Onboard a carrier's ELD/GPS device to FourKites for automated load tracking using FourKites Connect
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Steps
Use FourKites Connect, a free self-service onboarding tool, to link a carrier's ELD or GPS provider account to the FourKites platform instead of configuring tracking shipment by shipment.
Identify which GPS/ELD provider the carrier uses; FourKites Connect supports automated connections to a published list of supported GPS providers.
Complete the guided, self-service connection workflow, which is designed to reduce carrier connectivity time from days to minutes compared with manual integration.
Once the carrier is connected, tracking data flows automatically from the device into FourKites for shippers/brokers to consume through the existing visibility/tracking APIs — no further per-shipment setup is required for that carrier.
Confirm there is no cost to the carrier: FourKites does not charge carriers or logistics service providers for tracking setup or onboarding.
Known gotchas
FourKites Connect handles carrier/device-level onboarding, not shipment-level tracking subscriptions — a carrier only needs to be connected once, separate from per-load visibility API calls made later.
Tracking data quality still depends entirely on the underlying GPS/ELD provider's ping frequency and coverage, which FourKites does not control or guarantee.
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