Logistics
truck tracking
Telematics devices for transport companies and 3PLs, sending GPS position and trip events into RIOD Live or straight into your transport management system. Cargo sensors join the same data stream when the load calls for them.
THE PROBLEM
Your customers ask where their load is. Your TMS should already know
A haulier running long-distance freight spends a surprising amount of the day on phone calls: shippers asking for an ETA, consignees asking why a truck is late, planners chasing drivers for a status update. Every call is time not spent planning the next load.
The disputes cost more. Detention at a loading dock, a missed delivery window, a claim that a truck arrived late. Without a time-stamped record of arrival and departure, the haulier usually loses the argument.
Tracking hardware pays off when its data lands where planners already work, inside the TMS they open every morning.
HOW WE SET IT UP
Position and trip events, delivered to the planning desk
Fitted to the truck you run
We customise the vehicle interface to your tractor units and rigid trucks, and engineer the power connection to the vehicle supply. Installation details are agreed during the site survey at your depot.
Events that settle disputes
Arrival and departure at customer sites, stops, and trip start and end are recorded with time and position. Geofences around docks and warehouses turn those events into waiting-time records you can show a customer.
Straight into your TMS
Position and events reach your transport management system through an API, or live in RIOD Live if you have no platform yet. ETA updates and customer tracking links can then come from the system planners already use.
Cargo sensors when the load needs them
GPS tells you where the truck is. For temperature-sensitive freight we add compatible temperature sensors, and door or other inputs can be scoped in, so cargo condition travels in the same stream as location.
AT A GLANCE
Logistics truck tracking
- What is measured
- GPS position, trip start and end, stops, arrival and departure events
- Hardware
- RNDSquare GPS and telematics tracker, with the vehicle interface customised to the fleet
- Connectivity
- GNSS positioning, cellular reporting, MQTT over TLS 1.2
- Power
- Engineered to the truck electrical supply during installation planning
- Where data goes
- RIOD Live cloud, your own server, or your existing platform through an API
- Reports
- Trip history with audit trail, PDF and Excel export
- Engineering note
- Cargo condition is measured with additional sensors, such as temperature probes, added to the same device setup
FAQ
Questions buyers ask us
Can truck GPS data feed our transport management system?
Yes. The tracker sends data over MQTT with TLS 1.2 to RIOD Live or your own server, and we provide an API so your TMS can pull positions and events. Planners then see live status inside the system they already use.
How can truck tracking help with detention and waiting-time claims?
Geofences around customer docks record when a truck arrived and when it left. That time-stamped history, exported as PDF or Excel with an audit trail, gives you evidence when a customer disputes waiting time or a late delivery.
Does a GPS tracker show the condition of the cargo?
A GPS tracker reports location and trip events. Cargo condition comes from extra sensors, such as temperature probes for chilled freight, which we integrate so they report alongside position.
What happens when a truck drives through an area with no signal?
Our devices are designed to keep the record when the network drops and send it once coverage returns, so the trip history stays complete for reporting.
Want truck positions inside your TMS?
Tell us your truck types, your planning system and the loads you carry. We will propose the device setup and the integration.