FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mary Kelly, Media Relations
Phone: 609-252-8160
E-mail:kelly@alk.com
Fax: 609-252-8166
PC*MILER|Rail 16 Now Available
Includes Recent CN-EJE and CP-DME Mergers
Princeton, New Jersey – October 20, 2009 – ALK Technologies, Inc., today announced the availability of PC*MILER|Rail 16, the latest version of the transportation and logistics industry’s leading rail routing, mileage and mapping software solution.
Through ALK’s close working relationship with all major railroads, PC*MILER|Rail features the most accurate digital representation of the current North American rail network. “We utilize the rail mileage option on PC*MILER|Rail,” stated Charlene Flack, Director of Marketing Services/Pricing Analyst for Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway. “It is an invaluable tool in order to determine the Fuel Surcharges for our traffic.”
In addition to calculating and auditing rail miles, PC*MILER|Rail, when used together with PC*MILER, is an effective tool in analyzing intermodal alternatives to truck-only moves. “Using the new PC*MILER Intermodal Analysis template, shippers and logistics providers can now find nearby ramps, compare truck and rail-intermodal mileage, as well as estimate savings in fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions,” said Mark Hornung, Senior Vice President, Operations at ALK Technologies.
Other key PC*MILER|Rail benefits include obtaining accurate mileage for fair payment of fuel surcharge, car hire, and state ad valorem taxes; tracking empty and loaded miles to minimize empty haulage costs; and rail routing optimization analysis for improving fleet utilization.
The latest annual release of PC*MILER|Rail, version 16, contains many new and enhanced features such as extensive data update of rail freight stations, railroads, interline routing, track ownership rights and as well as the CN and CP post-merger systems. Additionally, PC*MILER|Rail 16 incorporates several enhancements to the software that will improve user experience.
Serving the railway industry for over 30 years, ALK engineers rail solutions that are widely used in fuel surcharge calculation, equipment management, rail car mileage auditing, rate determination and negotiation, carrier selection, and ad valorem tax reporting. All Class I railroads have adopted PC*MILER|Rail for their mileage calculations, as have most rail car lessors and large rail shippers.
For more information about PC*MILER solutions, please visit www.pcmiler.com.
About ALK Technologies, Inc.
Since 1979, ALK Technologies has developed innovative mobile navigation and transportation technology solutions. ALK's award-winning CoPilot Live GPS software is the navigation based services platform of choice for mobile operators, hardware OEMs and systems integrators globally. ALK's PC*MILER routing, mileage and mapping solutions are used by over 22,000 transportation, logistics and manufacturing companies worldwide. For more information on ALK Technologies, visit www.alk.com or www.alk.eu.com.
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