MercuryGate International Inc., a provider of cloud-based transportation-management system (TMS) software, has launched RateFriend, a freight index providing global rate data for road, air, ocean, rail and intermodal transportation.

Jay Douglass, sales director with Eyefreight, details the role of cloud software in the U.S. transportation environment, and talks about how a transportation-management system can strengthen a shipper's market position.

LLamasoft has acquired IBM's LogicTools supply-chain applications business unit.

Supply Vision Inc., a provider of cloud-based software for logistics companies, has released version 2.0 its transportation-management application.

RIM Logistics Ltd., a provider of global freight forwarding and third-party logistics services, has developed a new domestic transportation-management system.

Accenture has launched a Ports Center of Excellence in Hong Kong.

Eyefreight, a provider of transportation-management systems (TMS) delivered through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, has added the technology of MicroStrategy Inc. to its product.

Descartes Systems Group has announced two recent acquisitions of companies based in the U.K. Pentant Limited is a community system provider, offering customs connectivity and import and export inventory control for ocean, truck and air cargo.

Piggyback Technologies has introduced a crowd-based mobile application for shipping in San Diego, Calif., on the Android platform.