Recently awarded contracts

Alanco Technologies‘ subsidiary, StarTrak Systems, has been awarded a five-year contract by CR England to expand deployment of ReeferTrak RT6000 monitoring equipment and logistical services for its intermodal fleet of refrigerated trailers and containers.

The value of the monitoring service contract, including initial hardware purchases, is approximately $750,000.

Prior to selecting StarTrak’s solution, CR England performed an extensive evaluation of ReeferTrak in comparison with other monitoring methods. CR England selected StarTrak’s ReeferTrak based on the system’s flexibility and distributed system architecture, which allows each monitoring device to independently determine critical events, remotely report and accept action commands unique to refrigerated intermodal operations, including temperature performance monitoring, fuel management and trailer inventory visibility.

According to Tom Robinson, executive vice president of StarTrak, the ReeferTrak information provided to CR England is enhanced with specific logic functions integrated within CR England’s transportation management systems, allowing information systems personnel from both companies to interact and optimise system utility.

Damco has formed a partnership with Paramount Export Company, an Oakland, California-based exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables.

As Paramount’s logistics solutions provider, Damco will support the company with its with value-added service for refrigerated ocean logistics, providing visibility channels of the supply chain including transportation models, forwarding, consolidation, and document management.

The selection of Damco was due to its expertise in refrigerated cargo management, which includes a global team of reefer specialists offering customised solutions from single corridor port-to-port to multiple corridor door-to-door solutions with full end-to-end visibility.

Agility’s Fairs & Events unit has been appointed as the preferred logistics provider for the Adelaide Convention Centre. Consequently, Agility will manage all loading dock operations.

According to Bob Moore, managing director of Agility Fairs & Events, the unit has a long history of working closely with the exhibitions and conferences held at the Adelaide Convention Centre.