Lorryman Insights

First-person guides on FASTag-based tracking, tool-based truck tracking, freight visibility, and tracking lorries in India without GPS devices.

• How to Track a Truck in India Without Installing GPS — How to track a truck or find my lorry in India without GPS: FASTag / toll-based tracking from the vehicle number, no device install, no driver app dependency.
• Freight Visibility When the Driver Doesn’t Pick Up the Call — I've watched phone-based tracking fail at scale in Indian logistics. Here's what driver shortage data shows, and how I replace “bhai, kahan ho?” / find my truck calls with freight visibility.
• Lorry Tracking vs Traditional GPS Devices: What’s the Difference? — FASTag / toll-based lorry tracking vs AIS-140 GPS hardware in India: cost, third-party trucks, and when no-device tracking beats a GPS box.
• Real-Time Load Location Tracking for Indian Shippers — In my work with shippers, I define what “real time” should mean for load location in India, using official freight and logistics-cost data, and how I get updates without GPS installs.
• Why GPS Hardware Fails on Third-Party Trucks — I've seen why GPS devices struggle on market trucks in India: consent, swaps, SIMs, and the load-level tracking pattern I use instead.
• A Broker’s Guide to Freight Tracking Without Driver Dependency — When I talk to brokers, I show how they sell trust with trip-level tracking, without GPS on every market truck and without making the driver the API.
• No SIM, No Device: How Vehicle Tracking Can Still Work — Track a vehicle in India with no SIM and no GPS device: use the truck number for FASTag / toll-based and tool-based freight visibility.
• Pan-India Truck Tracking for Manufacturers and Supply Chains — In my work with manufacturers, I show how plants monitor inbound raw material and outbound finished goods across Indian corridors, including transporter trucks without GPS.
• Stop Calling Drivers for Location Updates — I walk through a 30-day operating change I run with desks: replace location calls with trip tracking, using driver-shortage reality as the reason to redesign the control tower.
• What Is Freight Visibility? A Plain-English Guide — I explain freight visibility with official Indian logistics numbers, and how I separate it from vehicle telematics.
• Know Your Truck Before You Load: RC, Insurance & Compliance — I argue why RC, insurance, permit and hypothecation checks belong in the gate process, and how I sit them next to live tracking.
• Truck Tracking for Traders and SMEs Who Don’t Own a Fleet — When I work with traders and SMEs, I show how they get truck tracking without owning vehicles: pay-for-use visibility on transporter lorries, with India logistics context.
• From Geoni Logistics to Ashwini Cargo Carrier: Niraj’s Ebook on Indian Road Freight — I wrote an ebook about running road freight in India. Here's what it records, and why Geoni Logistics is now Ashwini Cargo Carrier after the merger.
• Detention, Demurrage, and the Bill You Pay for Not Knowing — I've watched invisible trucks turn into overtime, dock penalties, and working-capital drag. I explain why location is cheaper than surprise.
• Tracking Market Trucks from the Mandi to the Buyer — I show how agricultural and trading dispatches on unknown lorries can still be watched, without GPS on a truck I met this morning.