Electronic communication from trailers in the field has advanced to the point where skepticism of tracking technology is starting to show signs of cracking, according to some fleet executives who are poised to buy the equipment.

Electronic communication from trailers in the field has advanced to the point where skepticism of tracking technology is starting to show signs of cracking, according to some fleet executives who are poised to buy the equipment.

From the ashes of Meritor Automotive’s aborted effort to launch Fleetworks.com has emerged a new Internet marketplace called FleetScape.com for the buying and selling of truck and other parts.

From the ashes of Meritor Automotive’s aborted effort to launch Fleetworks.com has emerged a new Internet marketplace called FleetScape.com for the buying and selling of truck and other parts.

There’s an adage in government that if you issue a rule and no one’s happy, you’ve done a good job. The Department of Transportation’s proposal that long-haul trucks be equipped with recorders that track driver hours will test that theory.

As Department of Transportation officials publicly announced their proposal for reforming hours of service, the National Transportation Safety Board was meeting in a Washington suburb to address the vexing question of how to treat accident-investigation data.

An electronic global market for air cargo capacity is planned for rollout, with a bit of help from Germany’s postal service.

As Department of Transportation officials rolled out their new hours-of-service proposal, the National Transportation Safety Board was contemplating how to treat crash data from black boxes called for in the proposed reforms.

There’s an adage in government that if you issue a rule and no one’s happy, you’ve done a good job. The Department of Transportation’s proposal that long-haul trucks be equipped with recorders that track driver hours will test that theory.

TruckersCo-op.com, an online venture by Celadon Group that offers volume discounts to small- and mid-sized carriers, is going public and changing its name to TruckersB2B.com.