Insights on road freight and construction fleet data — telematics, compliance, ETAs, and industry news.
October 28, 2026—3 min
CO3 and VDO connect tachograph data to any fleet system, proving the neutral data layer for road freight
VDO Fleet tachograph and vehicle data now flows through CO3 into any connected fleet or transport system. Integrate once, use everywhere.
August 11, 2026—8 min
How GPS and Geofences Turn Waiting Time Into Recoverable Money for Freight Forwarders
How GPS geofences give freight forwarders objective arrival and departure timestamps to defend, bill, and recover detention charges.
August 5, 2026—6 min
Garbage In, Hallucination Out: Why AI Trained on Modelled Data Inherits Its Blind Spots
AI trained on modelled transport data learns estimates as truth. Why primary data share is becoming an AI quality metric — and how to grow it.
August 3, 2026—6 min
The AI-Ready Fleet Data Checklist: What to Fix Before You Buy a Single Model
Is your fleet data AI-ready? A 20-point audit across coverage, frequency, consistency, history and accessibility — run it before any AI purchase.
July 31, 2026—5 min
Why AI ETAs Fail Without Normalised Telematics Data
AI-powered ETAs are only as good as their inputs: ping frequency, normalisation, subcontractor coverage, history. What ETA models really need.
July 30, 2026—7 min
AI in Road Freight Runs on Data Infrastructure: Why the Models Are the Easy Part
Why most AI projects in road freight stall on data, not models — and how to build an AI-ready fleet data layer. The CO3 pillar guide.
July 21, 2026—6 min
Measuring Road Freight Disruption in Europe: From Gut Feeling to Index
Driver shortage, toll shocks, volatile lanes: how to measure road freight disruption in Europe with baselines, variance, and live fleet data.
July 16, 2026—8 min
Route Optimization and Network Planning When the Tachograph Is Your Most Underused Dataset
Why driver hours, not distance, decide your routes — and how remaining-drive-time and tachograph data sharpen route optimization and network planning.
July 14, 2026—6 min
What Does Road Freight Really Cost per Kilometre in Europe? A 2026 Breakdown
Road freight cost per km in Europe, broken down: driver, fuel, tolls, vehicle, overheads — and how to compute your own live number.
July 3, 2026—6 min
On-Time Performance in Road Freight: How to Measure It, What Good Looks Like, and Why Most Numbers Are Wrong
OTD, OTIF and on-time pickup explained — realistic road freight benchmarks, why self-reported numbers overstate, and how to measure properly.
July 1, 2026—5 min
A Practical Cost Reduction Framework for Road Freight: Where the Money Actually Leaks
Four levers to cut road freight costs — empty km, fuel, waiting time, tolls — and the fleet data each one needs. A practical framework.
June 30, 2026—5 min
The Road Freight Data Glossary: 25 Terms Every Transport Professional Should Actually Understand
rFMS, primary data, geofencing, ISO 14083, TCE: 25 road freight data terms explained in plain language — with the vendor traps flagged.
June 25, 2026—7 min
Build vs. Buy in Transport AI: Why the Data Layer Decides Who Wins
Most transport AI projects fail at the data layer, not the model. A layer-by-layer build-vs-buy framework for road freight and logistics operators.
June 19, 2026—5 min
Demurrage and Detention in Road Freight: Where the Hours Actually Disappear
What detention really costs hauliers, why most charges go unrecovered, and how vehicle data turns waiting time into a manageable cost.
June 18, 2026—5 min
5 Signs Your Transport Data Quality Is Quietly Costing You Money
Wrong ETAs, invoice disputes, indefensibleCO2 numbers — five signs poor transport data quality is costing you, and the common root cause.
June 15, 2026—7 min
Coupled, or just coincidence? Telling which truck is really pulling your trailer
In a mixed fleet, trailer GPS tells you where the cargo is — not which tractor is pulling it. CO3 Transport Leg Analyzer closes that gap with co-travel detection, not ...
June 9, 2026—8 min
Amazon Just Entered LTL. Here's What European Road Freight Should Actually Do About It
Amazon opened its LTL and freight network to everyone. The real signal for European carriers isn't trucks — it's the data layer. A practical playbook.
June 4, 2026—6 min
The EU Mobility Package, Explained for Fleet Operators
Driver hours, vehicle returns, cabotage, posting and the July 2026 van rules — the EU Mobility Package in plain language for fleet operators.
