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Tracking Technology Sees Freightex Shortlisted for Global Freight Award 2016

News Release

For Immediate Release

Dover and Nørresundby, Denmark, 6thSeptember, 2016

Tracking Innovation Technology Sees Road Specialist Freightex Shortlisted for Global Freight Award 2016

Freightex integrates GateHouse Logistics' unique data tracking technology ghTrack into its service offering to improve operational efficiency and provide single tower visibility of supply chain; transport managers need no longer power-up more than 200 tracking systems for asset data

European road service Freightex and data aggregator and unifier GateHouse Logistics today jointly announce that Freightex's service offering incorporating the unique ghTrack data tracking technology has been shortlisted in the innovation category of the Global Freight Awards 2016. The Awards are run in association with Lloyds List.

A panel of leading industry experts shortlisted Freightex's service offering for the prestigious award because it enables transport managers to become more efficient in their daily operations and have immediate visibility of assets in transit whatever GPS or telematics system is being used by sub-contractor hauliers.

With GateHouse Logistics' ghTrack integrated into its service product, Freightex aggregates and unifies all data relevant to customer assets in transit on one screen. As a Data-as-a-Service (DaaS) cloud platform, the technology enables all involved in the entire logistics supply chain to become more efficient and better informed. With ghTrack, the days when transport managers wasted time in powering-up more than 200 tracking systems for key asset data such as positioning and time of arrival have long gone.

"Clearly, Freightex is delighted that its unique service offering has been shortlisted for the Global Freight Innovation Award," says Freightex CEO, Tim Phillips. "By embracing ghTrack technology, Freightex offers customers a single tower view for real time location of loads whatever the logistics or GPS systems are being used by our sub-contractors."

"ghTrack is game-changing, Industry 4.0 compatible technology for the logistics world and is the powerhouse behind Freightex's shortlisting for the Global Freight Innovation Award," adds Jesper Bennike, GateHouse Logistics' CEO. "Freightex now offers customers a more intelligent means to track assets and deliveries in this data-driven logistics world where immediate asset transparency is key to operational efficiency."

Winners of the Global Freight Awards will be announced at a gala ceremony at the Lancaster Hotel, London on 3rd November 2016.

About Freightex

Founded in 2001, Freightex has become one of Europe's major road freight companies and manages shipping fora wide range of freight for customers, from full load international freight to domestic road freight, part loads, refrigerated loads and heavy loads. The firm recently won one of the most prestigious awards in the freight industry - the BIFA Service Award for European Logistics. The company is a member of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) and the Chartered Institute of Logistics (CILT). Its international logistics office is based in the Port of Dover. Visitwww.freightex.com.

About GateHouse Logistics A/S

GateHouse Logistics A/S is a wholly owned subsidiary of the GateHouse Group. Its logistics systems track over 200,000 units each day in ships, trucks and planes. The firm's flagship ghTrack Platform provides transparency and visibility of all assets and deliveries throughout the entire supply chain. Users of GateHouse's unique data aggregation services are the world's leading transport companies and retail/wholesale companies and manufacturers. ghTrack is hardware agnostic and compatible with all telematics systems. The unified data stream can easily be integrated in any business system. Visit www.gatehouselogistics.com

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Press contacts for further information, executive interviews and images, please contact:

 

Mette Lilkær, Marketing Manager, GateHouse Logistics

Landline: + 45 7020 1909. Mobile + 45 2920 2383

Email:mdl@gatehouse.dk

 

Hugh Paterson, CEO, Whoosh PR

Direct Landline +33 (0)467 55 99 12, Mobile +44 (0)77681 75452

Email:hugh.paterson@whooshpr.com