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Integration Brings Load Tracking to Efreightsolutions Users
Trucker Tools, provider of the Load Track platform, announced an integration with the cloud-based transportation management system, Efreightsolutions. The integration offers users of Efreightsolutions real-time freight tracking, driver messaging and electronic proof-of-delivery through an embedded feature set.
“Our partnership with Trucker Tools offers freight brokers and 3PLs that use our transportation management system seamless access to real-time shipment visibility,” said Walter Mitchell, chief technology officer of Efreightsolutions. “Our clients can easily use the integrated Load Track feature for any or all of their shipments to operate more efficiently and improve customer service.”
When Efreightsolutions users click on a truckload or LTL shipments, they see a detailed shipment profile that now includes a “Start Load Track” option. By selecting this option, a form opens to enter the cell phone number of the driver assigned to the shipment. The form also has icons to optionally send the driver an instant message and request a “signed by” name and images of POD documents upon delivery.
Once the form is completed, the TMS receives GPS updates from Load Track through the Trucker Tools app on the driver's smartphone. The updates are displayed in the TMS as color-coded pins on a Google Map in the shipment profile.
Pricing for the integrated Load Track feature starts at $1.05 per load for freight brokers with high volumes. Location updates are continuous and in near real time, with no limitations on the number of days and stop events from pickup to final delivery.
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TransVix moves corporate headquarters to Chattanooga
TransVix LLC, the company looking to become the first Trucking Futures Exchange, has announced the move of its corporate headquarters to Chattanooga, TN, from Fort Worth, TX.
TransVix said it is working to revolutionize the trucking industry by addressing one of the most significant challenges in freight transportation today— rate volatility.
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Winter Storm Niko Pounding Northeast
As of this morning, Winter Storm Niko is pummeling the Northeast along the heavily populated corridor running from Boston to Washington. While no major highways have been closed so far, the governors of several Northeastern states, including New York and Connecticut, are urging motorists to stay off the roads for safety's sake and to enable snow removal.
Winter storm warnings have been issued for an area that stretches from coastal Maine down through the rest of New England and southeastern New York State, then into New Jersey, eastern and central Pennsylvania, and parts of northern Delaware, northern Maryland and northern West Virginia.
While blizzard warnings are up for Cape Cod and on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket in Massachusetts as well as for eastern and central Long Island in New York State, some local TV meteorologists, including WTNH in New Haven, Conn. are pointing out that “blizzard conditions” may occur locally this afternoon.
That's becasue, per a Weather.com post, Niko may turn into a "weather bomb”—a powerful low-pressure weather system that intensifies rapidly. To “bomb out,” the central pressure of a low-pressure system must drop at least 24 millibars within 24 hours. When that happens, winds increase dramatically and blizzard conditions can result, sometimes accompanied by lightning. As it happens, “thundersnow” has already been reported in Hartford, Conn. and cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in both Connecticut and New York's Hudson Valley.
Snow accumulations are being predicted in a range from at least 1 foot in much of southern New England and Long Island to between 6 inches and 1 foot in parts of Pennsylvania, much of New Jersey and New York City. Snowfall is expected to be much lighter in the southern Mid-Atlantic region, including the metro Baltimore and Washington areas.
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Hendrickson revamps TireMaax Pro ROI calculator
Hendrickson Trailer Commercial Vehicle Systems announced it has revamped its TireMaax Pro return-on-investment (ROI) calculator with a new look. The enhanced ROI calculator is designed to provide a user-friendly interface for determining the potential savings a fleet could achieve by specifying TireMaax Pro, an advanced tire pressure control system.
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