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Month: June 2021

Briggs Equipment acquires plant hire company

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Briggs Equipment has acquired JB Plant Hire, a Northern Ireland-based plant hire company. This latest acquisition further strengthens Briggs’s position in the Irish plant hire market following the purchase of Laois Hire in Portlaoise and Balloo Hire Ltd in Dublin earlier in 2021 and builds on the position established through the acquisition of Balloo Hire in Belfast in 2019.

JB Plant Hire, operating from two sites in Dungannon and Omagh, has an excellent and well-deserved reputation based on more than 35 years of growth. The business has a strong track record of delivering high quality plant hire services across the west of Northern Ireland and has established a loyal and diverse customer base.

This acquisition also demonstrates Briggs Equipment’s long-term commitment to ongoing business development and underlines its position as the UK & Ireland’s leading asset management and engineering services specialist.

Peter Jones, Briggs Equipment’s Group Managing Director, commented: “We are delighted to have completed this latest acquisition of JB Plant Hire. The business has been successful over several decades and we will be building on those proven results with the backing and investment of the Briggs Equipment Group.

“This acquisition means we are delivering on our ambition of providing comprehensive plant hire coverage across Northern Ireland. JB Plant Hire will complement our Balloo Hire business in providing quality plant hire to a diverse customer base.

“We look forward to working closely with the JB Plant Hire teams and supporting their future growth and product expansion as part of the Briggs Equipment Group.”

The JB Plant Hire name will continue, with all current operational contacts remaining in place.

 

Briggs Equipment acquires plant hire company

Posted on by David Priestman

Briggs Equipment has acquired JB Plant Hire, a Northern Ireland-based plant hire company. This latest acquisition further strengthens Briggs’s position in the Irish plant hire market following the purchase of Laois Hire in Portlaoise and Balloo Hire Ltd in Dublin earlier in 2021 and builds on the position established through the acquisition of Balloo Hire in Belfast in 2019.

JB Plant Hire, operating from two sites in Dungannon and Omagh, has an excellent and well-deserved reputation based on more than 35 years of growth. The business has a strong track record of delivering high quality plant hire services across the west of Northern Ireland and has established a loyal and diverse customer base.

This acquisition also demonstrates Briggs Equipment’s long-term commitment to ongoing business development and underlines its position as the UK & Ireland’s leading asset management and engineering services specialist.

Peter Jones, Briggs Equipment’s Group Managing Director, commented: “We are delighted to have completed this latest acquisition of JB Plant Hire. The business has been successful over several decades and we will be building on those proven results with the backing and investment of the Briggs Equipment Group.

“This acquisition means we are delivering on our ambition of providing comprehensive plant hire coverage across Northern Ireland. JB Plant Hire will complement our Balloo Hire business in providing quality plant hire to a diverse customer base.

“We look forward to working closely with the JB Plant Hire teams and supporting their future growth and product expansion as part of the Briggs Equipment Group.”

The JB Plant Hire name will continue, with all current operational contacts remaining in place.

 

NHS Trust pilots Thames riverboat delivery service

Posted on by David Priestman

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has become the first in the country to pilot a daily riverboat delivery service as part of its plan to reduce its carbon footprint. The Trust has teamed up with CEVA Logistics and Livett’s Group to trial the service on the River Thames.

If the proof-of-concept pilot is successful, the service will operate on a larger scale, removing trucks from the UK capital’s roads, while providing a reliable delivery route into London during the day. The Trust’s three delivery trucks currently travel around 1,500 miles per week. For each truck removed from the road, approximately 708 kg of CO2 could be saved per week.

The project will help Guy’s and St Thomas’ work towards its aim of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030, and it supports the Mayor of London’s aim to reduce the number of lorries and vans entering central London in the morning peak by 10% by 2026.

