As a business, your assets are the literal lifeblood of your business. It is important to protect them for the sake of your business and its long-term success. GPS tracking allows you to keep tabs on your trailers and so much more. These are just a few benefits you can enjoy from using GPS tracking on your trailers. Read the rest of this entry »

Punxsutawney Phil may have seen his shadow, but everywhere else there are hints of spring in the air.  In fact, the first official day of spring is today — Monday, March 20th.

For spring weather industries, this means your business is about to hit its stride – creating long work days and leaving business owners looking for new ways to cut costs and improve profits. GPS fleet tracking can help you with all those things while also improving customer relations, productivity, and reducing paperwork for everyone. These four spring weather industries are perfect examples. Read the rest of this entry »

As a major milestone in the ELD compliance timeline approaches, more attention is being directed at the timeline itself. Motor carriers and drivers alike are curious about how the timeline will affect their businesses and what steps must be taken when in order to reach compliance. Read the rest of this entry »

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has put the ELD (Electronic Logging Device) rule into place and it is causing a great deal of speculation among businesses that may be affected by these new requirements.

Below you will find answers to some of the more commonly asked questions and concerns regarding this new rule and what it means for motor carriers and drivers. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve all dreamed of finding a message in a bottle at some point or another in our lives, and for one Scottish woman, this daydream has become reality. When Rhoda Meek, who lives on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides, was told by a friend that something very intriguing has washed ashore, she eagerly set off to investigate. What she found was a GPS-tracked experimental device that has come all the way from Iceland.

 What had happened was that a pair of GPS-tracked capsules were dropped via a helicopter into the sea as an element of a project between engineering company Verkis and Iceland’s national broadcasting company.

 The project was begun to illustrate to children than when trash is dumped into the sea, it doesn’t just disappear. It eventually reaches the shore and is a huge environmental issue that affects both wildlife and people living on the world’s coastlines. Read the rest of this entry »