DHL SmartSensor passes the 1 million mark

Integrated Logistics Forwarders and Shippers Technology

September 8, 2016

DHL Global Forwarding has passed one million SmartSensor shipments since 2010 – a product which it says ensures “end-to-end monitoring for highly sensitive life sciences and healthcare freight.

The SmartSensor’s GPS and RFID technology offers near real-time tracking of shipments and powers DHL’s key temperature-controlled products including DHL Air Thermonet and DHL Ocean Thermonet.

Over the last six years, DHL says 62,000 SmartSensor devices have been deployed – mainly by the life sciences and healthcare sector – submitting over 600 billion bytes of data and taking over 160 million temperature measurements.

James Graham

James Graham is an award-winning transport media journalist with a long background in the commercial freight sector, including commercial aviation and the aviation supply chain. He was the initial Air Cargo Week journalist and retuned later for a stint as editor. He continues his association as editor of the monthly supplements. He has reported for the newspaper from global locations as well as the UK.