The three-month pilot launches on Clean Air Day on Thursday 17th June 2021. Earlier this month Guy’s and St Thomas’ unveiled its sustainability strategy which sets out a clear path towards more sustainable healthcare for the next 10 years. The pilot is just one of the initiatives that the Trust has introduced to help reduce its carbon footprint and to become more sustainable.

In 2019, the Trust worked with CEVA Logistics to open a consolidation supply chain hub in Dartford close to the M25, which has reduced the number of daily truck deliveries onto the hospital sites by 90%. The Trust is also planning to introduce a fleet of three large electric trucks to deliver consolidated deliveries from the supply chain hub.

This initiative followed the switch to cargo bikes when transporting blood and tumours for testing between Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital, which replaced vans and motorbikes.

David Lawson, Chief Procurement Officer at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “The riverboat pilot forms a key part in our ambition to remove over 40,000 truck deliveries from central London roads each year. We also want to encourage and support other organisations to adopt the use of zero emission delivery models to improve air quality for the communities that we serve.”

Chris Walton, Managing Director, UK and Ireland, at CEVA Logistics, said: “The riverboat trial firmly supports our commitment to sustainable and ethical supply chains.  As part of what we call responsive logistics, we constantly look for smart, alternative solutions to improve our carbon footprint and reduce noise and air pollution, specifically when operating in urban areas. As part of our global FORPATIENTS strategy for healthcare customers, we offer flexible end-to-end logistics solutions that place the patient at the centre of the supply chain.”

Edward Livett, Director of Livett’s Group, said: “We are very excited and proud to be a part of this trial as it is a clear example of positive use of the River Thames, something we are constantly striving for. Livett’s specialise in river logistics and as a Group have assets from Putney down to Gravesend which we are confident will help make this trial an absolute success. We look forward to helping freight back onto the river and proving it to be an environmentally sustainable and safe solution.”

Stuart Godman, CEO at Absolutely, said: “We are proud to have been chosen as the final mile delivery partner. As a business, we want to build on our ambition to be a true ambassador for carbon neutrality. Significant partnerships, like this, provide the opportunity to utilise our expanding fleet of electric cargo vehicles and allow us to continue to provide an excellent service in a more sustainable way across London.”

James Trimmer, planning & environment director at the Port of London Authority, said: “This innovative scheme is another great example of the river’s potential as a green superhighway. It’s a win-win situation; the tidal Thames can help rebuild the economy post the pandemic and both reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in the capital.”

NHS Trust pilots Thames riverboat delivery service

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust has become the first in the country to pilot a daily riverboat delivery service as part of its plan to reduce its carbon footprint. The Trust has teamed up with CEVA Logistics and Livett’s Group to trial the service on the River Thames.

If the proof-of-concept pilot is successful, the service will operate on a larger scale, removing trucks from the UK capital’s roads, while providing a reliable delivery route into London during the day. The Trust’s three delivery trucks currently travel around 1,500 miles per week. For each truck removed from the road, approximately 708 kg of CO2 could be saved per week.

The project will help Guy’s and St Thomas’ work towards its aim of reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2030, and it supports the Mayor of London’s aim to reduce the number of lorries and vans entering central London in the morning peak by 10% by 2026.

The three-month pilot launches on Clean Air Day on Thursday 17th June 2021. Earlier this month Guy’s and St Thomas’ unveiled its sustainability strategy which sets out a clear path towards more sustainable healthcare for the next 10 years. The pilot is just one of the initiatives that the Trust has introduced to help reduce its carbon footprint and to become more sustainable.

In 2019, the Trust worked with CEVA Logistics to open a consolidation supply chain hub in Dartford close to the M25, which has reduced the number of daily truck deliveries onto the hospital sites by 90%. The Trust is also planning to introduce a fleet of three large electric trucks to deliver consolidated deliveries from the supply chain hub.

This initiative followed the switch to cargo bikes when transporting blood and tumours for testing between Guy’s Hospital and St Thomas’ Hospital, which replaced vans and motorbikes.

