Transportation

There’s been a lot of coverage in the media recently about commercial vehicle telematics thanks to the new ELD (Electronic Logging Device) mandate that came into effect last December by FMCSA, the US Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The new rule, fully enforced from April 1, affects all professional drivers and motor carriers who are…

ORBCOMM devices and connectivity are designed to handle even the toughest demands of non-stop real-time security, safety and GPS tracking in some of Africa’s most extreme locations. How rugged? Every year, ORBCOMM’s dual-mode cellular-satellite IDP-782 device is put through extreme data requirements in a harsh and dusty environment, in one of the world’s most exciting…

December 16, 2019 may feel like a long way away, but for truck carriers and drivers using existing AOBRDs to comply with the ELD mandate,  time will surely fly by. On that date, the final phase of the ELD Mandate will kick in. Carriers with existing AOBRDs can continue to use them until then but,…

Supply chain managers need to get ready for the next stage of the Internet of Things (IoT). Business research company IHS Markit forecasts that the IoT market will grow from an installed base of 15.4 billion devices in 2015 to 30.7 billion devices in 2020 and 75.4 billion in 2025. We are at a very…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced the violation severity weights that apply to CSA scores as a result of ELD violations. The figures show the exact score that will impact carrier safety scores in the Safety Measurement System since the start of the ELD deadline on April 1. The FMCSA posted the…

“How long can drivers legally work in a day?” “What vehicles require a tachograph?” “What are tachograph regulations? What are tacho breaks?” These are just some of the Google search terms used around tacho and tachographs. It shows that while HAU drivers and hauliers may well be familiar with the broad tachograph legislation, there are…

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…