Next Trucking to Expand App With Drayage Loads
Digital freight broker Next Trucking announced it concluded a beta program that allowed qualified independent owner-operators and small-fleet drivers to access port loads directly through Next’s mobile app.
November 15, 2019Best Trucking Accounting Software 2024
If you’re simply looking for a bookkeeping tool, you can stop reading here, and look no further than QuickBooks. If you’re embracing the notion that trucking accounting goes far beyond that, or want to have a more expansive trucking accounting system of which QuickBooks is a key part, then read on.
Uber Freight Subsidizes Geotab ELDs
Uber Freight has partnered with fleet-management services provider Geotab to offer small carriers electronic logging devices and one year of service.
November 15, 2019VW Challenges Rivals With $66 Billion Splurge for Electric Era
Volkswagen AG will ramp up spending on electric vehicles and automated driving by 36% as the world’s largest automaker challenges rivals to keep pace with an aggressive shift into the post-combustion era.
November 15, 2019Options Abound for Elevating Drivers’ Health and Wellness
There is a wellness movement on the rise aimed at improving the health of truckers, though the challenge remains to educate and motivate.
November 15, 2019Ford Puts Iconic Mustang Name on First Electric Crossover
Ford Motor Co., which pioneered the racy pony-car body style 55 years ago, will use the Mustang name and insignia on an electric crossover utility vehicle coming next year.
November 15, 2019German Industrial Job Losses Top 80,000 With Daimler Cuts
Daimler AG said this week it will shed 10% of management positions at its Mercedes unit, lifting the tally of job cuts announced this year across Germany’s manufacturing sector to more than 80,000.
November 15, 2019A Simple Way to Help Retain Drivers
One factor that can help drivers not jump ship is to make their lives easier. Learn how the Weigh My Truck app can make weighing easier and save your drivers time. Also, discover the fleet benefits from back end data to custom prompts.
November 15, 2019Eaton Reports Higher Q3 Net Income, Lower Revenue
Eaton Corp. reported higher net income in the third quarter amid lower revenue as its electrical segments led the gains.
November 14, 2019Shell Unveils Natural Gas Engine Oil
COLLEGE STATION, Texas — Shell Lubricants announced a new natural gas engine oil Nov. 14, one of the first of its kind to meet standards to operate in natural gas, diesel and gasoline engines.
November 14, 2019Fleets Grapple With Question: How Many Subscriptions Do We Need?
Trucking executives are increasingly confronting the same proliferation of decisions that vex consumers who are shopping for online video services — to subscribe or not to subscribe?
November 14, 2019