David Lawson, Chief Procurement Officer at Guy’s and St Thomas’, said: “The riverboat pilot forms a key part in our ambition to remove over 40,000 truck deliveries from central London roads each year. We also want to encourage and support other organisations to adopt the use of zero emission delivery models to improve air quality for the communities that we serve.”

Chris Walton, Managing Director, UK and Ireland, at CEVA Logistics, said: “The riverboat trial firmly supports our commitment to sustainable and ethical supply chains.  As part of what we call responsive logistics, we constantly look for smart, alternative solutions to improve our carbon footprint and reduce noise and air pollution, specifically when operating in urban areas. As part of our global FORPATIENTS strategy for healthcare customers, we offer flexible end-to-end logistics solutions that place the patient at the centre of the supply chain.”

Edward Livett, Director of Livett’s Group, said: “We are very excited and proud to be a part of this trial as it is a clear example of positive use of the River Thames, something we are constantly striving for. Livett’s specialise in river logistics and as a Group have assets from Putney down to Gravesend which we are confident will help make this trial an absolute success. We look forward to helping freight back onto the river and proving it to be an environmentally sustainable and safe solution.”

Stuart Godman, CEO at Absolutely, said: “We are proud to have been chosen as the final mile delivery partner. As a business, we want to build on our ambition to be a true ambassador for carbon neutrality. Significant partnerships, like this, provide the opportunity to utilise our expanding fleet of electric cargo vehicles and allow us to continue to provide an excellent service in a more sustainable way across London.”

James Trimmer, planning & environment director at the Port of London Authority, said: “This innovative scheme is another great example of the river’s potential as a green superhighway. It’s a win-win situation; the tidal Thames can help rebuild the economy post the pandemic and both reduce carbon emissions and air pollution in the capital.”

FourKites gains patent for AI-powered ETA tool

Posted on by David Priestman

Real-time supply chain visibility platform FourKites has been awarded a US patent for its Smart Forecasted Arrival (SFA) capabilities, which provide companies with highly frequent and accurate ETAs for freight in transit — even when that truck lacks any technology to transmit location data.

SFA is now available to FourKites’ customers globally, extending the benefits of real-time visibility to freight that would otherwise be invisible to modern supply chain management solutions.

Even as companies worldwide accelerate their investments in real-time transportation visibility platforms (RTTVPs) to better track and manage their freight in transit, they have been hindered by the portion of loads that previously couldn’t be tracked, usually due to the lack of electronic logging devices (ELD) onboard, errors in asset assignments or carrier compliance issues. SFA solves this longstanding problem by applying cutting-edge artificial neural networking (ANN) and machine learning (ML) technologies to the industry’s largest supply chain data network.

SFA is able to estimate the location of freight in transit based on other signals and data in the network, ultimately providing ETAs on 97% of untracked loads with 85% accuracy. The system correctly predicts late loads more than 90% of the time. This further strengthens FourKites’ Tracking Quality Guarantee, which establishes the highest standards in supply chain data quality across all modes.

SFA removes blind spots and compensates for poor-quality or even a complete lack of tracking data. Its breakthrough capabilities are underpinned by the unrivalled breadth and sophistication of FourKites’ platform, which tracks 70 billion miles across 275,000 distinct stops, and churns out one billion ETAs each year. FourKites’ continued track record of industry-first innovations help companies reduce fines and lower inventory, maximise productivity, drive operational efficiencies and improve customer service.

“Smart Forecasted Arrival is a much-needed breakthrough for the real-time transportation visibility software category, and a perfect illustration of the unique power of the FourKites global network,” said FourKites CEO and Founder Mathew Elenjickal.

“Thanks to our first-mover advantage, we have the densest shipper ecosystem in the entire world, creating the most robust and highest-quality visibility data set. Paired with our unmatched investment in our world-class data science team, we are years ahead of our competitors in offering these kinds of leapfrog capabilities to the market. Starting today, FourKites customers can get frequent and highly accurate ETAs on every single load.”

