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Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) Member Interview | John Stolte: Executive VP of Technology and Operations, ORBCOMM & MSUA Board Treasurer Catherine Melquist (President, MSUA):  It was great seeing you at MSUA’s awards luncheon during SATELLITE18 and I appreciate you taking time for a Mobility News interview.  Let’s start by first talking about you.  As…

Driving without a tacho card must rank as one of the most fundamental and obvious offences that a HGV truck driver could commit. And yet, as any reading of regular UK Traffic Commissioner reports will show, it continues to happen, resulting in fines for driving without a tacho card. For many years now, anyone employed…

We are pleased to announce that we have released TachoVision, a new industry first for the UK and Irish tachograph market, by making essential tachograph data available live for planners and transport managers to work with. Up to now, UK and Irish planners and managers have really struggled with hard-to-calculate, hard-to-access tacho data – such…

For both HGV drivers and O-licence operators, a lack of knowledge about digital tachograph rules is unlikely to be sufficient as an excuse for non-compliance. That’s not to suggest that tachograph rules are easy to understand. They certainly are difficult to take in at first glance; the full text of the EU tachograph rules can be…

As Internet of Things (IoT) technology continually evolves and new innovations are born, innumerable bloggers are meticulously reporting on the latest trends in the industrial IoT landscape. There are far too many good IoT resources to list here, but the following 20 blogs are our must-bookmark sites for anyone trying to stay up to speed…

Oil and gas sites require a lot of equipment that often operates in remote locations, making it challenging for energy companies to keep track of operations. To manage some of these complexities, operators are deploying devices that monitor and collect data from field equipment to ensure proper operation, automate processes, and deploy quick corrective measures…

Recent headlines from the Wall Street Journal (The Big-Data Future Has Arrived) and Washington Post (Analytics puts midmarket companies in the big leagues) have illustrated that big data and analytics are in the mainstream.  This is all pretty heady stuff, but what does it mean for the heavy equipment OEM, fleet owner, rental company or…

The ELD mandate is fast approaching. On December 18, 2017, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will require most fleets that are currently required to maintain records of duty status (RODS) to record Hours of Service (HOS) using electronic logging devices (ELDs). Fleets with existing Automatic Onboard Recording Devices (AOBRDs) will have until December…

The justification for investing in dry van trailer tracking systems, and the criteria used to determine ROI, will naturally vary from company to company. Technology investment decisions can be based on fleet utilization, cargo security, theft prevention, regulatory compliance (i.e ELD, FSMA) and driver safety/retention considerations. But invariably, fleet utilization and operational efficiency are cited…