RFID Box, does it track you?

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  1. JimmyWells

    JimmyWells Road Train Member

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    Anybody else have to use one at the Port? Do they have GPS on them and/or can they be used to track a truck?
     
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  3. zinita17601

    zinita17601 Road Train Member

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    They dont have gps,they use radio frequency to identify ur truck when u get to the port hence the name RFID.same technology used in ez pass trandponder.
     
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  4. JimmyWells

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    Thanks. What about those boxes on the containers? Are they trackable?
     
  5. wis bang

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    Maersk has GPS on their Reefers...When a load of crab meat was stolen, they found the MT in seconds. the PD got the history and the theif turned off the reefer unit @ x location, the went there found a makeshift yard under an overpass ramp full of stolen trucks and construction equipment and a domestic reefer trailer [whole rig was also stolen] full of the crab meat...wouldn't have been caught if he hadn't shut it off.
     
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  6. JimmyWells

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    Interesting. So it's trackable if the unit is OFF.
     
  7. flybynight12

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    i wear an tin foil hat when i go to ports and rail yards
     
  8. Ruckie

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    a lot of the companies that own their own chassis are doing the samething, way too many containers were getting stolen and thief around here were getting too smart so companies are putting the gps trackers on the chassis where they cant be reached
     
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  9. JimmyWells

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    They would have to notify the carriers at some point for that to be legal.
     
  10. wis bang

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    It was traceable all the time, it sends a notice when the reefer shuts down. By the time we figured out it was gone, it was sitting on the side of the highway miles from the unloading spot
     
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