Case Study: Mike Tamana Trucking achieves optimized fleet efficiency and refrigerated load protection with ORBCOMM

Integrated Dispatch and Asset Tracking Solution Helps Mike Tamana Optimize Fleet Operations

Mike Tamana Trucking, a temperature-controlled carrier based in Ceres, California, faced critical challenges around maintaining reefer temperatures to avoid spoiled freight, operating efficiently amid rapid growth, reducing fuel costs, and ensuring drivers have the hours and qualifications to complete loads. To address these needs the company deployed ORBCOMM solutions — including FleetManager telematics and ORBCOMM ELDs — integrated with McLeod’s LoadMaster for unified monitoring and dispatch.

ORBCOMM’s FleetManager and ELDs feed location, reefer temperature (updates every five minutes), HOS, fuel levels and driver-behavior data directly into LoadMaster, enabling instant temperature alerts, geofencing, preplanning with HOS feasibility, fuel-theft detection, and preventative-maintenance scheduling. The ORBCOMM integration has improved reliability and customer communication, reduced temperature-related claims, and given a clear fuel-economy target (from 5.4 mpg toward 6.5 mpg) that could save the carrier over $50,000 per month — benefits Mike Tamana Trucking credits to ORBCOMM’s technology and support.

Mike Tamana Trucking

Aman Tamana

Owner