Keep On Truckin’… and Trackin’

SkyBitz GLS Trailer Tracking is a compact two-way satellite communications device. This is the GLS 200 product. (Photo: SkyBitz)

STERLING, VIRGINIA: August 18, 2007—Satnews Daily—Asset visibility and increased security… two elements of vehicle tracking most wanted in any trucking solution. SkyBitz, whose Global Locating System (GLS) trailer tracking technology for the trucking industry is extremely popular, has just added several new companies as their client list continues to grow. In fact, there are now more than 400 fleets using SkyBitz GLS technology to track more than 135,000 trailers.



Joining the tracking thongs are: Altom Transport, a tanker company specializing in petroleum and chemical transport; Global Tank Leasing, with over-the-road trailers for chemical, petroleum and trucking concerns; Rapid Transfer Xpress, for maquiladra traffic (Mexico-based factories built near the US border for product production for primary sale in the U.S.) and international transportation; Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, Inc., for their more than 150 trailers packed with pistachios; Shelba D. Johnson (SDJ) Trucking Inc., furniture delivery throughout the U.S.; Tom Joy & Son, Inc., full-service freight management company with van, refrigerated and flatbed freight; and Tractor Supply Company, the largest retail farm and ranch chain store in the U.S. for more than 100 trailers in their fleet.