This week we explore Motive’s first user conference, a Latin American FreighTech company looking to expand into the U.S. and Banyan Technology expanding beyond LTL solutions.
Fleet solutions provider Motive has laid off 6% of its workforce, citing slow demand and higher operating costs.
Motive raised $150 million to invest in products aimed at the “safety, productivity and profitability” of businesses.
“We are experiencing rapid growth across different customer segments and verticals, and more and more companies from non-trucking industries are asking to use our products. We believe that as we are entering our next phase of growth, the time is right to implement this change,” said Motive CEO Shoaib Makani.
Ran Transportation enters busy TMS space in hopes of differentiating from the competition.
Some of the larger TMS providers cost four times what EKA charges and without as many features.
New Omni-TMSTMA cloud-based platform helps dispatch productivity and load-movement visibility.
DRIVE automatically spots areas for improvement so drivers can request coaching to boost their safe driving miles.
“Over the past year, our customers have grown their fleets by 21%, and with our Series E funding, we are now well-positioned to grow alongside them by investing in talent and technology to better serve all businesses that power the physical economy,” says the CEO of KeepTruckin.
KeepTruckin has unveiled Fuel Hub, a telematics-based machine learning tool that can help identify drivers and vehicles that may be using more fuel than needed.
In 2020, J.B. Hunt reported more than 1.2 million loads were processed through its platform, exceeding $1.4 billion in transactions.
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.
The owners of defunct Westfield Transport Inc. of West Springfield, Massachusetts, were indicted on federal charges of falsifying driving logs on Friday. Prosecutors assert the Gasanov brothers hired Volodymyr Zhukovskyy two days before his involvement in a fatal crash that killed seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire in June 2019,
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.
KeepTruckin landed on FreightWaves’ 2021 FreightTech 25 list for the third time by developing new technology to help alleviate COVID-19 supply chain challenges.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC’s loan is facing scrutiny from Congress, plus LTL tonnage is on the rise and prosecutors ask for the reinstatement of the conviction of former Pilot CEO Mark Hazelwood and two others.
KeepTruckin has introduced Fleet View, a holistic approach to managing a fleet through a single platform that combines GPS, ELD compliance, driver safety management and asset visibility.
KeepTruckin’s Aman Shahi details why the Smart Load Board is superior to traditional load boards.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a Florida jury awards a plaintiff $411 million in the latest nuclear verdict. Plus, a lack of freight capacity has some worrying about holiday shipping delays, and Toyota and Hino will bring a Class 8 fuel-cell electric truck to the U.S. next year.
The Smart Load Board is a free freight marketplace built into KeepTruckin’s platform that provides intuitive freight matching and strong data privacy.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, General Motors and Nikola Corp. strike a deal for fuel cells; diesel engines are a big winner from the fallout of the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal; and trucking’s exemption from AB5 could be at risk.
Carriers can control data shared with third-party brokerages and monitor how frequently they use it.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, a tight trucking market could hamper Hurricane Laura recovery efforts plus Tyson Foods steps up and spot rates could be ready to rise.
At its recent user conference, Trimble announced several new features and options for its TMS products as well as integrations with KeepTruckin and project44.
Safety Hub uses telematics data and AI insights from dashcams to enhance driver safety.
In today’s edition of The Daily Dash, YRC Worldwide is set to spend $700 million, Navistar and Samsara announce a tie-up and a PPP loan wasn’t enough to save an Alabama carrier.
The partnership includes 15% discounts to Convoy’s carriers looking to buy KeepTruckin products and solutions.
KeepTruckin’s new features provide better visibility into driving behavior and they enable fleet managers to remotely click images on the cab cameras.
Continental customers will switch from using the RoadLog ELD to KeepTruckin ELD solutions.
KeepTruckin introduces Maintenance Reminders, a tool that helps companies avoid unscheduled vehicle downtimes.
The integration is expected to enhance KeepTruckin’s driver workflow, enabling drivers and dispatchers to communicate directly through the company’s mobile app.
Digital freight matching has turned a corner in the marketplace.
