SMYRNA, GA – January 12, 2016 – CarrierWeb announced today that PFG Customized Distribution, a division of Performance Food Group Company (PFG), has selected CarrierWeb (www.carrierweb.com), a leading trucking mobile communications provider, as its vendor of truck mobile communications and of reefer command and control systems.

The CarrierWeb^® CarrierMate™ system will facilitate managing mobile assets and driver hours of service at the nine locations of PFG Customized Distribution across the USA, facilitating compliance with the recently introduced Electronic Logging Device mandate.  The CarrierWeb^® ReeferMate^® will allow remote monitoring and management of the widely distributed reefer fleet of PFG Customized Distribution and will facilitate compliance with the Sanitary Transportation of Food portion of the Food Safety Modernization Act, which becomes fully effective in March 2016.

Donnie Bain, SVP Business Units at PFG Customized Distribution, noted that they had chosen CarrierWeb after an evaluation of multiple solutions because of the ease of deployment of the CarrierWeb^® solutions and the ability of CarrierWeb to customize the solution based on PFG’s operational and strategic growth needs.  “CarrierWeb personnel addressed PFG needs in providing an HOS/DVIR solution that is easy to use for drivers and administrators.  We are impressed with the ability of CarrierWeb to address not only driver compliance, custom back office ERP integration, asset visibility for multi-stop deliveries but also provide a refrigerated trailer management solution that addressed our need for two-way refrigeration monitoring and communication. The refrigerated asset monitoring solution positions PFG for compliance with pending full implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act regulations,” said Bain.

“Fleets continue to seek technology to improve operational efficiency, safety, compliance and driver satisfaction.” said Jim Gamache, President and CEO of CarrierWeb USA.  “CarrierWeb offers PFG Customized Distribution the best of both worlds — an in-cab solution to meet all needs of the ELD mandate in a driver friendly way, and a refrigerated telematics solution that makes FSMA compliance much easier while continuing to ensure PFG Customized Distribution’s customers the level of quality that they expect.  The single platform offering of CarrierWeb for trucks, and refrigerated and dry trailers makes the CarrierWeb solution easy to adopt and integrate into legacy solutions.”

About CarrierWeb

Since 2002, U.S.-based, CarrierWeb, LLC has emerged as a global leader in real-time mobile communications, electronic logging and refrigerated telematics technology for private and for-hire fleets, providing driver-preferred workflow and immediately actionable business intelligence to enhance fleet profitability.  The CarrierWeb focus is in providing innovative mobile communications solutions at an affordable cost to streamline operations, improve safety and simplify driver workflow.  Products include: CarrierMate™, the driver-preferred mobile communications platform that will enhance compliance with the ELD mandate and includes GPS positioning, E-logs, Hours of Service, Electronic DVIR, Driver Performance information and other compliance/safety/retention products; ReeferMate^®, an industry leading two-way refrigerated command and control technology integrated with Carrier^® and Thermo King^® refrigeration units for trailer temperature monitoring, GPS tracking, and alarm information and which enhances FSMA compliance for refrigerated carriers; and TrailerMate™, the dry van trailer tracking device.  The CarrierWeb group has offices in the USA, Brazil, China, Ireland, Morocco, Netherlands and the UK. For more information, please visit www.carrierweb.com or call (866) 884-8241 today.

About Performance Food Group

Through its family of leading foodservice distributors – Performance Foodservice, Vistar, and PFG Customized – Performance Food Group Company (PFG) markets and distributes approximately 150,000 food and food-related products from 68 distribution centers to over 150,000 customer locations across the United States. PFG’s 12,000+ associates serve a diverse mix of customers, from independent and chain restaurants to schools, business and industry locations, hospitals, vending distributors, office coffee service distributors, big box retailers, and theaters. The company sources its products from more than 5,000 suppliers and serves as an important partner to its suppliers by providing them access to the company’s broad customer base. For more information, visit www.pfgc.com

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CarrierWeb ® is pleased to announce that all required updates for the CarrierMate™ to meet the latest ELD specifications will be executed via software changes performed over-the-air that will not require touching the truck.

