DB Schenker upgrades smartbox suite to monitor global cargo movement

THE DB SCHENKERsmartbox service for monitoring global freight transports has been improved to allow customers to choose from five options depending on their needs.

"We have observed that high-value products are increasingly being transported by container around the world on all of the important routes," said Diederick de Vroet, head of Global Ocean Freight at DB Schenker Logistics.

"Our customers are therefore increasingly interested in additional security and quality assurance for their transports using state-of-the-art visibility solutions," he said.

DB SCHENKERsmartbox premium uses GPS coordinates to let customers monitor their consignments on the Internet in real time. Parameters such as temperature, humidity, G-force, movement, vibration and inclination are checked constantly.

The technology monitors the route across modes of transportation using geofencing, a telematics solution in which a container is only permitted to move within an area that has been defined in advance. The device reports any attempt to open the container.

The new Advanced Air & Ocean Tracking service also lets customers track each unit individually in real time.