ELD

Have you heard about the looming 3G sunset? This upcoming transition, which will largely take place in early 2022, has the potential to dramatically disrupt electronic logging device (ELD) communications for hundreds of thousands of devices. You can avoid being left without a functional device by...

The Democrats' version of the highway bill retains many of the truck-centric policies of last year's version with two notable add-ons: guidance on truck brokers and dispatch services and a policy for using truckers' electronic logging devices (ELDs) for government research. The $547 billion "...

Within weeks – June 12 to be exact – commercial motor carriers operating in Canada will have to comply with that country's electronic logging device (ELD) mandate. Similar to the regulation that went into effect in the U.S. in 2017, Canada's ELD rule will require electronic data collection of...

On today's episode, Dooner and Hill are talking about a former Uber exec who filed for bankruptcy after losing a $179M dispute with Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the FMCSA going after rule-breaking ELDs, and coronavirus costing commercial airlines a $113 billion loss.  Plus, Lean Staffing's CEO...

The question seemed to catch Jim Mullen, acting administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a bit off guard: Was it true that in Canada, a lot of carriers were altering records coming out of their electronic logging devices (ELDs) and showing incorrect data on driver...

ELDs are proving to be a headwind at Trimble.  In releasing the company's fourth-quarter 2019 earnings Wednesday, executives at Trimble TRMB (NASDAQ: TRMB) on a conference call with analysts discussed how there has been a need for extensive investment in the company's ELD operations and that it...

Good day, A man was charged Thursday with shooting a truck driver on I-269 outside Memphis, Tennessee, after an in-cab video captured the suspected killer, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said.  James Huddleston, 27, was arrested after his father identified him as the person in images captured...

Trimble, a major supplier of electronic logging devices (ELDs), has acquired the privately held transportation management system (TMS) provider Kuebix.  Network integration appears to be the key factor driving the acquisition. In the press release announcing the acquisition, Trimble said the deal...

Logistics company Trimble Transportation (NASDAQ: TRMB) has requested an extension to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA's) eight-day electronic logging device (ELD) repair requirement, as the company struggles to update devices that malfunctioned when 2020 arrived. "Driver...

What Is An ELD? Electronic logging devices or ELDs as they're more commonly known, are not a new technology although the regulation behind them is. They are devices that record the number of hours a driver works and rests each day to ensure they are compliant with government regulations. To...

Some suppliers admit there are a few stragglers in the trucking industry still holding out to comply with a new federal rule that requires them to switch over from automatic on-board recording devices (AOBRDs) to electronic logging devices (ELDs). Most vendors say customers have been proactive...

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About 2% of carriers are still holding onto their automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) as the mid-December electronic logging device (ELD) deadline looms. This number has stayed basically the same for over a month now, signaling that true holdouts actually make up about 2% of the trucking...

Taking its cue from federal regulators, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) confirmed it will begin fully enforcing the electronic logging device (ELD) rule on Dec. 17, with no "soft enforcement" grace period. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) previously has stated...

The phone booth used to be a critical tool for trucking companies, shippers and drivers when it came to tracking shipments. That concept is as ancient as the phone booth, but the desire to track shipments has only intensified in the past few years. "A big part of what's been driving this is...