Penray and Allied Oil & Tire Company have linked up to offer what they call a “one-stop shop” full range of testing, treatment, maintenance, and remediation services for diesel fuel storage tanks.
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Lytx has introduced the Unisyn platform, a video telematics platform that lets users see, understand and act on fleet and field operations safety and efficiency challenges.
The Unisyn platform features always-on access to up to seven days of cloud-connected video. Users can access, review and manage video from their fleets and field operations either in real-time or at a later date.
The Unisyn video telematics platform works in conjunction with Lytx's DriveCam video-based driver safety system. DriveCam and Unisyn are designed to complement each other, using DriveCam's exception-based video to help prevent collisions through programmatic coaching and Unisyn's always-on video to track, monitor and act on fleet and field operations.
The captured video and corresponding telematics data can be accessed from the cloud in real time or on demand from most cloud-connected devices, including iOS and Android mobile devices.
“For some fleets, safety may be balanced against operational efficiency and/or security priorities, which can be addressed through the ability to observe and track vehicles in all aspects of their day,” said Brandon Nixon, Lytx chairman and CEO. “In DriveCam, we're focusing on the driver, and with Unisyn our primary focus is the fleet operations.”
A combination of hardware and wireless network technology allows the Unisyn platform to integrate and synchronize high-definition video from one or more camera angles and options including:
Forward-facing to capture what's in front of the driverSide view to capture activity adjacent to the vehicleSide-mirror to capture activity both adjacent to and near the front of the vehicleRear view to capture activity behind the vehicleCargo interior to capture activity within the cargo holdDock/warehouse to validate activity in the presence of the vehicleInterior to capture situations of security concern within the vehicleWith this flexibility, each fleet can configure their own solution and tailor Unisyn to its own needs, according to Lytx. Organizations can start ...Read the rest of this story
It's certainly no secret that mobile technology is basically upending how we conduct almost every daily task in modern life – from how we work to how we communicate with one another, even how we shop and buy stuff.
[And it's not necessarily all for the better, as this story illustrates.]
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As the West Coast feels ripple effects from the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co., nationally the number of load on the spot truckload freight market fell 5% during the week ending Sept. 24 compared to the week before as truck capacity increased 3%, according to DAT Solutions, its network of load boards.
Those conditions helped send average van and refrigerated load-to-truck ratios down 10% last week with vans at 2.8 available load per posted truck and reefers at 5.5 to 1. The flatbed load-to-truck ratio was 13.2 to 1, unchanged from the previous week.
The ratios are back on par with August levels, according to DAT, but spot truckload rates didn't move much with flatbeds down 1 cent from the week before, for a national average of $1.88 per mile. Vans and reefers were unchanged at an average of $1.64 per mile and $1.91 per mile, respectively. All reported include fuel surcharges.
In contrast, Los Angeles jumped to the second highest spot for the market with the most available outbound loads, behind Chicago. Spot van freight volume and rates surged there last week, up 2 cents to $2.01 per mile. Los Angeles-Phoenix, increased 4 cents to $2.61 per mile, the highest outbound rate, as rates on eastbound, long-haul lanes market made greater gains compared to the previous week.
According to DAT Analyst Peggy Dorf, the bankruptcy of the world's seven largest commercial shipping company started a ripple effect on the whole supply chain, which includes trucking.
"Even if they didn't have cargo on Hanjin ships, big retailers are starting to shift inventory from West Coast distribution centers to other distribution centers farther east,” she wrote in the DAT blog. “October is a critical month for retail freight in advance of the Christmas season, and retailers want to prevent stock-outs while they wait ...Read the rest of this story
