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For Immediate Release
27th September 2016
Cargoways on Logistics Fast Track
Cargoways controls routes with the ghTrack telematics portal of Gatehouse Logistics; 170 trucks are monitored every day with the industry-leading technology
It's been a breakthrough year for forwarding company Cargoways Logistik & Transport GmbH winning the business of transporting race cars to venues. The first contract was to transport formula E-equipment using 35 trucks from London to Paris and the success of that operation led to Formula One enquiries.
Cargoways' specializes in transports to islands. Currently, its core business is between Italy and England, but opportunities are now opening up to the firm in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Germany.
The main office is in Kufstein, Austria where it controls all transports. The company was formed just two years ago and all employees have logistics backgrounds.
With approximately 1,500 transports per month, CEO Michael Duben expects the business to handle about 16,000 - 17,000 transports for the current year and has around 35 to 40 partners driving for the company.
The forwarder has framework agreements with transport companies and is responsible for employing the full use of all trucks. If it does not assign a job to any of the trucks on any day, Cargoways has to pay them idle time so it is important to know where the vehicles are located and their availability.
There was only one efficient solution for Cargoways to obtain accurate vehicle information ... the telematics portal ghTrack of Gatehouse Logistics. The portal is capable of providing an overview of all telematics systems on just one monitor. If a vehicle used by Cargoways is using an unknown GPS system, GateHouse establishes a new interface within a day.
The Cargoways portal currently provides only the location of vehicles but this is possible to extend. "We can aggregate all important data in our portal and what is shown depends entirely on the customer, "says Soren Danielsen, GateHouse's international sales manager. "We can add and remove vehicles from the system based on tour information so transport companies need have no concerns about customers seeing any truck after a tour is ended."
"Our partners allow us to have their trucks at our disposal for at least six weeks and are connected to the ghTrack system. If a partner is planning to use the truck in other tours, he can remove it from the portal," says Duben.
The ghTrack system is ideal for Cargoways because it consolidates logistics data from so many different transport companies using different telematics systems and is transparent.
"The transport market is still relatively inefficient and ghTrack is a technology unifier," adds Duben. "The cost for the portal is also transparent. Cargoways is charged per truck per month at a fixed amount."
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Cargoways has been using ghTrack for just one year so many of the functions being used are still rudimentary. Approximately 90% of its fleet is integrated into the system and Duben now plans integration with its Transport Management System.
"By integrating ghTrack into our TMS, we can distribute order information directly to a truck. This automates the process and takes human intervention out of the equation," adds Duben.
As Cargoways gets data from the truck, the company will transfer this information to the customer so that they know the position of their cargo and when it will arrive. Once a job starts, the customer will be able to track the order number of the truck online.
"About 80% of calls we make revolve around where vehicles are located," says Duben. "By automating the process, we will make significant gains in productivity."
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About Cargoways:
Cargoways Logistik & Transport GmbH delivers high-quality and innovative transport and logistics solution across Europe through a tight network of contacts and partners. Be it delivering individual parcels, part consignments or entire shipments, the firm's staff have deep knowledge of individual transport markets and the particularities of each country. Cargoways provides staff and clients with leading technology to raise the level of transparency in its daily operations. For more information visit www.cargoways.at
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 as well as 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
Press contacts for further information, executive interviews and images:
Michael Duben, CEO, Cargoways Logistik & Transport GmbH
Landline +43 5372 20120 20. Mobile +43 676 6685960
Email: m.duben@cargoways.at
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 + 44 (0)1323 318720Mobile +44 (0)77681 75452