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ADDITIONAL INFO

Road haulage companies use EutelTRACS™ to track vehicle movement, and apply new European regulations concerning the management of human resources and freight transportation conditions.

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FLEET MANAGEMENT :: EutelTRACS™


EutelTRACS With over 35,000 mobile terminals operating in Europe, our EutelTRACS™ service is an established messaging and positioning service for the road-haulage industry.

EutelTRACS™ offers a closed, fully secure network linking a road hauler's central site to their fleets of vehicles for positioning and data communications.

It provides a range of value-added services, including planning itineraries and cargo, monitoring cold chain and transport security conditions, managing drivers' and fuel needs and regularly transmitting driver work data in line with EU regulations.

:: Real-time data communication
:: Automatic vehicle tracking: locate a vehicle or vessel to an accuracy of 100 metres (GPS or
Eutelsat proprietary satellite positioning)
:: Seamless, Pan European coverage - SESAT 1
:: Roaming free communication across Europe
:: Data collect and transmit from the vehicle or vessel
:: Transmit alarm and distress messages
:: Value-added optional features: mobile terminal can access external databases for weather
or traffic conditions etc.
> High value cargo security and protection

Operated in collaboration with Qualcomm, EutelTRACS™ is provided through our SESAT 1 satellite, which serves Europe, North Africa the Middle East and central Asian republics.

Applications:
> Trailertracs
> Sensortracs
> Reefertracs
> QTRACS™

HOW IT WORKS

Eutelsat's SESAT 1 satellite, in geostationary orbit, covers the whole of Western and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean basin and the Middle East, as well as a large section of the Atlantic Ocean. It permanently transmits messages sent by the mobile terminals and the fleet operator's network management centre to their final destinations and indicates the position of the mobiles within 100 meters.

A central switching station near Paris receives the messages and requests from the fleet operator's network management centre either by satellite or via landlines. The messages and requests are then transmitted via satellite to the designated mobile unit(s). Return messages and position reports or mobile to mobile messages take the reverse route.

Communication between mobile and base are fully protected against unauthorised access as EutelTRACS™ is a fully secured, closed user group system.

 CASE STUDY

Giraud International on the road with EutelTRACS

To stay ahead in the transport trade, Giraud International, an international freight business, has equipped vehicles with the EutelTRACS™ messaging and positioning system, supplied in Europe by Qualcomm and operating through Eutelsat capacity.

“Giraud International operates like a freight exchange with trucks and drivers tracked in real time. This allows us to anticipate incidents and be extremely proactive”, explains Fabrice de Biasio, Director of Information Systems for the group.

EutelTRACS enables trucks, trailers and freight to be tracked, and tracing of pallets and products. Giraud International selects, mobilises and monitors sub-contractors and its own network.

“We have equipped the entire fleet of 2400 engines and 3100 articulated trucks”, says Fabrice de Biasio. “By optimising vehicles and drivers we are raising productivity and competitiveness.”