Light Speed Logistics, a Canadian company offering trucking, shipping, hauling, freight and logistics in North America, is retrofitting its refrigerated fleet with Orbcomm’s cold chain monitoring service.

This is in preparation for the sunsetting of 3G wireless service, which will commence at the end of 2021. Light Speed will also begin using Orbcomm’s solar-powered asset management for its new dry van trailers.

Light Speed is upgrading its refrigerated trailers with Orbcomm’s telematics to track the freight’s location and temperature, providing peace of mind that loads are compliant and meeting customers’ standards for quality and service. By extending the lifecycle of its IoT devices and ensuring protection against network obsolescence as a result of the 3G sunset, Light Speed should ensure consistent and reliable communications throughout the supply chain for the long term.

“It’s great to see long-time customers like Light Speed Logistics continue to evolve their telematics deployments by taking advantage of Orbcomm’s next-gen IoT technology to enhance their fleet operations,” said Christian Allred, executive vice president at Orbcomm. “With Orbcomm’s double play offering, Light Speed can stay connected to their refrigerated and dry assets, while achieving greater efficiency and better customer service.”

Trusted by big names in transportation, Orbcomm’s cold chain offering is helping Light Speed protect its customers’ cargoes, reducing the risk of spoiled goods and help comply with the FDA’s Food Safety Modernization Act regulations, while increasing operational efficiency and improving customer service.

Leveraging Orbcomm’s telematics double play offering, Light Speed will begin deploying trailer tracking, which features a high-sensitivity solar panel and built-in cargo sensor, gaining visibility and control over its mixed fleet. This will let it access live and scheduled status updates whether its trailers are in transit or in the yard, so it always knows where its trailers are and if they are empty or loaded, improving turn times and yard management while saving drivers time and fuel.

The trailer telematics also provides Light Speed with the ability to see precise data to schedule trailer maintenance, inspections and time elapsed for increased asset use and performance.

“We’ve been an Orbcomm customer for over five years and have been pleased with the reliability and performance of their refrigerated solution in maintaining cargo temperature integrity during our custody and reducing our claims and insurance costs,” said Gurpreet Randhawa, owner of Light Speed Logistics. “Now that we’re adding Orbcomm’s trailer tracking to our fleet, we’ll have full visibility to all of our assets at any given time and are confident that our technology investment will provide reliable and secure telematics for the future.”