Smart Forecasted Arrival is available immediately to all FourKites customers.

 

 

FourKites gains patent for AI-powered ETA tool

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Real-time supply chain visibility platform FourKites has been awarded a US patent for its Smart Forecasted Arrival (SFA) capabilities, which provide companies with highly frequent and accurate ETAs for freight in transit — even when that truck lacks any technology to transmit location data.

SFA is now available to FourKites’ customers globally, extending the benefits of real-time visibility to freight that would otherwise be invisible to modern supply chain management solutions.

Even as companies worldwide accelerate their investments in real-time transportation visibility platforms (RTTVPs) to better track and manage their freight in transit, they have been hindered by the portion of loads that previously couldn’t be tracked, usually due to the lack of electronic logging devices (ELD) onboard, errors in asset assignments or carrier compliance issues. SFA solves this longstanding problem by applying cutting-edge artificial neural networking (ANN) and machine learning (ML) technologies to the industry’s largest supply chain data network.

SFA is able to estimate the location of freight in transit based on other signals and data in the network, ultimately providing ETAs on 97% of untracked loads with 85% accuracy. The system correctly predicts late loads more than 90% of the time. This further strengthens FourKites’ Tracking Quality Guarantee, which establishes the highest standards in supply chain data quality across all modes.

SFA removes blind spots and compensates for poor-quality or even a complete lack of tracking data. Its breakthrough capabilities are underpinned by the unrivalled breadth and sophistication of FourKites’ platform, which tracks 70 billion miles across 275,000 distinct stops, and churns out one billion ETAs each year. FourKites’ continued track record of industry-first innovations help companies reduce fines and lower inventory, maximise productivity, drive operational efficiencies and improve customer service.

“Smart Forecasted Arrival is a much-needed breakthrough for the real-time transportation visibility software category, and a perfect illustration of the unique power of the FourKites global network,” said FourKites CEO and Founder Mathew Elenjickal.

“Thanks to our first-mover advantage, we have the densest shipper ecosystem in the entire world, creating the most robust and highest-quality visibility data set. Paired with our unmatched investment in our world-class data science team, we are years ahead of our competitors in offering these kinds of leapfrog capabilities to the market. Starting today, FourKites customers can get frequent and highly accurate ETAs on every single load.”

Smart Forecasted Arrival is available immediately to all FourKites customers.

 

 

UKWA announces new CEO

Posted on by David Priestman

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has appointed Clare Bottle FCILT as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st July 2021.

Clare, who will take over the role from Peter Ward, joins UKWA from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, where she was Associate Director of Warehousing, responsible for managing 3PL contracts and running in-house warehousing operations across the UK.

Her career includes delivery of successful logistics projects as an interim manager for clients such as Kuehne+Nagel, M&S, Yodel and Bunzl. Later, she became National Logistics Manager for Lafarge Tarmac before joining Coca-Cola in 2015.

Speaking on behalf of the UKWA management board, newly elected Chair of the UKWA management board Neil Bowker warmly welcomed Bottle’s appointment: “The UKWA board is delighted to confirm Clare Bottle as our new CEO,” he said. “Clare brings tremendous industry experience to the role, having worked in the logistics arena for over 25 years. She enjoys a reputation for driving change and I have no doubt that Clare will continue to fight for our industry as the head of its leading trade association.”

Bottle was one of the founder members of Women in Logistics. In recent years she has also been a trustee of CILT (UK) and of Transaid, UKWA’s nominated charity.

Commenting on her appointment, Bottle said: “I am passionate about warehousing and logistics and am delighted to have the opportunity to make a difference in the industry in my new role. I believe it is vital for the future to attract and nurture best talent to our industry; careers are an essential engine of social mobility and I am committed to making the logistics profession increasingly equitable and inclusive. Above all, it is my ambition as CEO of UKWA to secure for warehousing and logistics operations the place they deserve at the heart of the UK economy.”

