Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal
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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2016 53 technology LEARN MORE AND FIND A LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR AT MINIMIZER.COM OR 800-248-3855 MINIMIZER POLY PRODUCTS • TESTED AND TORTURED TM • DAILY BY TRUCKERS FOR TRUCKERS TESTED AND TORTURED TIRE BENCH TOOL BOXES FENDERS TOOL BENCH TIRE MASK Times change. So should you. NAILED IT NICE TRY Basic seat with standard suspension Minimizer seat with Long Haul suspension #RespectTheDriver U.S. Bank creates single fl eet card for all Class 1-8 vehicles D uring the past few years, fuel card providers have been on an acquisition spree. The common denominator is that companies that have products for local fleets with Class 1-6 vehicles have acquired fuel card providers that cater to the over-the-road market and fleets with Class 7-8 vehicles. Wex purchased EFS and Fleet One, while FleetCor acquired Comdata. To date, Wex and FleetCor continue to offer separate fuel card platforms for customers in the local and OTR markets. U.S. Bank, which traditionally has offered local and OTR ver- sions of its Voyager fuel card program, last month announced a new single Voyager Fleet Card solution for fl eets that have local and OTR operations and mixed vehicle classes. TravelCenters of America, operator of the TA and Petro Stopping Centers brands and Minit Mart convenience stores, will accept the new Voyager Fleet Card at all truck stop and convenience store locations. "Partnering with U.S. Bank on the fi rst true single-card solution means we can better serve the needs of mixed fl eets," said Tom O'Brien, TravelCenters chief executive offi cer. "We look forward to issuing the new card to our employee drivers in the coming months and expect to begin accepting it from customers in 2017." The new card combines fl eet control functionality for heavy-duty commercial rigs at truck stops, such as gallon limits and automatic repricing based on negotiated fuel discounts, with data-capture capabilities required by smaller vehicle fl eets at retail locations. All fl eet classes can be man- aged through one card, network and program management plat- form, said Ramal Lindsay, U.S. Bank vice president of program and product development. "Expanding our partnership in this way brings the effi ciencies of a single solution to Travel- Centers and to the market at large." said John Hardin, general manager of global transportation solutions for U.S. Bank. "They are able to better meet the needs of their fl eet." – Aaron Huff U.S. Bank's Voyager Mobile app allows eet managers to monitor drivers' fuel buying decisions, while drivers use it to choose fueling locations.