Run on Less: We’re averaging 10.1 mpg in Class 8 trucks
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Webinar: ELDs and the short haul exemption
Do your operations fall within 100 air miles and do your drivers start and return to the same location within 12 hours each day? If so, while the ELD short haul exemption may apply to your fleet, making that decision can be a lot more complicated than you may think.
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Changing culture could combat technician shortage
It's not them, it's you.
Culture changes and learning to how to embrace the next generation of truck technicians is the best way combat the industry's technician shortage.
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MiX Asset Manager offers real-time tracking
MiX Telematics released its MiX Asset Manager, which gives truck fleets visibility into the location of all types of assets as they move around worksites and depots.
MiX Asset Manager offers protection for mobile and fixed assets, such as vehicles, trailers, shipping containers and cargo, with or without a dedicated power source, the company noted. MiX said its Asset Manager provides an automatic, electronic registry of assets, with their status and locations so they can be:
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Trailer order backlogs slip but build rates remain steady
Net trailer orders rebounded in August to 14,600 units, up 9% month-over-month from July and up 4% year-over-year, according to data tracked by FTR Transportation Intelligence.
ACT Research added that, as August tied March for the longest OEM work schedule of the year – some three days longer than July – trailer makers “capitalized” on the additional work days by eking out a sequential increase in U.S. trailer builds.
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Working on ways to bring more women into trucking
As the shortage of truck drivers continues to grow – based on current trends lines of freight demand versus truck driver availability, a potential shortfall of 239,000 drivers may develop by 2022 – motor carriers are trying to figure out how to convince more “new blood” to take up piloting big rigs for a living.
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TCI Stays Positive Through July
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">FTR's Trucking Conditions Index for July remains in a positive range with a reading of 5.75 reflecting tightening capacity, rising spot rates, with further impact this fall and winter from the implementation of electronic logging devices.
The TCI measure has not risen higher because it's driven in large part by contract market conditions and not the spot market segment, which is currently being pushed higher. Contract prices are expected to increase in 2018 as capacity further tightens which will move the TCI up through the year.
“The combination of multiple hurricanes, strengthening spot market conditions, and the final push towards ELD implementation means trucking is ready to shift into a higher gear," said Jonathan Starks, COO at FTR. "Fleets are finally starting to talk positively about market conditions after being stuck in a relatively sluggish environment for more than a year.”
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