Containers
Solar GPS
Its own location, also when it separates from the tractor unit.
Logistics & transport
Your assets located and your team informed, all in one place.
Tractor units, chassis and containers located separately, and every activity in the trip detected on its own: couplings, arrivals, waits, loading and unloading. With WhatsApp for your drivers and every document in its trip.
Activity detection
Vitum detects what happens in each trip. The driver only confirms when needed.
- Couplings and uncouplingsBy Bluetooth proximity between tractor unit, chassis and container.
- Arrivals and departuresGeofences at customers, terminals, depots and washing stations.
- Waits, loading and unloadingBy the time stopped inside each location.
- Driving and restsBy movement and long stops. Operational estimate, no legal value.
- Confirmation by WhatsAppWhen a signal is not enough, the driver replies with one button.
Trip 5512 · activitiesExample
CouplingTractor unit 31 · chassis CH-77 · container C-418Automatic
Arrival at loadingCustomer A, TarragonaAutomatic
Wait23 min until loading startsAutomatic
Loading1 h 20 min · confirmed by the driverDriver
UncouplingRail terminal · the container continues by trainAutomatic
CMR receivedPhoto by WhatsApp, saved in the tripDriver
4 of 6 activities recorded without anyone writing them down.
Transport flows
Each trip, activity by activity, without anyone recording it by hand
Choose a type of trip. Under each step, the signal Vitum uses to detect it and the activity that stays in the trip.
Signals:BLEGeofenceStop at locationGPSWhatsAppTMS
The container travels by train between two road legs, with different tractor units and chassis at each end.
Transport order
TMSWhatsApp
The trip comes from the TMS. Instructions to the driver, filtered and in their language.Trip createdCoupling at depot
BLE
The tractor unit detects the chassis and the container next to it.CouplingArrival at loading
Geofence
It enters the customer geofence and starts counting the wait.Arrival · waitLoading
Stop at locationWhatsApp
Time stopped inside the customer. The driver confirms with a button if needed.Loading 1 h 20 minRail terminal
GeofenceBLE
The tractor unit leaves without the container. The container continues with its solar GPS.Uncoupling · on trainPickup at destination
BLEGPS
Another tractor unit detects the container and continues the trip.Re-couplingUnloading and CMR
GeofenceWhatsApp
Arrival, unloading and CMR photo saved in the trip.Unloading · CMROperations with WhatsApp and AI
Your drivers write as always. Vitum turns it into data.
No new apps for the driver. The AI interprets each message, confirms the activity, reads the documents and records it in the correct trip.
MessagesInstructions and incidents in each driver’s language, with templates and history.
ActivitiesLoading, unloading, coupling or delivery confirmed and recorded in the trip.
DocumentsCMR, delivery notes and photos received, read and saved with the trip.
FlowsWhen something happens, it alerts the right person and leaves a record.
Vitum · WhatsApp
Hi, Jan. Pick up container C-418 at terminal 2 and couple it to chassis CH-77.
Done. Coupled and leaving. I’m sending you the CMR.
CMR · photo
Received. "Coupling" activity recorded and CMR saved in trip 5512.
Tractor unit, container and chassis: it knows what travels together
Each part with the technology it needs. Vitum cross-checks the signals and tells you what is joined and what has been left behind.
Tractor units
GPS connected to the vehicle
Route, stops and detection of nearby chassis and containers.
Chassis and axles
BLE beacon
Identified by the tractor unit or container that carries it, with no connectivity cost.
Use cases
What we solve in logistics & transport
Equipment that gets separated, drivers who report by phone and documents that arrive late.
SituationTractor unit, chassis and container get separated in terminals and yards. Today nobody knows what is joined until someone calls the driver.
With VitumEach part carries its technology: solar GPS on containers, GPS on tractor units and BLE on chassis. When they join or separate, Vitum records the coupling or uncoupling in the trip, with time and place.
What you get
- Couplings and uncouplings recorded on their own
- You know which tractor unit carries each container and chassis
- Equipment located also when they travel apart
Benefits by team
Each team gains something different
Dispatch and operations
- Equipment located in real time
- Fewer calls to drivers
- Activities and documents in the trip
Management
- Idle equipment turned into data
- Billable waits and demurrage
- Fewer units bought or rented
Drivers
- They keep using WhatsApp
- Clear instructions in their language
- Fewer calls while driving
Case
European intermodal operator
Hundreds of containers, tractor units and chassis
Tractor unit, container and chassis got separated and nobody knew what travelled together. With three-level tracking and the WhatsApp layer, operations and drivers work on the same data.
3asset types located on a single map
800+containers and assets monitored
1system for trips, activities and alerts
Solar GPSGPSBLEWhatsAppTrips and stopsActivitiesDocuments