Ward, who has led UKWA for the last six years, will be stepping down to semi-retirement, but has pledged his support for Bottle as she takes up her new role as CEO.

UKWA announces new CEO

Posted on by Keith McKinley

The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has appointed Clare Bottle FCILT as the organisation’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1st July 2021.

Clare, who will take over the role from Peter Ward, joins UKWA from Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, where she was Associate Director of Warehousing, responsible for managing 3PL contracts and running in-house warehousing operations across the UK.

Her career includes delivery of successful logistics projects as an interim manager for clients such as Kuehne+Nagel, M&S, Yodel and Bunzl. Later, she became National Logistics Manager for Lafarge Tarmac before joining Coca-Cola in 2015.

Speaking on behalf of the UKWA management board, newly elected Chair of the UKWA management board Neil Bowker warmly welcomed Bottle’s appointment: “The UKWA board is delighted to confirm Clare Bottle as our new CEO,” he said. “Clare brings tremendous industry experience to the role, having worked in the logistics arena for over 25 years. She enjoys a reputation for driving change and I have no doubt that Clare will continue to fight for our industry as the head of its leading trade association.”

Bottle was one of the founder members of Women in Logistics. In recent years she has also been a trustee of CILT (UK) and of Transaid, UKWA’s nominated charity.

Commenting on her appointment, Bottle said: “I am passionate about warehousing and logistics and am delighted to have the opportunity to make a difference in the industry in my new role. I believe it is vital for the future to attract and nurture best talent to our industry; careers are an essential engine of social mobility and I am committed to making the logistics profession increasingly equitable and inclusive. Above all, it is my ambition as CEO of UKWA to secure for warehousing and logistics operations the place they deserve at the heart of the UK economy.”

Ward, who has led UKWA for the last six years, will be stepping down to semi-retirement, but has pledged his support for Bottle as she takes up her new role as CEO.

Transporeon Carrier Convention 2021 kicks off

Posted on by David Priestman

Transporeon has kicked off its largest event and convention for the audience of carriers, 3PL and 4PL operators and forwarders. During the 5-day online event (17-23 June), Transporeon will announce and present products and services that help carriers to improve collaboration with shippers, freight forwarders and other carriers and, with this, helps them to drive their economic and ecological efficiency.

The agenda revolves around three main themes that are business critical in an increasingly connected world and changing business environment: smart data network services, connectivity, and real-time insights.

Transporeon Insights

Transporeon has one of the richest datasets globally. More than €45bn worth of freight went through the different parts of its platform last year. It is an invaluable resource that can help make logistics more efficient to the benefit of all involved parties.

With Transporeon Insights the company announces a new advanced analytics and market intelligence tool that allows to make informed, data-driven pricing (buy/sell) decisions by providing near real-time visibility on the contract and spot pricing as well as capacity market development. This new tool helps to create further transparency on the European FTL market enabling better-informed procurement strategies for shippers as well as increased asset profitability for carriers.

Transporeon Insights will be made available for all market participants in September 2021 starting with beta customers from June.

Transporeon Autonomous Procurement

Transporeon extends its product offering into the field of autonomous procurement with the recent acquisition of TNX Logistics. With Transporeon Autonomous Procurement, forwarders are now able to achieve significant improvements in their spot buying strategies. The product supports autonomous procurement for up to 90% of road spot freight.

It assists with pricing, negotiating, and assigning spot freight to best fitting carries. Carriers benefit, as they save time because they receive targeted offers and can optimally load their trucks by just accepting offers instead of negotiating and waiting for assignments.

Strategic partnership with ZeKju

Transporeon announces a strategic partnership with ZeKju and will also be a minority investor in ZeKju, a platform that enables digital communication in the road transport industry.

Combining commonly used consumer messengers with value-adding features like translation, ZeKju provides a simple way to digitalize communication in road transport. In contrast to app-based communication solutions, ZeKju requires neither truck drivers nor dispatchers to install any new software. As such, it is the perfect tool for small and mid-sized carriers to digitalise their operations.