June 2, 2026—6 min
Primary vs. Modelled CO2 Data: Why Your Calculation Method Decides Your CSRD Score
Primary, modelled or default data? How your transportCO2 method affects accuracy, auditability and your CSRD Scope 3 disclosure.
June 2, 2026—6 min
What Counts as a Reliable ETA in Road Freight — and Why Most Aren't
Most road freight ETAs are precise but unreliable. Here's what makes an ETA trustworthy — and how to measure your own accuracy.
May 29, 2026—8 min
Inside Europe's 320+ low-emission zones: the construction-truck routing problem
More than 320 low-emission zones across Europe — and the heavy-truck rules tighten every January. The routing playbook for construction fleets.
May 27, 2026—6 min
One construction site, 40 trucks, 12 carriers: the mixed-fleet visibility problem
Forty trucks a day across twelve carriers, and only the contractor's own fleet appears in any telematics dashboard. The 30-day integration plan for closing the 80% vis...
May 27, 2026—14 min
CO2 reporting and zoning rules on construction sites: a UK and Germany compliance deep-dive
CSRD, PPN 006, Lkw-Durchfahrtsverbote, CTMP, ULEZ — two regulatory stacks now bite at the same time, on the same truck. A compliance guide for construction contractors...
May 26, 2026—7 min
ISO 14083 vs GLEC: a road-freight carrier's guide to picking the right standard
ISO 14083 is the standard. GLEC is the carrier manual. They are not alternatives — they are layers. How to use both, where they differ in practice, and which one your ...
May 25, 2026—10 min
The 10 visibility questions in every 2026 freight RFP
75% of European shipper RFPs in 2026 score visibility before rate negotiations. 80% require Scope 3 emissions data. Here are the ten questions shippers ask, the answer...
May 18, 2026—12 min
Construction fleet telematics: from reactive to real-time
Every construction site already has the data. The trucks have GPS, the OEMs have feeds, the carriers have portals. None of it lives in the same place — and in 2026 tha...
May 11, 2026—14 min
How freight forwarders win with real-time data
The forwarders winning 2026 tenders aren't buying trucks. They're building a real-time data layer across every carrier they use.
May 6, 2026—15 min
Drive time, honestly: a transparent tachograph layer for mixed fleets
Most ops floors answer "can this driver do this load?" three times a day, by hand. Here's how we made drive time data trustworthy enough to act on.
May 4, 2026—14 min
The definitive guide to road freight visibility in Europe
Real-time visibility is now the baseline customers, regulators and insurers demand from European road freight. Here's what it means and the architecture behind it.
April 29, 2026—9 min
Cargo Security in Road Freight
Cargo theft is at record highs — one GPS feed on the tractor is no longer security. Here's the telematics stack high-value shippers now demand from carriers.
April 24, 2026—12 min
CSRD & Fleet CO2 Compliance
CSRD compliance: Shippers must now publish CO2 data that holds up to an auditor — here's what road freight carriers need to deliver so tenders aren't lost to competito...
December 18, 2025—8 min
VIN-Based ETA Accuracy
The Anatomy of an ETA: CO3 launches VIN-based vehicle identification to eliminate the "one-size-fits-all" approach that is costing you hours
November 11, 2025—6 min
Unlock real-time temperature & fuel data — Now live in the CO3 Portal
CO3 adds a powerful new feature in the CO3 Portal — temperature and fuel level data, available instantly, effortlessly, and in real-time.
November 4, 2025—2 min
500+ Active Telematics Integrations — and Growing
CO3 now runs 500+ active telematics integrations and continues to expand, adding approximately 20% new integrations each year. Customers receive partner data almost im...
October 9, 2025—6 min
Improve your ETA accuracy with the CO3 Virtual Tacho
In the road freight industry, efficiency hinges on predictability. When a commitment is made to move goods with precision, uncertainty is the biggest obstacle. Our lat...
March 1, 2023—5 min
Beyond GPS data
Today’s businesses are increasingly focusing on sustainability initiatives while striving to reduce costs and improve efficiency. The logistics industry is no exceptio...
January 1, 2023—6 min
Improving data quality
The use of modern IT systems in logistics and transport brings measurable benefits. However, in order to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by in-depth i...
June 5, 2022—5 min
Define what TSL stands for
On 5th June we celebrate World Environment Day. At this time it is worth drawing attention to solutions that help reduce the negative impact of road transport on the p...
January 22, 2022—5 min
Visibility and data security, what is important to know?
Transports monitoring is gaining importance and emerges as a vital trend in the TSL industry for the year 2022. When sharing the location of the fleet with your custom...
