A Fairchild Freight Truck. Photo: Fairchild Freight.

[Via Satellite 04-01-2016] Fairchild Freight, a truckload carrier specializing in the transportation of consumer food commodities throughout North America, has selected Orbcomm to provide its dual-mode cold chain telematics solution to track and monitor refrigerated trailers. The solution will provide Fairchild Freight with temperature, fuel management and maintenance data for its refrigerated cargo. The company will fully integrate this data with its proprietary back-office platform to optimize temperature compliance and asset utilization.

Orbcomm will provide both satellite and cellular connectivity through hardware and a Web-based reporting platform for optimal fleet management. Additionally, Fairchild Freight will be one of the first customers to leverage Orbcomm’s integration with PeopleNet’s fleet performance monitoring platform, providing Fairchild Freight visibility to more asset classes on one comprehensive platform.

Orbcomm began deployments in the first quarter of 2016 and will continue throughout the second quarter of 2016.