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Long Haul Transport Carrier Precision Truck Lines Recognizes the Significance of BSM's New Patent Pending SentinelTM Trailer Tethering Solution for Their Fleet
Long Haul Transport Carrier Precision Truck Lines Recognizes the Significance of BSM's New Patent Pending SentinelTM Trailer Tethering Solution for Their Fleet.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nSymbol: GPS (TSX-V)\n\nWOODBRIDGE, ON, July 18 /CNW/ - BSM Technologies Inc, (GPS: TSX-V)\n(http://www.bsmtechnologies.com) a leading provider of GPS-based AVL secure\nvehicle and trailer fleet tracking and management solutions, today announced\nthat LTL and FL carrier Precision Truck Lines of Woodbridge Ontario is in the\nmidst of a fleet-wide implementation of BSM's Patent Pending SentinelTM\ntrailer tethering management and tracking solution.\nWith ongoing development and commercialization of AVL and secure fleet\nmanagement solutions for the transportation industry, BSM has now introduced\nan innovative solution to improve trailer and chassis tracking. This recent\npatent pending product feature, as announced July 13, 2006, provides fleet\nowners and their dispatchers with real time data on activities and location of\ntheir trailers whether powered up, tethered or untethered to their own\ntractors or to those of other operators. When tethered to a tractor power\nunit, the trailer solution provides complete vehicle tracking with real time\nlocating, speed, idling, stopping and other data for fleet owner ROI's.\nRecommended by another BSM Long Haul user, Precision Truck Lines\nrecognized the significance of BSM's SentinelTM solution to track their\ntrailers anywhere in North America. From a security aspect, the solution\nreports when a trailer is powered up as well as when tethered at any time, day\nor night. In addition, BSM has added an \"asset utilization threshold\" report\nthat presents real time data on asset utilization and under-utilization of\nrolling assets.\n\"To compliment their existing solution, Precision Truck Lines required a\nsolution to report to management, dispatcher or other staff, the exact\nlocation and situation of each trailer whether in their yard, on the road\nthroughout North America or at a customer drop-off site. BSM provides a robust\ntrailer tracking solution that captures and efficiently reports on the status\nand location of all of their mobile assets. Based on industry contacts, the\nBSM trailer solution is creating a great deal of excitement and opportunity to\nthe needs of the transport industry for trailers.\" says Michael Bookbinder,\nDirector Sales at BSM Wireless.\nBookbinder, continued \"On a 24/7 basis, management and dispatch receive\ntrailer data via the internet to their ...