On the evidence of a series of announcements in the last few weeks, it would seem that EWDs are like buses, you wait around for what seems like years for one to come along and then four come one after the other. This month another two electronic work diaries have popped their heads above the parapet and are due to be fully approved.
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More Intelligent Mass Monitoring Systems Available
With the announcement this week by Transport Certification Australia that Airtec Corporation (Airtec) has obtained type-approval for a smart on-board mass (OBM) system, there are now more intelligent mass monitoring systems available to the trucking industry.
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New Navigation Tools for Truck Drivers
The announcement of an expanded partnership between HERE and EROAD, will lead to the launch of new navigation tools for truck drivers.
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A Crowded Marketplace for Competing Technologies
The trucking industry has become a crowded marketplace for competing technologies vying for space within the truck cabin, the operations office and elsewhere in trucking business. This makes it difficult to look at solutions holistically. Especially when individual components within a convergent system may come from different suppliers.
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Using the Internet of Things to Find Trucks and Freight
As the world of telematics, asset tracking and supply chain transparency becomes more complex, a new partnership between HERE Technologies and Actility will bring together a system using the internet of things to find trucks and freight, to enable better visibility of where things are in the supply chain.
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Innovative New Iveco Telematics System
Following an extensive local development phase, Iveco has launched its innovative new Iveco Telematics system in Australia and New Zealand.
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An EWD Finally Gets Up
Truck drivers in Australia will finally be able to replace their paper work diary with an electronic work diary, as an EWD finally gets up through the National Heavy Vehicle Regulator’s certification system.
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The Convergence of All of the Data
As the amount of technology involved with every interaction in the supply chain continues to increase, the need for the convergence of all of the data into a useful tool for road transport businesses becomes even more important. This is the smart way for trucking businesses for the future.
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Black Boxes in the Cabin
Many fleets have specific needs to be met by whatever telematics or monitoring solution they are using and often each one of these equates to more black boxes in the cabin. However, data convergence is happening the trucking industry.
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Information Technology for Trucking Applications
The ongoing advancement of information technology for trucking applications is providing an increasingly integrated solution where a large number of parameters relating to trailer operation and load integrity can be monitored remotely using a device or screen. Diesel looks at some examples of where this new data is being used.
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