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Telematics for Trailers: access the digital ‘next frontier’

In 2012, TruckingInfo published an article entitled “Telematics: the next Frontier”. Five years later, we have arrived at it! Frost & Sullivan in their Global Connected Truck Telematics Outlook 2017 report finds that by 2025, globally 63.5 million trucks will be connected. If you have not done so already, how can you join the trailer telematics “revolution” and how does it work?

How does…

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Trailers on the road? Improve your business performance

The economic environment in Europe in the short to medium term would appear to be favourable for the European haulage industry. Road transport companies should take advantage of opportunities to improve their business performance. In parallel, they should keep an eye on the bottom line, maximising margins through sensible cost control and benefiting from telematics to help them achieve this.

Eco…

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#business performance #data #financing telematics #modular

Optimise your trailer fleet with Trailermatics The economy is on the rise and consumers have restored faith in their personal income. A survey by analytics firm comScore in June 2016, learned that in Europe 65% of internet users have shopped online and, for the first time, this year has seen over 50% of goods purchased online in the US.

Empower your trailer with space technology and expertise

Choosing a telematics for trailers solution is not that complicated. Of course, there are many suppliers that offer to help you track your trailer and most services will not differ a lot. So how can you make good choice for your trailer fleet? First of all, ask for the list of clients that use the provider on your short-list. If these are large players in the transport and logistic field, you…

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#Novacom Services #satellite technology #space #Technology

Three reasons for Central & Eastern Europe to bond with Trailermatics

Central & Eastern Europe is booming. Forecasts for most of the region’s economies are up. The numbers of commercial vehicles continue to grow as does the demand for truck and trailer telematics. These three reasons have led Trailermatics telematics solutions to be adopted by fleet managers in record-breaking numbers in Central & Eastern Europe (“CEE”), replicating Trailermatics’ Western European…

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#cee #Eastern Europe #fleet #telematics

From Marseille to Marrakech; telematics keeps an eye on your trailer

The Maghreb countries of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia together form an attractive market with a total population of 81 million people. A majority of the region’s trade is with the European Union so there are significant opportunities for commercial vehicle fleets to trade between the EU and Maghreb. This factor underlies the particularly strong flow of commercial freight…

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#maghreb #marrakech #trailermatics

Telematics are a must for your trailer

As a fleet manager endeavouring “to keep up with the Joneses,” your rivals in the commercial transport world, you are likely to have purchased or considered purchasing telematics technology for your trailer fleet.

Telematics: fast-growing adoption

Growth predictions in the telematics/fleet management systems market suggest that many fleet managers will invest in telematics over the next few…

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#cargo security #fleet security #maintenance and repair #Trailermatics telematics

Save money with our Tire Press Monitor System on your trailers

Tires play a significant role in the lives of your trailers. Managing your tires smartly can generate substantial fuel economy and other cost savings for your fleet. Moreover, monitoring your trailer tires can now be done remotely thanks to Trailermatics’s Tire Pressure Monitor System.

Influences on fleet fuel economy

There are several factors that can influence fleet fuel economy including:

Veh…

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#fleet fuel economy #fleet manager #Tire Pressure Monitor System #TPMS

Truck platooning and telematics

If C.W McCall had written the famous country and western song “Convoy” about trucking in 2017 rather than in 1975, he might have called it “Platoon” instead. A “platoon” of trucks is a convoy of semi-autonomous trucks linked by smart technology. The concept has prompted government and industry initiatives to turn it into standard practice. Truck platooning holds great promise. Today’s technology…

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#platooning #truck platoon

Cargo theft trends 2017 and how to handle them

The increasing flow of cargo theft news suggests that this crime will rise in 2017. What can trailer fleet managers do to safeguard their fleets?

The cost of theft in Europe

A 2016 report, BSI Supply Chain Services and Solutions, estimated that $23 billion was lost due to cargo theft worldwide in 2015 from a variety of supply chain threats, predominantly driven by security concerns. Along with…

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#cargo theft #GPS trailer telematics solution #trailer fleet manager

The extras you get when investing in Trailermatics

Invest in Trailermatics technology; it will give you all the extras you need to achieve the fleet manager’s ‘nirvana’ as often as possible. This ‘nirvana’ is a world in which you can follow your trailer fleet delivering goods to destinations across Europe with a maximum time on the road. Your trailers experience minimum downtime except for important scheduled maintenance. Your drivers are taking…

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Join the revolution: trailer telematics works for 5 or 500 trailers

Sometimes a smaller transport company can feel that the gap between it and its larger competitors is too large to close. The latter appear to enjoy advantages that seem out of reach. Fortunately, this is not the case with Trailermatics’ trailer telematics. Using the Internet of Things (“IoT”), trailer telematics is a game changer. Forward-thinking fleet managers whether running 5 or 500 trailers…

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#Fleet managers #IoT

Trailer telematics is your key to a new future

Change is not always easy to follow. What direction should you go and how must you avoid the always present hurdles that make you lose time and money? Many b2b prophets offer plans, products and services; driven by change and innovation, trying to sell you their latest software or application.

If you look at the bigger picture, you can see that one fact is clear: Transport and Logistics is…

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Novacom makes Santa happy with Trailermatics

Santa and his elves have quite an impressive fleet to manage during the holiday season. Reindeers and sleighs are packed with gifts, all driving through windy, snowy weather conditions. Sometimes it is hard to see where the roads even are!

What we don’t know is that before delivery times at Christmas time, Santa and his elves are also busy ‘driving’…

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Arthur Welter Transports enables all trailers with Trailermatics

With an impressive fleet of some 800 assets, Arthur Welter is a well-known brand on the European roads. The transport company was founded in 1962 by Mr. and Mrs. Welter. Arthur Welter is the only Luxembourg transport company of this size that is entirely family-owned. For Novacom Europe, the Arthur Welter Transport company is a perfect example how Trailermatics can benefit daily operations at an…

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#Arthur Welter Transports #trailermatics

Why Trailermatics should be on your ‘things to do’ list

With the holiday season coming up, many transport companies will have their hands and their trailers full. For fleet managers who like to organise their trailer fleet in a more efficient way, the help of a trailer telematics solution is evident. When Trailermatics is installed on a trailer, a new world opens up. A world that is filled with valuable data about your trailer and its cargo.

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Cargo theft still rising; the new sad TAPA statistics

TAPA recorded 168 new cargo crimes in September 2016 only, and the number of incidents in the Europe, Middle East & Africa region is rising. According to TAPA, 2016 is on course to set a five-year high record for the number of incidents.

Is your trailer well protected against cargo theft and do you support your drivers with a cargo monitoring system? Cargo crime is business; attacks are well…

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#cargo theft #road security #TAPA

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