TRUCK DRIVERS

dexFreight adds parking reservation system, to collaborate with TruckPark on podcast

Safe truck parking available in app

TruckPark and dexFreight are combining forces to develop a monthly podcast focused on drivers. The collaboration will also see the addition of TruckPark’s truck parking reservation services on dexFreight’s platform for carriers, brokers and shippers. dexFreight also plans to incorporate parking availability in its machine learning-based trip planning and load selection algorithms for carriers.

Anthony Petitte, chief executive officer and co-founder of TruckPark, told FreightWaves the podcast is...

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Payouts to Celadon’s Hyndman drivers vindicate legal battle

A tractor-trailer from Celadon Group's Hyndman Transport. Hyndman truck drivers have begun receiving payouts from the Canadian government.

Truck driver Robert Mitchell, 69, didn’t think he’d get any of the pay he was owed after Celadon Group shut down Hyndman Transport in December. But in May, about C$6,800 (US$5,000) appeared in his bank account — one of hundreds of payouts likely to go out to former employees of the bankrupt U.S. trucking company’s Canadian subsidiary.

“I have a hatred for Celadon. Every little dime we can get back is a way to say, ‘Screw them,’” Mitchell told FreightWaves. “I was glad to get it.”

It amounts to...

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Company rewards truck drivers for sacrifices during COVID-19

Roadmaster Group doled out nearly $600,000 over a two-month period to its fleet of company drivers and owner-operators as a way to say thank you for continuing to haul freight amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The decision to launch the COVID Appreciation Pay (CAP) program stemmed from a series of Facebook Live chats with drivers, who were struggling to find personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and on-the-road food after states ordered nonessential businesses to shut down in an effort...

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Commentary: It’s time to keep truckers safer

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. 

Truck drivers have always kept our economy moving. About 80% of all cargo in the United States is transported by trucks, and the trucking industry itself is responsible for roughly 6% of all full-time jobs in the country – employing about 3.5 million professional truck drivers. Without truckers, the American economy would grind to a halt.

No event in recent...

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For this white truck driver, supporting George Floyd protests came naturally

Cross-border truck driver Randy James Ulch in his in the cab of his semi-truck.

By his own account, truck driver Randy James Ulch seems an unlikely supporter for the protests following George Floyd’s killing by a Minneapolis police officer.

“I’m a bald white guy with a goatee — a little bit heavyset — and I drive a big truck.” Ulch told FreightWaves. “I kind of fit a certain stereotype.”

The stereotype of a white supremacist, according to Ulch. 

But Ulch is an unapologetic anti-racist. The 42-year-old has posted regularly to Facebook about the demonstrations, police...

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EKA Solutions debuts Omni-TMS for small, medium-sized carriers

EKA Solutions has unveiled the second weapon in its triad of supply chain transportation management system (TMS) offerings with the release of its Omni-TMS for small and medium-sized carriers.

“EKA Omni-TMS for carriers is a native cloud-based SaaS TMS that provides affordable, quote-to-cash, best-in-class, intuitive, easy-to-use functionality to empower small- and medium-sized carriers with the functionality and services to grow and perform as well or better than large fleets,” JJ Singh,...

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Werner adds predictive freight matching with Trucker Tools platform

Werner Enterprises truck on highway

Continuing a trend that has seen major truckload carriers adopt flexible technology tools, Werner Enterprises (NASDAQ: WERN) has gone live with a suite of freight management and carrier engagement tools from Trucker Tools.

Among the tools Trucker Tools is supplying to Werner’s brokerage operation is real-time shipment visibility, predictive freight matching, automated booking, and electronic document capture.

“Supply chain visibility is critically important, particularly in these unprecedented...

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Salesforce Labs unleashes Supplyforce Bot communication tool

Salesforce communication bot

Salesforce Labs has launched the Supplyforce Bot on Salesforce AppExchange to improve real-time communication within the supply chain.

The free Supplyforce Bot features three components, any of which can be used by customers. They are:

  • Supplyforce Bot Mobile Interface that allows drivers, couriers and cargo operators to stay informed on safety-related topics, ask for help, or talk to a live agent if they need assistance.
  • Transportation Support that helps driver supervisors respond quickly to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/salesforce-labs-unleashes-supplyforce-bot-communication-tool

Echo Global Logistics adds TruckPark parking services

Echo Global truck parking

Echo Global Logistics (NASDAQ:ECHO) is upping the value of its EchoDrive Preferred service through a strategic partnership with TruckPark. The program will give Preferred members access to TruckPark’s network of overnight commercial truck parking resources at a discounted rate.

EchoDrive Preferred is a complement to Echo’s proprietary EchoDrive web portal and mobile app that gives carriers real-time access to search, bid, manage, track and get paid on freight hauled for Echo.

The partnership will...

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