Carriers and owner operators have begun a two-year countdown for complying with a final rule that mandates use of electronic logging devices to keep records of duty status. The long-awaited final rule was published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2015 with a two-year grace period to be compliant by December 16, 2017.

With so much attention being given to the use of ELDs for compliance purposes, it is easy to lose sight of the financial paybacks.

The paybacks have been known for a long time. The current and outgoing rule for logging devices, FMCSA 395.15, originated in the mid-1980s. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration decided to grant a waiver to carriers (mostly private fleets) that were already using electronic recorders to be more efficient than fleets that were using paper logbooks.

The 395.15 rule came long before drivers carried smartphones and onboard computers connected fleets and drivers to a virtually unlimited supply of mobile applications. Today, ELDs are one of many applications that can be quickly and cost efficiently deployed on a variety of devices.

The cost of ELD applications are now incremental since the mobile platforms they run on can serve many other purposes for fleets and drivers alike. Even so, if analyzing ELD applications as a stand-alone investment, they offer drivers, owner operators and fleets three major paybacks:

1. Operational efficiency. Carriers that have delayed, or will continue to delay implementing ELDs, will carry the added burden of auditing and maintaining paper receipts and electronic records to support the accuracy of their driver logbooks. With ELDs, management can focus solely on the exceptions that occur. Furthermore, management and drivers share visibility of duty status information to streamline communications and planning activities.

2. Productivity. This benefit may seem debatable since the one thing paper logs seem to have going for them is flexibility. Drivers have traditionally been able to use the flexibility to make up for inefficiencies in the supply chain, such as being detained at shippers’ docks or finding a place to park. Is this perceived benefit worth the added risks and inefficiencies of using paper records? What many fleets and drivers have found by using ELDs is that they are actually more productive. The technology holds everyone accountable not only for compliance but for how they manage time, and helps to identify areas of improvement.

3. Competitive advantages. It may seem counterintuitive to suggest that companies using ELDs have an advantage. Soon, the entire trucking industry will soon be using the same technology and following the same rules. During the past few years, a number of fleets have been using electronic hours-of-service information to improve their bottom line performance. They are able to identify drivers with time remaining on their clocks to make an extra pickup or delivery, for example, or to schedule vehicles in for maintenance during drivers’ off-duty periods.

ELDs are inevitable, but smart transportation companies have already started using the technology to gain an advantage. The advantages will become sharper and clearer as companies continue to refine their processes for using real-time data to make the most precious resource, time.

ATLANTA, GA – September 11, 2015- CarrierWeb (www.carrierweb.com), a leading trucking mobile communications provider, announced new mobile options that leverage the Android® platform to complement its in-cab hardware, reefer and dry trailer telematics solutions.

CarrierWeb announced an Android^® version of its fixed in-cab unit and a new mobile solution that extends its applications and driver workflows outside the cab onto tablets and smartphone devices. With the new mobile offerings, CarrierWeb is better able to serve the ever-changing needs of customers while leading the evolution of mobile communications and trailer tracking technology in the transportation industry.

“Fleets continue to seek technology to improve operational efficiency, safety, compliance and driver satisfaction. Now they have the best of both worlds — fixed telematics units to ensure delivery of mission-critical information, and portable solutions to change how they manage driver workflows,” said R. Fenton-May, Chairman of CarrierWeb. “The new Android^® products extend the range of mobility for our in-cab solutions while delivering the same driver-preferred workflow and real-time data to the CarrierWeb back office and integrated TMS offerings.”

The new product announcements from CarrierWeb are:

• CarrierMate™ 7000:  A new version of CarrierWeb’s fixed, in-cab CM 5700 display unit with a dual-core processor and Android^® operating system. The CarrierMate™ 7000 will be integrated with other Android^®  transportation apps as customers require them;
• CarrierWeb^® Portable Assistant:  A new smartphone or tablet solutionthatallows the driver to perform out-of-cab activities that include messaging and eDVIR with the data reporting directly to the CarrierWeb^®  back office database;
• CarrierMate™ XL: A larger, 8-inch Android® tablet that mounts on an in-cab powered bracket, and provides the same functionalityas the CM 5700 and the new CarrierMate™ 7000 fixed display unit. This new tablet communicates with other on-board devices through the CarrierWeb^® e-hub via Bluetooth communication.

