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OAKLAND, Calif.–(Business Wire)–Octopi, part of Navis and Cargotec Corporation, the provider of operational technologies and services that unlock greater performance and efficiency for leading organizations throughout the global shipping industry, announced today it has successfully gone live at Tropical Shipping’s St. Thomas site. Due to the successful implementation, Tropical Shipping is now evaluating options to implement Octopi’s cloud-based TOS …

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Photo: GETTY In both the consumer and business worlds, technology is constantly and rapidly evolving. Unique and innovative new business, health and consumer technologies are emerging every day, but sometimes it takes a little time for the “next big thing” to get recognized and catch on. Google, for instance, launched the original iteration of G-Suite …

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SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Turvo, a leading provider of collaborative logistics software designed for the global supply chain, announces Ryder System, Inc. (NYSE: R), an innovative supply chain and logistics company with 87 years of deep operational expertise, is driving network collaboration and visibility across the supply chain with Turvo’s technology. Turvo provides the collaborative logistics …

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Article written by Jason Morgan Jason Morgan is the editor of Fleet Equipment. He has more than 14 years of B2B journalism experience covering the likes of trucking and construction equipment, real estate, movies and craft beer industries. The questions that impacted how your equipment moves on the road during the nationwide shutdown persist now …

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The platform marks first step towards connecting the transportation supply chain and simplifying the finding and filling truckload capacity process. Trimble and Kuebix, a Trimble Company and part of the Transportation Sector, have launched new capabilities for its Community Load Match platform, a solution that facilitates collaboration between shippers and carriers to optimize how freight moves throughout …

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Dallas-based Transplace, a non asset-based third-party logistics services provider, announced today that it is welcoming Austin, Texas-based ScanData Systems Inc., a provider of parcel transportation management solutions (PTMS), into the fold, in what it called a strategic acquisition. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dallas-based Transplace, a non asset-based third-party logistics services provider, announced …

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To speed up fleet and billing functions for truck drivers as well as back-office staffers, mobile capture and workflow technology company Vector has teamed with transportation management software firm McLeod Software, according to an announcement. Vector’s mobile application can now be put into place alongside McLeod’s DocumentPower and LoadMaster to simplify document collections and speed up billing as …

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Spot rates for dry van, refrigerated and flatbed shipments rebounded last week after significant drops in earlier weeks. According to DAT trendlines, spot market recovery sped up the week of May 25-31. Large increases in load-to-truck ratios indicated higher demand for dry van, refrigerated and flatbed shipments. Truckload rates followed suit, rising on most lanes …

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