KeepTruckin is shutting down OPL after less than a year in order to create a neutral freight marketplace.
R&D investment delivers top-5 status among FreightTech 25.
Canadian firm whose business includes reselling Keeptruckin electronic logging devices and fleet management solutions attempts to avoid bankruptcy after private equity lender seeks repayment of a $3 million loan.
Over 50 of today’s most innovative and disruptive companies in the logistics industry stepped on stage during FreightWaves LIVE Chicago to present live product demos.
Technology to help with freight asset operations, sales and technology integration highlighted the third block of demonstrations at FreightWaves LIVE in Chicago on Nov. 12. WinMore is a provider of bid and tender collaboration software to help freight forwarders and brokers win more — get it? — contracted rate business, Mark Gamble, director of product […]
Surging wait times can threaten a carrier’s bottom line. KeepTruckin has set out to change that.
KeepTruckin has released a camera that records both on-highway and inside the cab for those fleets looking for more driver monitoring options.
FreightTech venture investing is super hot, but most of these startups continue to lose money. Is this a fad or something else? Last year, FreightWaves created a FreightTech Venture Index to track the venture capital (VC) investing in FreightTech startups. The term FreightTech is defined loosely as software companies and other technologies that aid in […]
Geofencing lets carriers keep an eye on wait times across their entire operation, empowering leaders to identify trends and alter routing guides to gain more efficiency.
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 […]
KeepTruckin Chief Executive Shoaib Makani laid out the company’s ambitious plans to move beyond its core electronic logging device (ELD) market to becoming an end-to-end provider of truck technology. The San Francisco-based company has already detailed plans to add in-cab safety cameras and create a load board for drivers. But the six-year old company is […]
Ford invests $500M in electric pickup maker; plus U.S. may be pulling freight from trucking, India seeks logistics technology upgrades, and scientists call for unity on electric vehicles.
The trucking technology provider will use the funds to ramp up hiring, hardware investments, new partnerships and advancements in machine learning.
KeepTruckin has announced plans to launch a first-of-its-kind load-matching platform that uses data collected from its electronic logging devices, or ELDs, to help match small-business carriers with available freight.
At least 40 percent of drivers are still using AOBRDs, and nearly 80 percent of those don’t plan to switch to ELDs until the second half of 2019, just ahead of the deadline.
project44’s Jett McCandless, KeepTruckin’s Ori Franco, Transfix’s Drew McElroy, and Freightos’ Philip von Mecklenburg-Blumenthal were all panelists.
KeepTruckin recently nabbed the talents of Jairam Ranganathan, formerly Uber’s senior director of product.
The vision for truck video systems goes beyond reducing one-time accident claims to creating more efficient, less risky fleets.
KeepTruckin continues to expand its leadership team as it works to build out new solutions for drivers, taking advantage of the data now available to it.
Coming in at number 10 on our Freight.Tech 25, KeepTruckin continues innovate and collaborate. One of their more recent tech additions to their product line is the App Marketplace.
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.
KeepTruckin, a tech firm that offers fleet management solutions, based in San Francisco, has expanded operations in the Music City.
XPO Logistics was named to the Fortune Future 50 list of U.S. public companies while KeepTruckin and Transfix were both honored by Forbes as two companies likely to achieve unicorn status.
With a vision of bringing “trucks, trailers and goods online,” KeepTruckin continues to innovate and invest in technologies that improve the lives of drivers.
Some fleets will now be able to use KeepTruckin ELDs to take advantage of the greater flexibility AOBRDs offer when it comes to driving mode and how much speed it takes to trigger it.
KeepTruckin raises $50M in a Series C financing. Plans to have 400,000 subscribers by the end of the year
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.
The Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Association has joined efforts to change the current hours-of-service rules to allow drivers to stop driving when they are tired.
Back in November, KeepTruckin launched a petition drive asking FMCSA to provide a 2-hour exemption for long-haul drivers delayed at a shipper.
Frustrated truckers lashed out on ELD companies’ Facebook sites, complaining of technical issues and customer service delays on Dec. 18, the first day of the new mandate.
