March 2020 | UTECH

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FMCSA suspends hours of service regulations for COVID-19 efforts

The FMCSA announced on March 18 that it would be temporarily suspending certain regulations for drivers providing essential services and supplies for regions affected by COVID-19. “Such emergency is in response to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreaks and their effects on people and the immediate risk they present to ...

Francisco Valladares

03.31.2020 - 10:45 AM Comments: 0

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How truckers can take precautions to avoid COVID-19

With COVID-19 shutting down businesses nationwide, many have begun to take the spread of the virus more seriously. Trucking, because it is so important to make the country run properly, will continue being of extreme importance. With drivers continuing to deliver goods throughout the country, the entire nation can continue ...

Francisco Valladares

03.27.2020 - 11:20 AM Comments: 0

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Business

How to improve parking availability in trucking

Parking has been an issue that has plagued the industry for quite some time now, yet little efforts have been made to substantially alleviate this issue for truck drivers. According to the American Trucking Associations, there are over 3.5 million professional truck drivers in the United States, but only 400,000 viable ...

Francisco Valladares

03.26.2020 - 10:32 AM Comments: 0

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The effects of tolls on the trucking industry

While tolls can be a constant source of revenue for road maintenance and improvement, they’ve also been heavily criticized by the trucking industry. According to the CEO of YRC Worldwide Inc. Darren Hawkins, who spoke to the House Transportation and Infrastructure in 2019, polls have been harmful to the trucking ...

Francisco Valladares

03.24.2020 - 10:26 AM Comments: 0

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The importance of planning trips in trucking

Upon the passage of the ELD Mandate, it was clear that trucking companies would be forced to reconsider many of their strategies. One of which was trip planning for their drivers. With trucking operations no longer able to use AOBRD or paper logs, they’re forced to adapt to the rules and regulations put forward by the ...

Francisco Valladares

03.20.2020 - 10:29 AM Comments: 0

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Understanding ELDs, AOBRDs, and the ELD Mandate

The Department of Transportation (DOT) is mandating that every truck on the road has an Electronic Logging Device (ELD) installed by December 16, 2019. The ELD will replace paper logbooks and Automatic Onboard ...

05.2.2019 - 7:20 PM Comments: 0

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UTECH Announces New Integrations With DAT Solutions

Originally announced via Consumer Carrier Journal UTECH is proud to announce that our team has partnered with DAT solutions to offer a range of new integrations with UTECH TMS. These new capabilities will ...

04.17.2019 - 8:00 AM Comments: 0

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Monthly Archives: March 2020

FMCSA suspends hours of service regulations for COVID-19 efforts

How truckers can take precautions to avoid COVID-19

How to improve parking availability in trucking

The effects of tolls on the trucking industry

The importance of planning trips in trucking

Best read

Understanding ELDs, AOBRDs, and the ELD Mandate

UTECH Announces New Integrations With DAT Solutions

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