CLEVELAND, OH – July 14, 2015 — MacroPoint, creators of patented freight tracking software designed to give 3rd party visibility into load status, today announced an integration with CarrierWeb, a provider of real-time mobile communications, electronic logging and refrigerated telematics technology for private and for-hire fleets. This seamless integration enables their mutual carrier, shipper and broker customers to instantly share freight tracking information tailored to their unique service requirements.

“The integration gives our customers another way to share critical load information with their customers who utilize MacroPoint to monitor load status across many different carriers in their system,” said Keith O’Brien, VP product management and professional services at CarrierWeb. “For example, JNJ Express came to us and said they needed to provide load updates via MacroPoint to a large customer. Working with MacroPoint we integrated their tracking functionality to give them the automated information they need.”

“Our customer told us we needed to enable the MacroPoint integrated load tracking solution they use to help manage shipments globally,” said Joe Hilderbrand, director of operations at JNJ Express, Inc. an asset based transportation and logistics services provider headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee. “We asked CarrierWeb if they could set up the integration and told them we needed to get it done quickly.

“Ten days after our initial integration meeting we were in final testing,” Hilderbrand added. “Implementation of the MacroPoint solution via CarrierWeb was very smooth. Both companies were great to work with and most importantly, we are now helping our customer increase efficiencies in its organization based on the load tracking information we’re providing.”

Used with a driver’s mobile phone, including flip phones, or existing in-cab ELD/GPS devices, MacroPoint’s patented location tracking software gives third parties load status and location visibility on their shipments. With MacroPoint, brokers, 3PLs and shippers have real-time location tracking, on-time delivery monitoring, and arrival and departure notifications that enhance the efficiency and profitability of their operations.

“By integrating with our MacroPoint freight tracking software, CarrierWeb is seamlessly providing visibility into the location of freight for our mutual customers,” said Glynn Spangenberg, senior vice president/general manager of MacroPoint. “We designed our 3rd party load tracking software to integrate with solutions that carriers, brokers and shippers are already using to manage their operations without needing additional software, and we’re pleased that CarrierWeb has joined our growing list of partners.”

About CarrierWeb, LLC

Since 2002, the U.S.-based, CarrierWeb group of companies has emerged as a global leader in real-time mobile communications, electronic logging and refrigerated telematics technology for private and for-hire fleets, providing immediately actionable business intelligence to enhance fleet profitability. The CarrierWeb focus is in providing innovative mobile communications solutions at an affordable cost to streamline operations, improve CSA scores and simplify driver workflow. Products include: CarrierMate™, the driver-preferred mobile communications platform that includes GPS positioning, E-logs, Hours of Service, messaging, navigation, Electronic DVIR, Driver Performance information and other compliance/safety/retention products; ReeferMate®, an industry leading two-way refrigerated command and control technology integrated with Carrier® and Thermo King® refrigeration units for trailer temperature monitoring, GPS tracking, and alarm information; and TrailerMate™, the dry van trailer tracking device. The CarrierWeb group has offices in Brazil, China, France, Ireland, Morocco, Netherlands, UK and the US. For more information, please visit www.carrierweb.com or call (866) 884-8241 today.

About MacroPoint

Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, MacroPoint designs freight tracking solutions for shippers, brokers and 3PLs. Founded in 2009, MacroPoint’s patented, automated load tracking software provides load location visibility to third parties. The ‘pay per use’ solution works on any cell phone, not just smart phones, and with existing in-cab tracking devices to provide real-time location tracking, on-time delivery monitoring, and arrival and departure notifications to third parties. Integrated with a wide range of TMS systems, MacroPoint automates the entire process, eliminating the need for drivers to check in with dispatchers, and for shippers and brokers to check in with carriers. To date, nearly 300,000 drivers supporting thousands of brokers, shippers and trucking companies are MacroPoint enabled. To learn more about MacroPoint’s go-to solution for third party shipment tracking, call 866-960-0328 or visit www.macropoint.com.

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