Portable GPS Tracker in Jamnagar: Battery Tracker for Brass Parts, Port Trailers and Bandhani Cartons

Jamnagar district lies on the southern shore of the Gulf of Kutch, with Kutch across the water. Its talukas include Jamnagar, Jamjodhpur, Jodiya, Dhrol, Kalavad and Lalpur. Morbi and Rajkot lie to the east, and Devbhoomi Dwarka, which was carved out of the western part of the old district in 2013, lies to the west. The city has a railway station with trains to Mumbai and other cities, and an airport that shares a site with an Air Force enclave. The coast has mangroves, a Marine National Park, the Pirotan marine reserve and the Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary, all of which draw visitors besides the freight that uses the roads.

Industry here has two faces. One is the heavy side: the Reliance refinery complex, commissioned in 1999, the Sikka thermal power station and the ports of Sikka and Bedi, with Rozi also on the Gulf. Bedi port stands on the Rangmati and handles bauxite, soya meal and groundnut extract for export, and coal and fertiliser as imports. The other face is the old city trade. Jamnagar was long called the Brass City, and its workshops make brass parts and extruded rods, while bandhani tie-dye cloth gives work to many households. Bauxite is mined in this part of Saurashtra as well.

Visitors and farms add more traffic. Lakhota Lake with its palace and museum, Ranmal Lake and the Bala Hanuman temple are the main sights in the city. In the villages of Dhrol, Kalavad and Jodiya, groundnut and cotton are the crops people mention. A workshop owner sending parts to a buyer, a trader moving bandhani cartons, a farmer with a trolley and a contractor with a mixer all share the same roads. They seldom have wired devices, and a battery unit that can be moved between them is the practical choice.

East from Jamnagar, the highway to Rajkot is the main road for brass parts, cartons and general freight, and it continues to Ahmedabad and beyond. The Rajkot run fits in a day, and a fast interval shows each halt. North-east, the road toward Morbi carries raw material for the tile belt and finished goods back toward the Gulf ports. West, the road to Dwarka and Okha serves cabs, tankers and parcel vans, and a short road to Sikka and Bedi serves the port trailers.

The Sikka and Bedi runs are short and usually end within a day, so a fast reporting interval costs almost nothing. For a truck going to a buyer in another state, the owner wants halts and direction, and a middle interval spares the battery for repeated trips. A trailer parked in a yard for the weekend should sit on a slow mode. BearTech sets the interval when you order, so write your route and load in the message.

In the monsoon, coastal roads near the creeks can be slow, and port queues stretch when ships are delayed. The BT900 will show the halt and its place. In summer, a steel body left in the sun still gets very hot. If a consignment is going by sea from Bedi, track only the road leg to the port, mount the device outside the vehicle and move it afterwards. Spare units can rest on the slowest mode between jobs.

The BT900 reports where it is and nothing more. It reads no fuel level, gives no alert for a broken seal or an opened door, has no temperature sensor and is not a lock. It is not meant for cold chain or pharma loads, and it is not for sea or rail containers except on the road leg with the device mounted outside. It is also unsuitable for small parcels. Accuracy is 25 to 30 m. Use it on your own goods, equipment or vehicles, or on items where the owner has given written consent. Inside the refinery or other controlled sites, follow the rules of that site before bringing in any device.