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White Paper: 5 Ways Top Fleets Maximize the Benefits of Custom Apps

Next-generation ELDs have open platforms, more device options, and a consumer-style user interface (UI) and user experience (UX). Yet, no product offers a one-size-fits-all solution. The pre-packaged features and functions are either too sparse or cookie-cutter to meet each fleet’s unique specifications.

That’s why many fleets (including 14 of the 20 largest fleets out there today) have built their own custom app to give drivers everything they need, where and when they need it. 

Learn more in “5...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/white-paper-5-ways-top-fleets-maximize-the-benefits-of-custom-apps

TruckPager reimagines freight booking with live tracking, drops phone calls

Imagine freight brokers going about their days without phones. The thought seems absurd, right?

Now imagine those same brokers without phones covering many more loads than the competition in a shorter amount of time. 

It’s hard to picture such a concept, as phones have been an integral tool for freight brokers since the beginning, but it’s soon to become a reality.

Mobile app TruckPager is promising a freight booking future without phone calls. Instead, brokers and shippers can reach the nearest...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truckpager-reimagines-freight-booking-by-adding-live-tracking-drops-phone-calls

New mobile app streamlines paperwork submission, expedites carrier payments

Red truck drives past grassy mountain

Carriers working with multiple brokers must endure the paperwork juggling act. Simplifying this process is imperative so the driver can have a predictable workflow and focus on getting goods from point A to point B. 

Without a consistent system, carriers must ascertain whether the broker requires paperwork submissions through email, mail or fax, as well as if the broker uses a unique process for QuickPay submissions. Alongside those requirements, brokers also offer their own tools or apps, which...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/new-mobile-app-streamlines-paperwork-submission-expedites-carrier-payments

How does app-based tracking compare to more complex methods?

Shippers and third-party data aggregators are pressuring brokers to step up their tracking game as economic uncertainty continues. Over the last few years, shipment tracking has shifted from a perk to an expectation. Now, subpar consistency and poor compliance are enough to cost a brokerage its profitability and, ultimately, the company’s life. 

Brokers can tap into a few tried and true methods to improve their consistency and compliance numbers – namely electronic logging device (ELD) access,...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/how-does-app-based-tracking-compare-to-more-complex-methods

Remote surveys on the rise amid COVID-19 outbreak

The shipping industry seems to rapidly mobilizing to face the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 pandemic. In this regard, the Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR) will use RINA’s remote technology for inspections of Liberian flagged vessels and as announced, Shipowner d’Amico will take advantage of this facility in a pilot case on his fleet. It is anticipated that the decision of LISCR could shortly be followed by other Flag Administrations.

“The shipping industry is...

https://safety4sea.com/remote-surveys-on-the-rise-amid-covid-19-outbreak/