Technology

Trailer tracker finds room on a flatbed

April 1, 2004

Without available mounting surfaces for GPS receivers or satellite antennas, flatbed trailers have been bypassed by untethered trailer tracking systems. However, working with Teletouch Communications Inc., Transport Continental Inc. has now fitted all 171 flatbed trailers in its fleet with remote tracking systems. Using cellular technology rather than satellite-based location and communications systems,

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