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Trailer and Cargo Container Tracking – 9th Edition

Trailer and Cargo Container Tracking – 9th Edition

  • Publish Date:October 2021

  • Number of Pages:270

  • Report ID:2274776

  • Format:PDF

  • Publisher:Berg Insight AB

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Summary

Trailer and cargo container tracking is a subsegment of asset tracking and aims to increase operational efficiency and make logistics chains more secure. Berg Insight’s definition of a real-time tracking solution is a system that incorporates data logging, satellite positioning and data communications to a backoffice application. Trailer tracking can be part of fleet management solutions including both trucks and trailers. The history of fleet management solutions goes back several decades while tracking and monitoring of shipping containers came in focus after 9/11. Today, mobile and satellite networks can provide ubiquitous online connectivity at a reasonable cost and mobile computing and sensor technology delivers high performance as well as excellent usability. All of these components combined enable the delivery of supply chain management, security management and operations management applications linking trailers, containers, cargo and enterprise IT systems. 

In order to make freight transport efficient, products are packed into collective logistics units which can remain intact throughout the delivery chain. Smaller logistics units such as boxes and pallets are often grouped into larger units and loaded on trailers, swap bodies, rail freight wagons, air freight unit load devices (ULDs) or intermodal shipping containers. These loading units can be applicable to one or more modes of transport. Trailers and semi-trailers are mostly used in road transport, swap bodies can be transferred between road and rail transport, rail freight wagons are used on railways, ULDs are used in air freight transport and intermodal shipping containers can be carried on several transport modes. More than 25 million intermodal containers, 14 million trailers and 5 million rail cars are in use worldwide. 

Berg Insight estimates that shipments of remote tracking systems with cellular or satellite communications capabilities for cargo loading units including trailers, intermodal containers, rail freight wagons, air freight cargo containers, cargo boxes and pallets reached 3.8 million units worldwide in 2020. Growing at a compound annual growth rate of 27.6 percent, shipments are expected to reach 12.7 million units in 2025. During the same period, the installed base of remote tracking systems is forecasted to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 25.3 percent from 9.3 million units at the end of 2020 to 28.9 million units by 2025. Trailer tracking is the largest market segment, estimated to account for 34.4 percent of the total installed base of tracking units deployed on trailers and cargo containers in 2020. General cargo tracking and intermodal container tracking are the second and third largest segments with estimated shares of 30.0 percent and 24.8 percent respectively of the total installed base at the end of 2020. 

Berg Insight ranks ORBCOMM as the largest provider of tracking solutions for cargo loading units, having a significant installed base of trailers as well as containers. The company’s total installed base reached more than 700,000 units at the end of 2020. The second largest player, SkyBitz, has an installed base of more than 600,000 tracking units, primarily on trailers. Additional large players on the North American trailer telematics market are Spireon and CalAmp, having between 100,000–400,000 installed tracking units each, as well as PowerFleet, Samsara and Omnitracs in the 50,000–100,000 range. The European trailer telematics market is considerably smaller. Idem Telematics is the leading player with close to 80,000 active units while other top European players include Schmitz Cargobull, Transics/WABCO and Novacom Europe, having between 30,000–60,000 active trailer units each. Mecomo and Agheera, also based in Europe, are strong vendors in the adjacent swap body segment. Maersk Line, Envotech, Traxens and ZillionSource all have installed bases above 100,000 units, primarily on intermodal containers. Nexxiot, Amsted Rail, Siemens, SAVVY, DOT Telematik and Cargomon Systems are significant vendors of tracking solutions for rail freight wagons. Sensitech, Tive, Roambee, OnAsset and Controlant are major players in the general cargo and air freight segment, with more than 100,000 active units each. 

Berg Insight anticipates that there will be a strong focus on increased supply chain visibility and transport security in the coming years. The global COVID-19 pandemic and semiconductor chip shortage have accentuated the need for real-time data on shipment location and condition. Technology advancements in recent years have enabled additional 

data on trailer and container systems as well as cargo load status to be captured, adding value to fleet owners, shippers and transporters. Decreasing hardware costs, improved battery life and the emergence of LPWA technologies are furthermore expected to enable wide-spread adoption of cargo tracking solutions across various industry verticals in the coming years.

