Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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36 commercial carrier journal | may 2016 technology Trucker Path marketplace available to all T rucker Path, creators of a trip- planning app for truck drivers, announced the public availability of a freight marketplace supported by a community of freight companies and motor carriers. The general release of Truckloads follows a beta-testing period. The Truckloads marketplace is avail- able to all freight companies and motor carriers as a free download for Android & iOS devices and as a web version at Truckloads.truckerpath.com. Freight companies can access available truck- ing capacity across North America, while motor carriers can find and book loads with free access to "days-to-pay" credit scores on freight companies. As an added benefit, freight companies get instant access to "verified locations" of available trucks. On the capacity side, a Truckloads feature allows motor carriers to inform customers of their availability status. The truck posting feature is available now on the Trucker Path app for An- droid, with a later release date planned for the Truckloads app and for the iOS version of Trucker Path. Trucker Path also announced a Fuel View enhancement to its Trucker Path Pro app designed to give drivers real-time visibility to fuel prices on a map view. – Aaron Huff The Truckloads marketplace is available to all freight companies and motor carriers as a free download app and as a web version. Zonar launches ZFuel analysis tool Z onar announced the general avail- ability of its Ground Traffic Control Performance pack- age, which includes a ZFuel application. GTC Performance is Zonar's cloud-based fleet management Web application, and ZFuel is a driver and truck analysis tool for uncovering areas to improve truck operation and fuel performance. Fleet managers can use ZFuel to identify nondiagnostic issues with trucks as well as areas to coach, motivate and incentivize best driving practices to achieve greater efficiencies with less fuel. ZFuel is designed to use telematics data collected by Zonar's V3 device connected directly to the engine control unit and analyze it for a variety of factors. The app ranks drivers according to their total fuel efficiency and lists the money they could save on fuel by changing their practices behind the wheel. Data captured by ZFuel includes cruise control use, engine idle time, gear selection and speed, providing fleet managers with an accurate measurement of fleet fuel ef- ficiency based on the circumstances in which each driver was operating. – Aaron Huff ZFuel is a driver and truck analysis tool for uncovering areas for improved truck operation and fuel performance. MiX offers ELD-ready oil and gas solutions M iX Telematics, a provider of fleet and mobile asset management solutions, now offers electronic logging device-ready solutions for U.S. oil and gas companies. Combined with the company's recently launched MiX Journey Management – a journey risk management solution for U.S. oil and gas companies integrated with a fleet management platform – MiX Fleet Manager is designed to enable oil and gas fleets to improve safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance while reducing costs. MiX Telematics' capabilities for oil and gas include: • Compliance monitoring for hours of service and IFTA state line crossing; • Real-time monitoring for unsafe driver behavior, including sud- den acceleration, harsh braking and speeding; • Driver identification and scoring; • Trip and vehicle utilization reports; • Consultancy, including risk assessment and road safety strategy development; and • Targeted driver training, including defensive driver training. MiX said customer ROI analysis shows that oil and gas fleets can expect to see savings from fuel usage reductions, improved vehicle usage, wage savings due to less time on paperwork, crash prevention/ avoidance and reduced maintenance/repair expenses. – Aaron Huff MiX Fleet Manager now enables oil and gas fleets to improve safety, efficiency and regulatory compliance while reducing costs.