Schneider National Selects Orbcomm Trailer Tracking Solution

Truckload motor carrier Schneider National Inc. (Green Bay, WI) has selected Vantage Tracking Solutions, a business unit of Orbcomm Global (Dulles, VA), as its trailer tracking provider.

The Vantage solution will enable Schneider to better manage the productivity and efficiency of its trailer assets by linking critical trailer location and status data directly to Schneider's fleet management and logistics systems via Orbcomm's LEO satellite network. Schneider and Vantage have been working cooperatively over the past 24 months to develop the trailer tracking solution. Schneider has been conducting a test of the system since August 1998 on a number of trailers operating throughout North America.

Schneider will begin installing the next phase of the Vantage trailer tracking system in June of this year. Installation will continue through next year as the companies work to address Schneider's fleet of more than 43,000 trailers. Communications and sensor technology embedded in each Schneider trailer will detect when a trailer is connected or disconnected from a tractor, if it is loaded or empty, as well as its GPS position and a number of other status reports. Trailer data collected and communicated via these systems will be fully integrated to Schneider's fleet management and logistics systems to support the company's daily operations.