Table of contents


1 Global freight transportation overview 3

1.1 International merchandise trade 4
1.1.1 Freight transportation modes 6
1.1.2 Logistics units and containerisation 7
1.1.3 Ports, terminals and trade lanes 9
1.2 Intermodal shipping containers 11
1.2.1 Global container fleet 14
1.2.2 Container manufacturers 15
1.2.3 Container ownership structure 16
1.2.4 Container ships 16
1.2.5 Container shipping companies 17
1.2.6 Container leasing companies 19
1.3 Trailers and semi-trailers 20
1.3.1 Global trailer fleet 21
1.3.2 Trailer manufacturers 22
1.4 Rail Freight Wagons 23
1.4.1 Global rail freight wagon fleet 24
1.5 Air freight unit load devices 26
1.5.1 Global ULD fleet 28
1.5.2 Air cargo airlines 28
1.6 Other transport industry actors 30
1.6.1 Consigner/Consignee 31
1.6.2 Freight forwarders 31
1.6.3 Customs and regulatory authorities 32
1.6.4 Terminal operators and ground handlers 32

2 Trailer and cargo container tracking solutions 35

2.1 Trailer and cargo container tracking infrastructure 36
2.1.1 Trailer and cargo container segment 38
2.1.2 GNSS segment 41
2.1.3 Network segment 42
2.1.4 Service segment 44
2.2 Benefits of using trailer and cargo container tracking solutions 45
2.2.1 Supply chain management 45
2.2.2 Security management 47
2.2.3 Trailer and cargo container management 48
2.3 Regulatory compliance and reporting 49
2.3.1 Supply chain security and environmental programs 49
2.3.2 Tax collection 54
2.4 International container and cargo tracking technology initiatives 54
2.4.1 The Integrity project 55
2.4.2 The Smart-CM project 56
2.4.3 The CORE project 56
2.4.4 The SaMoLoSa project 57
2.4.5 The US Department of Homeland Security's Cargo Security Programs 57
2.4.6 The NexTrust project 58
2.4.7 The DataPorts project 59
2.4.8 Container 42 59
2.5 Business models 60

3 Market forecasts and trends 63

3.1 Market analysis 63
3.1.1 Installed base and unit shipments 64
3.1.2 Market value 66
3.1.3 Regional markets 69
3.1.4 Vendor market shares 71
3.2 Market drivers and barriers 78
3.2.1 Macroeconomic environment 78
3.2.2 Regulatory environment 80
3.2.3 Competitive environment 82
3.2.4 Technology environment 83
3.3 Value chain analysis 84
3.3.1 Telematics industry players 85
3.3.2 Cargo transport industry players 91
3.3.3 Trailer and cargo container OEMs 96
3.3.4 Telecom industry players 100
3.3.5 IT industry players 103
3.4 Future industry trends 105
3.4.1 Solutions for refrigerated cargo lead the tracking market 106
3.4.2 Trailer OEMs incorporate telematics as standard 106
3.4.3 Advanced tracking solutions increase the value for logistics providers 107
3.4.4 OE trailer suppliers enable Smart Trailer solutions 108
3.4.5 Individual cargo tracking solutions increase supply chain visibility 109
3.4.6 New LPWA networking technologies increasingly used for cargo tracking 110
3.4.7 2G/3G sunset creates opportunities for tracking solution providers 111
3.4.8 Rail freight wagon tracking - a potential high growth market 111

4 European solution providers 113

4.1 Agheera 115
4.2 Arviem 116
4.3 Axscend (SAF-Holland) 117
4.4 Bosch 118
4.5 CargoGuard 119
4.6 Cargomon Systems 120
4.7 Cognid Telematik 121
4.8 Controlant 121
4.9 DHL 123
4.10 DOT Telematik 124
4.11 Globe Tracker 125
4.12 Hanhaa 127
4.13 Idem Telematics (BPW) 129
4.14 Intermodal Telematics 131
4.15 Kirsen Global Security 133
4.16 Kizy Tracking 134
4.17 KPN 135
4.18 Krone 136
4.19 Kögel 137
4.20 LOSTnFOUND (fleet.tech) 138
4.21 Maersk Line 138
4.22 MECOMO 141
4.23 Net Feasa 142
4.24 Next4 143
4.25 Nexxiot 144
4.26 Novacom Europe (CLS Group) 146
4.27 Ovinto 148
4.28 RM2 149
4.29 SAVVY Telematic Systems 151
4.30 Schmitz Cargobull 152
4.31 SecureSystem 154
4.32 Sensolus 155
4.33 Siemens 156
4.34 Sycada 158
4.35 Transics (WABCO) 159
4.36 Traxens 161
4.37 Trusted 162
4.38 Ubidata 163
4.39 Zenatek 164

