SkyBitz Launches Trailer-Detention Management System

Asset tracking provider SkyBitz has launched a service designed to help fleets better monitor trailer detention time to improve utilization and driver satisfaction.

The company said its new Detention Management Solution automatically monitors trailers stopped at consignee locations and sends notifications according to parameters set by the fleet.

This information enables carriers to work with their customers to speed up trailer turn times, SkyBitz said.

“We’re excited to enable our customers to stay better informed about the status of their trailers while at the same time improving their customers’ satisfaction,” SkyBitz President Henry Popplewell said. “The objective of accurate detention management is to build a better customer relationship to free up trailers quicker, not to collect more penalties.”

The system is available now to all current SkyBitz customers through the company’s asset-management Web application.