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Convoy integrates with KeepTruckin to improve shipment tracking

Convoy integrates with KeepTruckin to improve shipment tracking (Photo: KeepTruckin)

Digital freight broker Convoy has partnered with fleet management company KeepTruckin to help fleets simplify their daily operations and scale up businesses. Convoy will now integrate KeepTruckin’s freight visibility API with its platform, which will allow customers to access location data for en-route shipments. This location data would be generated by consenting carriers within Convoy’s network who use KeepTruckin’s electronic logging devices (ELDs). 

FreightWaves spoke with Brooks McMahon,...

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Regulators give relief to Werner during ELD transition

Federal regulators are helping Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) transition from Omnitracs to Platform Science electronic logging devices (ELDs) by temporarily exempting the carrier from certain data requirements as it makes the switch.

The exemption, issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on July 6, acknowledges “incompatibility issues” between Omnitracs and Platform Science, and will therefore allow the company to leave blank five required data fields in the...

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Truck stops join owner-operators in rejecting Dems’ highway bill

Travel plaza and truck stop operators are no longer backing U.S. House Democrats’ federal infrastructure proposal after a provision was included to allow electric vehicle charging stations at interstate rest areas.

“It is incredibly shortsighted for lawmakers to focus on installing electric vehicle charging at rest areas with taxpayer dollars … rather than to partner with the thousands of exit businesses already investing in electric fuel,” Lisa Mullings, president and CEO of NATSO, the trade...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-stops-join-owner-operators-in-rejecting-dems-highway-bill

Continental customers will now transition to KeepTruckin ELDs

Continental customers will now transition to KeepTruckin ELDs (Photo: KeepTruckin)

Global automotive parts supplier Continental is collaborating with fleet management solution provider KeepTruckin to switch the electronic logging devices (ELDs) used by its customer base to KeepTruckin’s ELD solutions. 

In that regard, Continental has discontinued its previous ELD program with RoadLog – a situation that James McCarthy, business development manager at Continental, described as an “extremely hard decision.”

McCarthy explained that Continental made the decision after due diligence...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/continental-customers-will-now-transition-to-keeptruckin-elds

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