5 North American solution providers 167

5.1 7PSolutions 169
5.2 Amsted Rail 171
5.3 AT&T 172
5.4 Ayantra 174
5.5 BlackBerry 175
5.6 CalAmp 177
5.7 Cando Rail & Terminals 179
5.8 Carrier 180
5.9 DeltaTrak 181
5.10 Digi International 183
5.11 Digital Communications Technologies 185
5.12 Emerson 185
5.13 Fleet Complete 188
5.14 Fleetilla 189
5.15 Geoforce 191
5.16 Geotab 192
5.17 Globalstar 193
5.18 Great Dane 195
5.19 Honeywell 197
5.20 Intelyt 198
5.21 Omnitracs (Solera) 199
5.22 OnAsset Intelligence 200
5.23 ORBCOMM 202
5.24 Pallet Alliance 207
5.25 Phillips Connect Technologies 207
5.26 PowerFleet 209
5.27 Purfresh 212
5.28 Quake Global 213
5.29 Road Ready (Clarience Technologies) 214
5.30 Roambee 215
5.31 RSAE Labs 218
5.32 Samsara 219
5.33 Sendum Wireless 222
5.34 Sensitech (Carrier) 223
5.35 Sierra Wireless 225
5.36 SkyBitz (AMETEK) 227
5.37 Spireon 230
5.38 SpotSee 233
5.39 Teletrac Navman 234
5.40 TGI 236
5.41 Thermo King (Trane Technologies) 236
5.42 Tive 238
5.43 Trimble 240
5.44 Wireless Links 241
5.45 Zest Labs (Ecoark) 243

6 Rest of World solution providers 245

6.1 Arknav 246
6.2 CartaSense 247
6.3 Contguard 247
6.4 Cooltrax 248
6.5 Coretex 249
6.6 Eliron 251
6.7 Envotech 252
6.8 Loginno Logistic Innovation 254
6.9 MiX Telematics 255
6.10 Queclink Wireless Solutions 257
6.11 Satlock 258
6.12 Sony 259
6.13 Starcom Systems 260
6.14 Swinnus 262
6.15 TPL Trakker 264
6.16 Tracertrak (Pivotel) 265
6.17 ZillionSource Technologies 265
6.18 ZIM 266
Glossary 269

