terms of safety initiatives and regulatory focus.

KeepTruckin has further expanded the utility of its fleet management platform with a new App Marketplace for customers to access solutions that easily integrate with KeepTruckin’s current platforms.

The Drivewyze weigh in motion software will come built into Orbcomm devices. Separately, the company will launch a new free data analysis service for their customers.

Zipline Logistics released a survey showing the impact of ELDs — 10 months after the mandate.

FMCSA is allowing concrete pumper operators to work up to 14 hours in a day through a new exemption to the 12-hour workday for short-haul operators.

Beyond the Hours of Service rule that is under consideration for changes by the federal government, the introduction of the hard ELD rule has created several other less-publicized problems.

FreightWaves data scientists are using GPS data to better understand truck movements through the busiest ports in North America—origin and destination, lanes, and the time it takes to get freight into retailers’ DC networks.

Beyond the Technology presented by LaunchIt Public Relations …Since the ELD mandate went into effect late last year, most carriers have been required to use technology systems in order to track drivers’ hours of service. In an effort to set themselves apart and make their systems more useful, many ELD vendors offer applications that take care of other business requirements as well.

Most carriers are satisfied with their ELD providers, but they haven’t yet figured out how to turn compliance into a business advantage by operationalizing their data.

Sponsored by Reliance Partners…On the heels of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s announcement regarding the Solving for Safety Visualization Challenge, FreightWaves spoke with Reliance Partners’ John Seidl to learn more about risk management in the industry.

The FMCSA and ATA talk regulations at SMC3; Cummins has to pay tariffs to import its own engines; Canadian National and Canadian Pacific investing in Port of Vancouver; why protectionist rhetoric is roiling the markets; key takeaways from OPEC’s Vienna meeting.

Think government regulations are just a drain on your finances? Think again. Today, savvy fleets are using government regulations such as the hours-of-service rules to their advantage — but how?

The free webinar will focus on how a driver and a fleet can prepare themselves for roadside inspections in a world governed by the ELD mandate.

An analyst summarizes a talk on digital brokerage, a truckers’ strike in Iran, and the prospects for ELD legislation.

The hard reality is that very little is getting passed in this Congress, and ELD-related legislation would need to break that pattern late in the game.

From parking to accident prediction, the vision is that the controversial machines are throwing off data that can be used by truckers in other applications.

As the trucking industry continues to broadly install and learn to use the ELDs, there are beginning to be large disparities in the way the devices are impacting capacity via mode.

ELD hard enforcement had its impact on rates months ago, but the physical impacts to drivers and people on the ground is still an issue. Autonomous vehicle technology is progressing rapidly. 

Presented by Reliance Partners …The jury is still out as to whether or not ELDs actually make our roads safer, but many say they’re working.

The survey includes responses from more than 100 trucking companies of various sizes with the intention of keeping a pulse on the industry.

We’re all technology companies, a leading UPS executive tells the huge supply chain exhibition. 

Burning vehicles and rival automaker are certainly problems, but with Tesla the song remains the same: how to fund it.

Used truck prices strengthen; trailer orders go crazy; Arizona suspends Uber self-driving; Canadian National trades at 52-week lows; aftermath of Harvey still affects Houston tanker traffic; Philadelphia freight market is heating up.

FMCSA Administrator Ray Martinez heard plenty of complaints from truck drivers over ELDs, hours of service, and parking issues during a Listening Session at Mid-America.

FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo took plenty of questions from the audience as he tried to clear up confusion over the ELD rule during a session at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

ZED Connect is moving beyond just providing ELDs to collecting and analyzing vehicle data and providing insight into that data back to fleets and owner-operators.

Crete Carrier had a 400% increase in load turndowns in February and that is just one of the metrics that indicates the current conditions of the freight market.

Supply chain participants spent years taking time out of the process to offer faster, more streamlined services, but with ELDs and e-commerce, that lack of flexibility is now constraining operations.

Even with lower levels of automation, trucks could essentially work around the clock, but what will regulators do about the ELD hours-of-service rule?

This new consolidation program, adds convenience and freshness and also mitigates some of the impacts of the newly implemented ELD law that will be 100 percent enforced on April 1, 2018.

The ELD compliance rate continues to inch up among fleets according to the latest survey conducted by CarrierLists.

Cashflow Corner presented by TriumphPayDetention of drivers remains a significant problem in the industry, with few solutions in sight, although ELDs may be able to help smaller fleets and owner-operators enforce detention policies.

Drivers aren’t robots and one size doesn’t fit all, so in the absence of flexibility, wide-awake drivers attempt to sleep in rest stops on 10-hour breaks during the day, which is what makes the 14-hour clock so dangerous.

After several delays, Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) workers have begun installing truck toll gantries in the state this week. The project, which will collect truck-only tolls at 12 locations in the state, is estimated to raise about $470 million in tax revenue over 10 years.

Though the ELD mandate has been in effect since December 2017, the compliance rates for fleets with less than 10 trucks have been low and will stay that way this year.