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System keeps trucks on track
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• Fleet operators can track their trailers and know exactly when the doors have been opened with a new system cur. rently under evaluation.
Until now operators have been able to track trailers using GPS, but have not had access to information on when doors have been opened, says electronics company Encrypta.
Its system uses a satellite tracking system which includes Encrypta's re-usable electronic sealing units that are bolted to the trailer door. It incorporates a self-contained battery pack providing continuous operation for a couple of weeks.
A spokesman for the company says that the system works by 'exception': "It won't run up huge charges ringing you up to tell you where it is—but it will alert you when something goes wrong and doors are unexpectedly opened.
"It will also provide management information such as allowing you to know when a trailer has arrived at a depot, and how long it takes to load or unload."
The system costs £1,500 per trailer for the hardware, with
operational costs and soft-dr on top, while a three-year leas will cost about £40 per trailE per month, adds the spokesma
• A truck stolen from a factor yard was recovered within ' minutes, complete with h 1100,000 load, thanks to GF and GSM technology. The Scani 18-tonner was taken fro' Birmingham kitchen manufac turer Mereway.
But unbeknown top tt thieves the vehicle was fitte with Tholes Telematics' Groh system—and was back in ser vice within a couple of hours.