Trucking

Daimler Trucks will embed Platform Science telematics software

Freightliner Cascadia interior

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) is partnering with growth-stage fleet management software startup Platform Science to let customers use third-party telematics and connectivity services directly from their trucks without installing aftermarket hardware.

The agreement between North America’s leading truck maker and La Jolla, California-based Platform Science includes an undisclosed investment by DTNA in the company’s Series B funding round. Founded in 2014, Platform Sciences has raised $30...

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Today’s Pickup: Idelic integrates Samsara ELD, camera data into platform

Samsara dashcam

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Idelic’s Safety Suite driver management platform is now capable of collecting electronic logging device (ELD) and camera data generated by Samsara’s technology. Customers using Safety Suite can automatically upload their ELD and camera data and have that driver information seamlessly pushed back to Samsara.

“Capturing data through devices that Samsara provides is incredibly helpful in understanding driver behavior. Integrating that data into the wide breadth of driver information held...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/todays-pickup-idelic-integrates-samsara-eld-camera-data-into-platform

CloudTrucks, Uber Freight, COOP by Ryder team up on rideshare driver pilot

Virtual trucking carrier CloudTrucks has teamed up with Uber Freight and COOP by Ryder to help qualifying Uber rideshare drivers break into the freight industry.

The partnership, launched three weeks ago, comes as the COVID-19 pandemic has decimated Uber’s rideshare business, putting thousands of drivers out of work. The coronavirus lockdowns have also led to a surge in demand for essential items like food and medical supplies.

“Truck drivers are the backbone of our economy, and communities are...

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Family of Wyoming man killed in truck crash sues driver, carrier

The family of a man killed two years ago in a tractor-trailer crash on Interstate 80 in Albany County, Wyoming, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a North Carolina trucking company and one of its former drivers.

Vidal Madera, 57, of Laramie, Wyoming, died when Tonya Hightower, 48, of Wichita, Kansas, lost control of her rig while traveling westbound on I-80 around 5:15 a.m. on March 21, 2018, drove through the median and hit Madera, who was driving a 2001 Chevy Cavalier in the eastbound...

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FMC urges Congress to aid distressed US box terminals

Steep reductions in containership sailings over the next several months due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic have many U.S. marine terminal operators wondering how they are going to afford their annual lease payments to port authorities.

The country’s nearly 100 large and small container terminals are on some of the priciest industrial property. According to industry experts, terminal operators in the Port of New York and New Jersey annually spend about $90,000 per acre as port authority...

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Freight Futures daily curve: 5/4

Freight Futures data to watch today:May “spot” month settlement prices

Friday marked the first trading session for the May “spot” month Trucking Freight Futures contracts. The spot National contract (FUT.VNU202005) settled unchanged at $1.419 per mile, nearly $0.10 above where April closed and moved to expiration. The East regional average (FUT.VEU202005) ended 0.74% lower at $1.479. Both the West regional contract (FUT.VWU202005) and the South regional contract (FUT.VSU202005) rose modestly, to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freight-futures-daily-curve-5-4

Today’s Pickup: Another ELD provider shuts down

ELD

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When the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate went into effect, there were more than 250 companies that self-registered their devices for compliance. Most expected that number to shrink over time, and it has. The latest company to abandon its ELD program is Continental.

The company announced it has stopped sales of its Roadlog product line. It will continue to support current users until Aug. 14, 2020, the company said, and provide transition assistance to other providers.

“Unfortunate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/todays-pickup-another-eld-provider-shuts-down

Traton urges European government-sponsored swapping of older trucks

Aerial of Traton Group trucks

Traton Group, (CXE: 8TRA) the holding company for Volkswagen AG’s truck and bus businesses, urged a European “cash for clunkers” program to boost new truck purchases after reporting lower sales, earnings and orders in the first quarter on Monday.

“What Europe needs right now are investment incentives for the environmentally friendly modernization of truck fleets as a means to overcome the crisis in this system-critical sector,” said Andreas Renschler, Traton CEO and member of the VW Board of...

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ExxonMobil’s diesel formulation saves fuel and cuts emissions

ExxonMobil fuel pump with engineer Lilo Hurtado

Two years after it went on sale in small test markets in Michigan and Texas, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and its Synergy Diesel Efficient now adorn fuel canopies at 7,500 independent truck stops and 425 commercial fuel depots.

The 20% drop in diesel fuel prices could get more truckers to check out the diesel formulation’s benefits: 

  • At least 2% or better fuel efficiency.
  • Lower oxides of nitrites (NOx) emissions
  • Elimination of fuel additives
  • Cleaner fuel system operation

When diesel prices were...

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Celadon in talks to sell Mexican business for $2.4 million

Tractor-trailers of Celadon's Jaguar Transportation

Bankrupt Celadon Group is pursuing a deal to sell its Mexican businesses to White Willow Holdings for $2.4 million after the proposed $7 million sale to P.A.M. Transportation Services fell through, according to a court filing.

Luminus Management-backed White Willow “put forth the best offer” for its Mexican subsidiaries, Celadon said in an April 30 filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The deal also provides for 78% of Mexican tax refunds owed to Celadon – worth as much as $18.5 million – going back...

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