GE Capital Solutions (www.gefleetservices.com) announced that CO2 emissions-tracking metrics have been added to my.Dashboard, GE’s Web-based reporting and analytical tool, for fleet customers of GE’s fuel program. In addition, GE provides an annual customer review process for CO2 emissions.
ALK Technologies (www.alk.com) unveiled PC Miler Web Services, a hosted interfacing application designed to provide PC Miler map data and functionality quickly and efficiently to customers. It does this regardless of the IT infrastructure via a schema-driven XML/SOAP interface developed in Microsoft .NET, packaged as a Web service.
Arsenault Associates (www.arsenault.biz) released version 4.4 of its Dossier fleet maintenance software along with a new feature, Invoice Data Import. For fleets that depend upon outside service vendors, the new option eliminates data entry of outside vendor invoices to save time and money, the company says.
SkyBitz (www.skybitz.com) has been awarded the Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 913 Intrinsically Safe Apparatus and Associated Apparatus Compliance for its signature GLS 210 trailer-tracking hardware.
Maptuit (www.maptuit.com) announced that Stevens Transport will be returning to Maptuit after a brief trial with another directions provider. Stevens once again will provide its drivers with FleetNav Directions for truck-to-dock and turn-by-turn directions, Maptuit says.
Shippers of bulk chemicals are competing in an increasingly global market, with even specialty chemicals on the verge of being labeled a “commodity.” In addition, shippers face increased pressure from manufacturers and other end users to offer just-in-time and other specialized delivery services. When combined, these pressures are driving shippers to find new alternatives to transport bulk products more economically, safer and faster.
Typically, smaller chemical shipments are made in totes (275- to 330-gallon containers), drums and tank trailers. In the first quarter of 2006, DistTech began a process to change this model through an offering it calls LTL Bulk. DistTech – a dedicated contract carrier of bulk liquid commodities – is delivering liquids in a dedicated, less-than-tankload environment.
