FleetOwner Top 5 Stories of the Week - Jul 8th, 2023
 
 
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July 8, 2023
The latest analyses—both May numbers and fresh 2022 fleet cost trends for equipment, maintenance, and even tires—present a “conundrum” for trucking stakeholders: surging used heavy-truck sales in the headwinds of a slumping freight market.
Samsara—which means rebirth—has released several new innovations to its Connected Operations Cloud platform to give fleets the chance to digitally reinvent themselves.
Rental and leasing operations are an integral part of the trucking and transportation industry, serving fleets of all types and sizes. FleetOwner recently spoke with experts at leasing and rental companies...
A new TIA task force joins a final FMCSA rulemaking this month that clarifies broker and "bona fide agent" definitions to combat freight fraud and the practice of double brokering, which stakeholders say costs the cargo industry up to $1 billion annually.
Diesel fell to $3.767 per gallon nationwide, its lowest price in 18 months. Gasoline prices continued to dip, with one analyst noting that $3 per gallon prices could soon be in sight.
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In the scorching Texas heat, Continental showed off its future fleet solutions vision, a "360-degree service" of advanced monitoring capabilities.