Portable GPS Tracker in Morbi: Battery Tracker for Tile Cartons, Kiln Machinery and Port Trailers

Morbi district was formed out of Rajkot district in 2013. It has five talukas: Morbi, Maliya, Tankara, Wankaner and Halvad. The city stands on the Machchhu river, with Kutch to the north across the edge of the Little Rann, Surendranagar to the east, Rajkot to the south and Jamnagar to the west. Wankaner and Maliya-Miyana are the two railway junctions of the district, and the Morbi station sits on the line that joins them. Navlakhi on the Gulf of Kutch coast serves as a small port for the area. Most of what the district makes leaves by road, so the highway is the real factory floor for many owners.

Morbi is called the ceramics capital of India. Wall and floor tiles, sanitaryware and related products come out of clusters around Morbi, Wankaner, Halvad and Maliya, and the town also has a long tradition of wall clocks. Raw material arrives from other districts and states, and finished goods leave in cartons stacked on trucks and trailers bound for dealers and for the ports of Kutch. A factory owner who sells to a distributor in another state wants to know where the truck is at night, not only when the buyer complains.

The district has farms as well. Cotton and groundnut are grown in the dry Saurashtra belt, and small mills and ginning units in the towns depend on tractor trolleys and mini-trucks. Around the factories there are also gensets, loaders, kiln parts and mould sets that move between plots and workshops. Much of this equipment is old, shared and unwired. A tracker that can be moved from one machine to another, and that needs no installation, fits this kind of yard much better than a fixed device.

From Morbi, the busiest road runs toward the Kutch ports and the Gulf coast, and trailers on this run are usually back within a day or two. A fast reporting interval fits it well, and the owner sees the wait at the port gate in detail. South, the highway to Rajkot links the district with the city's foundry and engineering clusters and with the road onward to Ahmedabad. West, the road to Jamnagar carries cartons and raw material toward Saurashtra's coast, and north-east, the road through Surendranagar leads toward Ahmedabad and Patan.

Long runs toward northern and eastern India take several days. For those, the owner needs halts and direction, not every turn, so a middle interval keeps the battery healthy. Short shuttles between factories and the packing yards of the same cluster finish in an hour, and a fast interval costs almost nothing there. A trailer parked for the weekend can sit on a daily mode. BearTech sets the interval at the time of your order, so mention your routes in the message.

In the monsoon, low-lying roads near the Machchhu and the edge of the Rann can be slow, and a truck may stop for a night. The trail will show the stop and its place. In the hot months, heat is the main concern for the device and the driver alike. If a container is going by rail, track only the road leg with the device outside, then take it off and use it on the next trailer. Spare units between jobs can stay parked on the slowest mode.

The BT900 reports location and nothing else. It does not read fuel, gives no alert on a broken seal or an opened door, has no temperature sensor and does not act as a lock. It is not meant for cold chain or pharma loads, and it is not for sea or rail containers apart from the road leg with the device mounted outside. It is also unsuitable for small parcels. Accuracy is 25 to 30 m. Track your own goods, machines or vehicles, or items where the owner has given written consent.