“We share Transporeon’s vision to support the road transport industry with state-of-the-art, pragmatic digitalisation services. And we strongly believe that Transporeon is a perfect partner to make ZeKju available to a large number of carriers,” says Dr. Hendrik Rosenboom, founder of ZeKju.

Visibility Data Centre

With the new Visibility Data Centre, carriers now have one central place to manage all their activities regarding onboarding their fleet and building a virtual subcontractor network. The Visibility Data Centre also provides the carrier dispatchers the possibility to allocate assets on an upcoming transport. It ensures correct master data collection and allows the carriers’ customers to receive real-time visibility throughout the transport.

In addition to the onboarding of subcontractors and connecting their own and the subcontractor’s fleet, carriers can benefit from the ‘Fleet Viewer’, which consolidates a mixed fleet providing one single overview of the carrier’s asset pool. This gives the dispatcher transparent insights into available capacity across their fleet.

Furthermore, dispatchers will be able to communicate directly with the carries utilizing the ZeKju technology. And since real-time visibility is becoming an industry requirement, the carriers can easily share data on transport level through Sixfold’s ‘OVD’ (Open Visibility Data). This way they can ensure data is shared on transport level rather than on fleet level. The Visibility Data Centre is therefore perfect as a daily work tool for carriers.

New Carrier Business Unit at Transporeon

As of 1st July 2021, Gruziana Hoxha will join Transporeon as Executive Director for Carrier Management, signalling the next stage of the company’s evolution to a more carrier centric organisation.

“It is a great pleasure to welcome Gruziana to the Transporeon Group. In her new role she will build and lead our new Carrier Business Unit and further develop the products and services we deliver to the carrier community on our platform,” says Stephan Sieber, CEO Transporeon. “Over the last years already, Transporeon has increasingly invested in developing carrier-centric services, with products like carrier premium account and carrier trust centre, a growing portfolio of turn-key integration tools for most common carrier applications as well as advanced onboarding and support processes.

“Therefore, building a new Carrier Business Unit is the logical next step for us to further drive our growing product portfolio that is focused on helping carriers grow their business and also support them in their carbon emissions reduction goals.”

Gruziana Hoxha adds: “After almost 10 years of experience in the supply chain industry, leading, developing and scaling diverse teams in multi-national and fast-growing companies like Fercam, Uber Freight and most recently Sennder, and with my passion for the digitalisation in the global logistics and transportation industry, I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to build the carrier organisation at Transporeon.”

Carrier of the Year Awards

The Carrier Convention will close with the premier of the Transporeon Carrier Award Ceremony which celebrates the six winners for the “Carrier of the Year Awards”. These awards recognise outstanding customer commitment and high transparency regarding transport performance.

Registrations for the Carrier Convention are still open. It’s not too late to register here.

 

 

Transporeon Carrier Convention 2021 kicks off

Posted on by Keith McKinley

Transporeon has kicked off its largest event and convention for the audience of carriers, 3PL and 4PL operators and forwarders. During the 5-day online event (17-23 June), Transporeon will announce and present products and services that help carriers to improve collaboration with shippers, freight forwarders and other carriers and, with this, helps them to drive their economic and ecological efficiency.

The agenda revolves around three main themes that are business critical in an increasingly connected world and changing business environment: smart data network services, connectivity, and real-time insights.

Transporeon Insights

Transporeon has one of the richest datasets globally. More than €45bn worth of freight went through the different parts of its platform last year. It is an invaluable resource that can help make logistics more efficient to the benefit of all involved parties.

With Transporeon Insights the company announces a new advanced analytics and market intelligence tool that allows to make informed, data-driven pricing (buy/sell) decisions by providing near real-time visibility on the contract and spot pricing as well as capacity market development. This new tool helps to create further transparency on the European FTL market enabling better-informed procurement strategies for shippers as well as increased asset profitability for carriers.

