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As client needs expand and become more sophisticated, third-party logistics providers are investing in technologies to help them be more efficient information managers.

UPS has expanded its fleet of alternative-fuel vehicles with the deployment of 200 next-generation hybrid electric delivery trucks in eight U.S. cities. The 200 new hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) join roughly 20,000 low-emission and alternative-fuel vehicles already in use and have been deployed in Austin, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, D.C., Long Island, Minneapolis and Louisville. Before this latest deployment, UPS was operating 50 hybrid electrics in Atlanta, Dallas, Houston and Phoenix.

According to Bob Stoffel, UPS senior vice president of supply chain, strategy, engineering and sustainability, this technology, where properly used, can yield a 35% fuel savings, which he says is the equivalent of 100 conventional UPS delivery vehicles.

Fleetmatics Group has opened an office in Australia and will provide fleet-based businesses in the country with a new choice in fleet management technology.

With nearly ten years of experience in providing services for commercial fleets, Fleetmatics provides businesses fleet control and productivity. Its 20,000-plus customers are said to have increased mobile workforce and fleet productivity, safety and security, while decreasing costs related to fuel consumption, unauthorised use, payroll discrepancies and more. Fleetmatics is currently said to be installed in over 417,000 vehicles worldwide.

A new aerodynamic-shaped trailer will help reduce Co2 emissions.

EUROPA WORLDWIDE LOGISTICS, a market-leader in the provision of international and domestic freight forwarding and logistics, has taken delivery of the first batch of 50 SDC new trailers, with the remainder arriving in March.

The new additions to the Europa fleet include 38 curtain-siders with boards and 12 dry freight boxes. Also added to the fleet is a new aerodynamic-shaped trailer to improve fuel efficiency and performance levels to help reduce the company's carbon footprint.

Компания Scania представила для одной крупной украинской логистической компании систему FMS (Fleet management system), которая поможет отслеживать местонахождение автопарка, контролировать показатели автомобилей, планировать технический осмотр и понимать, как водители эксплуатируют грузовики.

Nationwide Express, a provider of third-party logistics services, plans to adopt on-board fleet management systems in its fleet of 200 trucks. The technology is being provided by Qualcomm Inc., a supplier of wireless systems.

Nationwide Express participated in trials of the new platform, Qualcomm’s Mobile Computing Platform 110 (MCP110). An early adopter of Qualcomm’s first generation mobile information platform, OmniTRACS, Nationwide Express is an asset-based provider of irregular route truckload services; contract equipment, drivers and maintenance; warehousing and distribution services; and land, rail, air and sea transportation services.