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By Greg Bartlett

Sending highly sensitive consignments inside a trailer can be a very risky business. Although the contents can be packed very well and insulated, and the trailer can be secure and quality assured, things can always go wrong. A lot of problems can arise when a temperature-sensitive cargo has to be shipped over a long distance, or even over short distances in the summer when temperatures are high.

GPS tracking system devices are a very good way of tracking an individual item. There are many ways that this can be done. A single positional location can be determined. A moving tracker can be followed. This gives information about the direction of travel of an item and the speed it is travelling. As well as this, other information can be added along with the location, such as time-stamps every hour, or even every few seconds, or any other information such as temperatures.

ABS Trailers is a company located near a science park. They are an international courier service that specializes in shipping freight overseas. So naturally, they were the first choice of companies in the science park to send their items to other laboratories. These items consisted of different types of tissue samples, chemicals and genetic material. All these need to be kept within a certain temperature range otherwise they become completely useless. But the trouble was that they had no way of guaranteeing the temperature of the cargo. If a fine range of temperature was needed, then the trailers were next to useless. ABS Trailers was losing their reputation and their customers.

GPS tracking system devices can combine with existing freight technology to provide all sorts of information about a trailer. Temperature information can be time-stamped at the beginning of the journey. Temperature information can be monitored throughout the journey. It can also be recorded for different parts of the trailer. Also, at the best level, it can be transmitted real-time to the customer’s computer and a detailed record sheet can be provided to the sender of the shipment and the person who has bought it.

Once GPS tracking system devices were acquired by ABS Trailers, they were able to provide very accurate readings to their customers. Their custom base increased rapidly as their new service proved to be efficient and effective. They had to expand and buy new trailers with this new service fitted and their business went from strength to strength. Boost your business today with GPS tracking systems by calling Rocky Mountain Tracking, Inc at 1-888-242-0500.