Telematics

Ctrack, a leading telematics provider, is working with the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust to enable fleet monitoring for 32 of its vans. The NHS Trust is using the Ctrack Online software to track vehicle usage, investigate complaints, protect staff…

Commercial vehicle operators are no strangers to telematics. The systems are extremely common in the truck and bus worlds, with van fleets embracing them in greater numbers. An increasing number of van operators are buying into the technology to improve…

A fuel and driver management system from TomTom Telematics and BP has helped to reduce the fuel costs of logistics specialists Corporate Solutions by more than eight percent. The Birmingham-based company, which provides temperature-controlled and ambient distribution services, introduced the…

Electrical services business Ayjay Group says it has improved project turnaround and call-out response time after implementing a telematics system from Masternaut. The system enables the firm to track and schedule vans while they are travelling to divert the closest…

Bibby Distribution’s entire commercial vehicle fleet is now tracked by telemetry, which has helped to further slash the company’s carbon footprint through improved driver performance. The use of supplied by MAN and Mercedes-Benz equipped with full telematics packages has helped…

Parcel carrier City Link is investing £2 million in new hand-held scanners for all of its drivers to improve efficiency, effectiveness and provide a better service to customers. The 2,500 scanners are being phased in on a depot by depot…

A staggering 27% of European truck fleets recently surveyed made no use of telemetry whatsoever with another 16% making very restricted use of what is now widely-accepted technology. These were among the most surprising findings of research conducted on behalf…

Readers of Transport News Brief  will be aware how much talk of ‘the future’ has been in the industry of late. Only last week European transport body IRU set up a forum to discuss how road freight  will change over…

Business Secretary Vince Cable has opened an innovation centre for smart transport technology in Milton Keynes today. The Transport Systems Catapult’s ‘Imovation Centre’ (combining Intelligent Mobility and innovation) plans to make road journeys more efficient through the adaption of new…

Fighting against rising fuel prices, tyre wear and other factors pushing up costs, fleet managers are continually tasked with finding new methods and approaches to save money. Efficiency improvements help to reduce an operator’s outgoings and right now, it seems…