Toronto-based Paradigm Advanced Technologies is developing a highly sensitive GPS-based security product called SecurTrac.

SecurTrac, which is undergoing testing, can not only communicate the position, direction and speed of motion of a truck transport, but also determine the security of the trailer and its cargo.
The system is based on proprietary GPS technology of PowerLOC, a subsidiary of Paradigm.
Specialized highly secure sensors communicate to a remote server if the doors to the trailer have been opened and if the load inside the trailer is being moved. The entire system can be monitored over the Internet for each trailer so equipped. Using the new technology, the shipper, the trucking company, the broker as well as custom officials can be assured of the integrity of the shipment.
The company is working with U.S. and Canadian officials, representatives of the trucking industry, and a new dedicated truck bridge group developing a crossing between the U.S. and Canadian border.
"We believe this reliable new technology will shorten inspection times and expedite commercial traffic across the border," said Brian Hay, President of Whirlpool International Truck Bridge (Canada) Inc., the company that is developing a new dedicated trucks-only bridge between the United States and Canada.
SecurTrac is expected to be available commercially in the first quarter of 2002. For more information, visit www.powerloc.com.