Transporeon Insights will be made available for all market participants in September 2021 starting with beta customers from June.

Transporeon Autonomous Procurement

Transporeon extends its product offering into the field of autonomous procurement with the recent acquisition of TNX Logistics. With Transporeon Autonomous Procurement, forwarders are now able to achieve significant improvements in their spot buying strategies. The product supports autonomous procurement for up to 90% of road spot freight.

It assists with pricing, negotiating, and assigning spot freight to best fitting carries. Carriers benefit, as they save time because they receive targeted offers and can optimally load their trucks by just accepting offers instead of negotiating and waiting for assignments.

Strategic partnership with ZeKju

Transporeon announces a strategic partnership with ZeKju and will also be a minority investor in ZeKju, a platform that enables digital communication in the road transport industry.

Combining commonly used consumer messengers with value-adding features like translation, ZeKju provides a simple way to digitalize communication in road transport. In contrast to app-based communication solutions, ZeKju requires neither truck drivers nor dispatchers to install any new software. As such, it is the perfect tool for small and mid-sized carriers to digitalise their operations.

“We share Transporeon’s vision to support the road transport industry with state-of-the-art, pragmatic digitalisation services. And we strongly believe that Transporeon is a perfect partner to make ZeKju available to a large number of carriers,” says Dr. Hendrik Rosenboom, founder of ZeKju.

Visibility Data Centre

With the new Visibility Data Centre, carriers now have one central place to manage all their activities regarding onboarding their fleet and building a virtual subcontractor network. The Visibility Data Centre also provides the carrier dispatchers the possibility to allocate assets on an upcoming transport. It ensures correct master data collection and allows the carriers’ customers to receive real-time visibility throughout the transport.

In addition to the onboarding of subcontractors and connecting their own and the subcontractor’s fleet, carriers can benefit from the ‘Fleet Viewer’, which consolidates a mixed fleet providing one single overview of the carrier’s asset pool. This gives the dispatcher transparent insights into available capacity across their fleet.

Furthermore, dispatchers will be able to communicate directly with the carries utilizing the ZeKju technology. And since real-time visibility is becoming an industry requirement, the carriers can easily share data on transport level through Sixfold’s ‘OVD’ (Open Visibility Data). This way they can ensure data is shared on transport level rather than on fleet level. The Visibility Data Centre is therefore perfect as a daily work tool for carriers.

New Carrier Business Unit at Transporeon

As of 1st July 2021, Gruziana Hoxha will join Transporeon as Executive Director for Carrier Management, signalling the next stage of the company’s evolution to a more carrier centric organisation.

“It is a great pleasure to welcome Gruziana to the Transporeon Group. In her new role she will build and lead our new Carrier Business Unit and further develop the products and services we deliver to the carrier community on our platform,” says Stephan Sieber, CEO Transporeon. “Over the last years already, Transporeon has increasingly invested in developing carrier-centric services, with products like carrier premium account and carrier trust centre, a growing portfolio of turn-key integration tools for most common carrier applications as well as advanced onboarding and support processes.

“Therefore, building a new Carrier Business Unit is the logical next step for us to further drive our growing product portfolio that is focused on helping carriers grow their business and also support them in their carbon emissions reduction goals.”

Gruziana Hoxha adds: “After almost 10 years of experience in the supply chain industry, leading, developing and scaling diverse teams in multi-national and fast-growing companies like Fercam, Uber Freight and most recently Sennder, and with my passion for the digitalisation in the global logistics and transportation industry, I am absolutely thrilled to have the opportunity to build the carrier organisation at Transporeon.”

Carrier of the Year Awards

The Carrier Convention will close with the premier of the Transporeon Carrier Award Ceremony which celebrates the six winners for the “Carrier of the Year Awards”. These awards recognise outstanding customer commitment and high transparency regarding transport performance.

Registrations for the Carrier Convention are still open. It’s not too late to register here.

 

 

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