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Swift deploys Maptuit's FleetNav services across entire fleet
Burlington, Mass. - December 9, 2003 - Maptuit Corporation, a provider of transportation optimization solutions for the trucking industry, today announced that Phoenix-based Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (NASDAQ-NMS:SWFT) has selected FleetNav Directionsä for deployment across its entire fleet of 17,000 trucks. Maptuit's FleetNav Directions provides real-time directions and route optimization solutions.
"We chose Maptuit because it integrates with our mobile communications system as well as all of our existing dispatch and fueling software programs." said Rod Sartor, Swift's Executive Vice President of Operations. "With Maptuit, our drivers are receiving more accurate directions to their next fuel stop or customer destination, and management is able to use FleetNav Directions to improve operational efficiencies."
Using Maptuit's FleetNav Directions with their satellite-based mobile communications system, Swift drivers can request directions with fuel stops along the route, to their load origin, destination, stop or service location directly from their cab. Maptuit's model of the North American road network for trucking is the most comprehensive on the market and is enhanced with data to support the specific needs of the transportation industry.
Maptuit provides web-based, easy-to-use reporting and management tools to create and maintain precise address information for all customers and delivery locations. These tools enable back-office staff to manage customer locations and monitor fleet performance from any computer with Internet access. It is a subscription-based solution that integrates with all leading fleet management and mobile communications systems to provide a comprehensive transportation optimization solution.
"We are extremely pleased that Swift has chosen Maptuit as their routing provider," said Jeff Papows, CEO of Maptuit. "We have a strong commitment to providing our customers with solutions that enable them to maximize the use of their existing systems, reduce their operating expenses, and increase driver safety by providing truck-friendly routes."
About Swift Transportation
Swift is the holding company for Swift Transportation Co., Inc., a truckload carrier headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Swift's trucking subsidiary operates the largest fleet of truckload carrier equipment in the United States with regional operations throughout the continental United States.
About Maptuit Corporation
Founded in 1999, Maptuit (www.maptuit.com) provides a sophisticated transportation optimization solution to over 40,000 heavy trucks in the United States and Canada. The FleetNav Suite includes; FleetNav Directions, a least-cost routing tool; FleetNav Fuelä, a real-time fuel pricing module and FleetNav Alertä, a powerful monitoring and reporting tool. Built around the industry's most sophisticated model of the North American road network, Maptuit supplies the infrastructure needed to find addresses, calculate efficient truck-friendly routes, and determines the optimal way to assign and deploy resources. With two data centers based in Denver, Colorado and Toronto, Canada, Maptuit conducts over 100 million transactions with an uptime of greater than 99.98%.
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