Trucking news
- Navistar integrates five more telematics platforms September 24, 2020LISLE, Ill. – Navistar International has added five more telematics platforms to its factory-installed hardware, through a program it has dubbed Gateway Integrations. Navistar’s own telematics hardware serves as a gateway to streamline various software without the need for additional hardware through Gateway Integrations. Navistar previously announced integration with Samsara and Geotab, and has now […]
- U.S. looks to better define employees, independent contractors September 24, 2020TORONTO, Ont. – The debate about which truck drivers are employees or independent contractors is not limited to Canada alone. On the side of the border, the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) continues to sound the alarm about Driver Inc. – a business model that sees fleets misclassifying employees as independent contractors to bypass a series […]
- ECONOMIC WATCH: Shippers’ conditions deteriorate as rates swing in carriers’ favor September 24, 2020BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Shippers’ conditions deteriorated in July, falling into negative territory for the first time since August 2018, FTR reports. The FTR Shippers Conditions Index (SCI) recorded a -0.36 reading, reflecting weak market conditions and a rate environment that swung heavily in carriers’ favor. FTR projects increased capacity to push the index back into […]