List of Figures
Figure 1.1: Index for GDP and international merchandise trade (World 1990-2019) 4
Figure 1.2: Merchandise trade by region (World 2019) 5
Figure 1.3: External trade by mode of transport (EU-28 2018) 6
Figure 1.4: Container port throughput (World 2005-2019) 8
Figure 1.5: Top 10 container ports (World 2019) 10
Figure 1.6: Top 10 air cargo ports (World 2019) 11
Figure 1.7: Container flows 12
Figure 1.8: Examples of intermodal container form factors 13
Figure 1.9: Intermodal container fleet size (World 2016-2020) 14
Figure 1.10: Intermodal container fleet by type (World 2020) 15
Figure 1.11: Container fleet ownership structure (World 2019) 16
Figure 1.12: Top 10 container shipping companies (World March 2021) 18
Figure 1.13: Top container leasing companies (World 2020) 19
Figure 1.14: Examples of trailer form factors 21
Figure 1.15: Cargo trailer fleet by region (World 2020) 22
Figure 1.16: Leading trailer manufacturers (World 2020) 23
Figure 1.17: Examples of rail wagon form factors 24
Figure 1.18: Number of rail freight wagons per region (World 2020) 25
Figure 1.19: Examples of ULD form factors 27
Figure 1.20: Top 10 air cargo airlines (World 2019) 29
Figure 1.21: Annual air cargo growth rates by major market (World 2020) 30
Figure 1.22: The transport chain 31
Figure 1.23: Top 5 container terminal operators (World 2020) 33
Figure 2.1: Real-time trailer and cargo container tracking infrastructure overview 37
Figure 2.2: Examples of trailer and cargo container tracking device form factors 39
Figure 2.3: Data interfaces used by container tracking units 40
Figure 2.4: Top 10 mobile operators by IoT connections (World Q4-2020) 43
Figure 2.5: Example of trailer and cargo container tracking service segment 45
Figure 2.6: Examples of supply chain programs and initiatives (World 2021) 52
Figure 2.7: Container 42 60
Figure 3.1: Tracking device shipments and installed base (World 2020-2025) 65
Figure 3.2: Trailer and cargo container market value (World 2020-2025) 68
Figure 3.3: Trailer tracking devices by region (World 2020-2025) 70
Figure 3.4: Major cargo loading unit tracking vendors (Q4-2020) 72
Figure 3.5: Major trailer tracking vendors (Q4-2020) 74
Figure 3.6: Major intermodal container tracking vendors (Q4-2020) 76
Figure 3.7: Major rail freight wagon tracking vendors (Q4-2020) 77
Figure 3.8: M&As in the trailer and cargo container tracking space (2015-2016) 87
Figure 3.9: M&As in the trailer and cargo container tracking space (2017-2021) 88
Figure 3.10: Examples of GSM/GPS tracking devices approved for air shipments 94
Figure 3.11: FedEx SenseAware 96
Figure 3.12: Examples of telecom players offering trailer and cargo container tracking 101
Figure 4.1: European solution providers (A-H) 113
Figure 4.2: European solution providers (I-Z) 114
Figure 4.3: Bosch Asset Tracking Gateway and Sensor Tags 118
Figure 4.4: CO 10.01 Real-time Logger 122
Figure 4.5: Parcelive tracker and online portal 128
Figure 4.6: IMT's connected tank container solution 132
Figure 4.7: Overview of Maersk Line's Remote Container Management (RCM) 139
Figure 4.8: Mecomo's mecSOLAR solar-powered tracking device 141
Figure 4.9: Next4's tracking devices and platform 144
Figure 4.10: The Globehopper tracking device from Nexxiot 145
Figure 4.11: Ovinto Remote Monitoring System 148
Figure 4.12: RM2 BLOCKPal connected pallet 150
Figure 4.13: Sensolus' end-to-end tracking solution 155
Figure 4.14: Overview of Siemens Controlguide CTmobile system 157
Figure 5.1: North American solution providers (A-P) 168
Figure 5.2: North American solution providers (P-Z) 169
Figure 5.3: BlackBerry Radar H2 and A2 176
Figure 5.4: FlashLink Real-Time Mini Loggers 182
Figure 5.5: SmartSense by Digi 183
Figure 5.6: Fleetilla FL950 tracking device 190
Figure 5.7: Globalstar's SmartOne Solar tracking device 194
Figure 5.8: FleetPulse trailer telematics solution 196
Figure 5.9: SENTRY 500 FlightSafe tracking device and Sentinel sensor tag 201
Figure 5.10: GT 1200 Series trailer and container tracking device 204
Figure 5.11: Phillips Connect Smart7 telematics device 209
Figure 5.12: PowerFleet's LV-710 camera sensor 211
Figure 5.13: Purfresh active atmosphere panels 213
Figure 5.14: Roambee BeeAware NB-IoT tracking solution 217
Figure 5.15: Sendum's PT300 package tracker 222
Figure 5.16: TempTale Geo real-time data loggers 224
Figure 5.17: SkyBitz SmartTrailer solution 228
Figure 5.18: Spireon FL Flex modular trailer tracking device 232
Figure 5.19: SpotBot Cellular tracking device 234
Figure 5.20: Thermo King Precedent connected trailer refrigeration unit 237
Figure 5.21: The Tive Solo 5G tracking device 239
Figure 6.1: Rest of World solution providers (A-S) 245
Figure 6.2: Rest of World solution providers (T-Z) 246
Figure 6.3: Envotech's RadioSecure SLM 253
Figure 6.4: Sony Visilion tracker and online application 260
Figure 6.5: Starcom Systems' tracking devices 262
Figure 6.6: Swinnus' container tracking and security devices 263

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