Transportation

According to this year’s Reefer Shipping Market Outlook report by Drewry, seaborne reefer trade is projected to grow 4% by 2025, leading shipping lines to search for ways to meet the new temperature-sensitive demand. However, with reefer trade comes one of the industry’s biggest concerns: cargo spoilage. Close to 40% of the world’s food is…

While significant progress has been made, supply chain issues continue to have an impact on the industry. With product order backlogs and dwindling inventories wreaking havoc on procurement and logistics, industry concerns around cargo theft have reached an all-new high. To ease the pain, many are looking towards innovative technology to help curb cargo theft—especially…

How fleets are managed has changed drastically over the past five years—all thanks to technology and the emergence of fleet digitalization. New innovative solutions have automated once-manual tasks, created value from meaningful data and reduced administrative headaches.   With all these new efficiencies, fleets can better spend their time and money on winning more business…

For fleet managers, the benefits of driver-facing cameras are clear: remote visibility into any cab in a fleet at any time. However, when we see the data on driver adoption, things get a bit muddied. The thought of having your boss over your shoulder judging your performance can be stressful for many.  According to a…

For many fleets, the biggest obstacle they’re facing isn’t rising diesel costs or dysfunctional supply chains but driver retention. In 2020, driver turnover rates for fleets earning more than $30m in annual revenue were a staggering 92%, with smaller carriers coming in at 72%.   Drivers play a crucial role in the way we live and work;…

We’ve seen fleet needs evolving and niceties become necessities in the face of this new transportation market. It’s times like these when it’s important to continue developing smart truck technology that solve industry pain points and keep fleets winning. Earlier this year, we announced our new cargo camera sensor, which seamlessly fits within our nose-to-tail smart truck…

Knowing the cargo and load status of a trailer gets difficult as soon as the trailer door closes, and the unit leaves the yard.  This can pose several problems for fleets. The product quality can be affected during the trip, which can result in load rejection or insurance claims—not to mention the customer potentially reconsidering the…

Los Pelambres mine, located in Salamanca, Chile, is the seventh largest producer of copper in the world and sits at an elevation of over 3,000 meters above sea level in the Andes Mountains. More than 365,000 tons of copper is transported every year through 50 square kilometers of uneven terrain. At Los Pelambres, 55 Komatsu…

Update: We have achieved certification across all of our ELD solutions—the BT 500, FM 5000 and Pro 400. Time is ticking for Canadian and American cross-border fleets that have not transitioned to a certified ELD solution per the latest Canada ELD mandate. Although the enforcement deadline for Canadian ELD certification has been re-extended to January…

This is article #1 of our ORBCOMM Platform Quick Tips Series where we highlight useful features within the ORBCOMM platform that customers can use to generate value from their data.  Did you know that the average American trucking industry lawsuit was nearly $22.3 million in 2018? In fact, just last year, one trucking company faced…