Chances are good that you’ve heard the many potential benefits GPS fleet tracking has to offer your organization. There are plenty of ecstatic users of this technology out there extolling its virtues near and far on the World Wide Web and beyond.

You’ve heard about how it can improve record keeping, cut fuel costs, keep drivers in check, and even reduce labor all while helping you keep your customers happier. What you likely haven’t heard much about is how GPS fleet tracking actually works to help your fleet accomplish all these things. Read the rest of this entry »

Harvesters in the Blue Hill Bay sea urchin experimental management area in Maine who’re intending to fish for sea urchins will soon need to have a global positioning system tracker installed on their vessels to enter the zone. There have been problems with overfishing of sea urchins in the area. It’s, therefore, hoped that this measure will help protect the species from becoming endangered or even extinct.

The Department of Marine Resources (DMR) recently held a meeting to demonstrate and distribute the electronic tracking devices to sea urchin harvesters in the area. The units must be continually turned on to enable the tracking of vessels for the whole duration of the urchin harvest season. The DMR has decided on a 45-day season from which harvesters can choose as many as 38 days to fish. Read the rest of this entry »

As much as you want to trust the men and women working for you, fuel card fraud happens every day to fleets just like yours. When you entrust your employees with fuel cards, you’re providing them with the means to take advantage of your organization. You need more than hope to keep them in line and avoid paying for items that aren’t fueling your fleet.

These are a few things you can do to reduce faulty fuel card charges in your organization. Read the rest of this entry »