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Commercial freight transportation businesses rely on data, intelligence, and novel solutions for operational efficiency. Transport Topics technology coverage investigates available technologies, real-world applications of business solutions, and the strategies necessary for advancement. News topics focus on the latest applied science, and issues range from autonomous vehicle and robotics innovations to management software, tracking and transparency, data analytics, blockchain, and the internet of things.

Business, Technology

EBE Launches New Mobile Document-Capture Application

EBE Technologies said it is offering a new application, dubbed Xpress Mobile Capture, which enables drivers to submit business documents via mobile devices while communicating with carriers’ back-office systems.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
September 23, 2014
Business, Technology

SkyBitz Offers New Asset-Tracking Device

SkyBitz is expanding its product offerings with a new GPS device, which tracks the location and status of assets without an external power source.

September 23, 2014
Business, Technology

First Day of SuperTech Kicks Off in Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. — Contestants at 2014 SuperTech at the Technology & Maintenance Council fall meeting Sept. 22 began an intense first day of competition with a 100-question test and identifying maintenance problems at 11 stations intended to test their hands-on skills.

Eric Miller | Senior Reporter
September 22, 2014
Business, Technology

Tech Vendors Announce McLeod Integrations

OXON HILL, Md. — Several technology vendors announced deeper integrations with McLeod Software’s products last week in conjunction with the company’s 2014 user conference here.

Seth Clevenger | Managing Editor, Features and Multimedia
September 18, 2014
Business, Technology, Equipment, Safety

Bendix to Debut Next-Gen Truck Safety System in 2015

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems said it will debut in 2015 an advanced next-generation safety system for trucks that fuses camera, radar and brakes.

September 18, 2014
Business, Technology

Peterbilt Demonstrates Autonomous Driving Technologies

Peterbilt Motors Co. said it demonstrated autonomous driving technologies in Detroit on its Model 579 concept truck.

September 10, 2014
Business, Safety, Government, Technology, Equipment, Autonomous

Cass Freight Index Rises in August

The Cass Freight Index, a measure of shipping activity in trucking and other transportation modes, rose in August but expenditures dipped, Cass Information Systems said.

September 9, 2014
Business, Technology

Omnitracs to Purchase XRS

Omnitracs has agreed to purchase XRS Corp. for about $178 million, a move that would expand its mobile device offerings and potentially broaden the technology supplier’s reach to new sectors of the trucking industry.

September 8, 2014
Government, Business, Technology

DOT Webinars to Focus on ‘Future of Freight,’ Aviation

The Department of Transportation has scheduled public webinars beginning Sept. 8 on proposals to improve the movement of freight across transportation networks and ways to advance aviation technologies in the coming years.

Eugene Mulero | Senior Reporter
September 5, 2014
Business, Technology

Germany Exploring Use of E-Bikes for Local Freight

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is looking for ways to encourage electric bikes to replace trucks for local freight shipments in Germany.

September 5, 2014