The SOLAS treaty

and, how do I weigh my containers

accurately? by Roger Sack, Managing Director,

Tramanco Pty Ltd.

Phone: +617 389 22 311

Email: roger@tramanco.com.au

HOW – WHEN – WHERE – WHY- or the R.O.I.

We are here to today to determine the various ways of doing this via

METHOD #1

METHOD #1A CHEK-WAY Dynamic WAY-Bridges®

• SANTOS – Galilee Gas Fields – solar powered system with autonomous operation.

• CAN BE IN-GROUND or ABOVE-GROUND

LINDSAY Transport – Melbourne #1A Dynamic WAY-Bridge®

• Unique design

• No loss of real estate

• +/- 0.1% Accuracy

• L.F.T. capabiity

Drive over them without causing any damage .

Oldest unit in service is Lindsay Transport’s unit in Brisbane – installed in 1982 – 34 YEARS old

METHOD #1B The CHEK-WAY® Eliminator On Board Scales or O.B.M. systems

TIME LINE – OBM ACCURACY

NRTC ~1996 initiates the IAP

> NRTC 2002/3 > NTC ~ 2004/5 forms TCA

TCA ~ 2006/7 appoints ARRB (NATA) to test all OBM systems in operation. ARRB report 2008 TCA May 2009 – Final Report OMB

from TCA

THE RESULT

TMR in 10/2010 appoints CHEK-WAY® as the only

OBM systems for the IAP/HML A-Double trials

ACCURACY - Box and Whisker chart.

• Figure 1. Indicative kg error findings for typical 20,000kg trailer group across the 12 OBM systems available and tested in Australia in 2008 (from Karl, Davis, Cai et al, 2009).

Accuracy - Explanation

Figure 2. Detail of each “box-and-whisker” entry from Figure 1. The range of all measurements for the OBM system being

measured is indicated by the length of the vertical line going through each box corresponding to that system’s measurements. The 75th and 25 percentile values are shown by the top and bottom of the box respectively. The average of all measurements is indicated by the

value at the centre of the red cross.

Results of the A.R.R.B. tests for T.C.A. The rigorous testing showed that the CHEK-WAY® OBM systems reported (at worst) readings that were in

error, on average, by 50kg in 20,000 kg over the 110+ readings taken across all the tests in the report.

The CHEK-WAY® OBM systems read on average 19,950 kg whenever 20,000kg was present on the test axle group.

Further, 50% of measurements in the 110+ test readings were (at worst) in error of 200kg for an axle group reading equivalent to 20,000kg.

The CHEK-WAY® OBM systems read an average of 19,800 kg when 20,000kg was present on the test axle group.

This translates to a 1% error reading or an effective “Legal for Trade” status for all

CHEK-WAY® OBM systems.

CHEK-WAY® CWE-5000 Series • CWE-5000 Features

– Anti-Tamper • Password protection on all programmes and calibration

• Time Date Stamps – plus numeric log of all changes

• Lead Seals on all connectors on Smart Amps

• Warranty stickers on all components

– GPRS Transmission • Sends all information in real time – wth 2.0 minute updates (variable).

– Data logging – WEIGHT and I.D.’s • Record by driver or automatically

• Print function (see sample print-out)

• R.F. and Blue Tooth interfaces (Phone-WAY®) see later slides

CHEK-WAY® CWE-5000 Series Display

• Typical B-Double installation 3 channels – Dual line back-lit LCD display for

day/night

– Allows user input/output of the CHEK-WAY® system

– Password protected

– All weights and total on the one screen – no button pushing

– Nett / Gross weight toggle

– In-built Data-Log and Print functions

Typical Data String explanations

• The following extracts are strings of Data from an actual B-double Tanker operating in a fleet in Newcastle when it is loaded, unloaded, overloaded and has a trailer disconnected or is not communicating and in that order.

•

• CWGS,A47321,+23320,B46454,+20720,C46798,+20260,PG,11480,+64300,30112015,

• 070505,-32.868833, 151.533910,0118,3294,BA,DDD,081,049,081,049,1007,0152

•

• CWGS,A47321,<11560,B46454,<05760,C46798,<04580,PG,11480,+21900,30112015,

• 062517,-32.868566, 151.534576,0007,2045,B0,DDD,154,000,155,000,1007,0152

•

• CWGS,A47321,+23260,B46454,%21340,C46798,+20780,AG,11480,+65380,30112015,

• 082550,-32.528108, 151.043988,0000,2987,5C,DDD,061,059,060,059,1007,0153

•

• CWGS,A47321,+11940,B46454,+06420,C46798,?00000,PG,11480,+18360,30112015,

• 110719,-32.860830, 151.537600,0211,2241,0B,DDA,083,000,081,000,1003,0155

CHEK-WAY RAW-DATA® software ensures ACCURACY real time, self-tests every millisecond, 2.0 min. updates

• CHEK-WAY ON-BOARD SCALES RAW DATA (EMPTY) CHEK-WAY ON-BOARD SCALES RAW DATA (LOADED)

•

• Meter ID 11090 Version V4.050D Meter ID 11090 Version V4.050D

• 06/08/2015 13:53:07 06/08/2015 16:33:36

• Vehicle Type Semi/A-2 Vehicle Type Semi/A-2

• Comm Mode: LIN Bus 19200 Comm Mode: LIN Bus 19200

•

• A 91232 06/08/2015 13:53:09 A 91232 06/08/2015 16:33:38

• Data Ok Data Ok

• CHN DTARE DEPT D-CAL DX D-SET CHN DTARE DEPT D-CAL DX D-SET

• A 12400 1680 02B09C 06 30000 A 12400 2904 02B09C 06 30000

• LDN UTARE UEPT U-CAL UX U-SET LDN UTARE UEPT U-CAL UX U-SET

• 02 03700 2101 0040C5 06 40000 02 03700 2101 0040C5 06 40000

• LTM LVAR XCIT REGV LINE GRP1 GRP2 LTM LVAR XCIT REGV LINE GRP1 GRP2

• 120 0400 0723 0064 0661 0841 0838 120 0400 0723 0064 0664 1445 1440

• AUSTRALIAN PATENT NUMBER #200900620. Other Patents Pending

Typical B-Double print out with explanations – P.O.D. • ANYWHERE TRANSPORT + YOUR COMPANY NAME AND OTHER DETAILS, AS REQUESTED

• 1230 Lysaght Street

• Acacia Ridge QLD 4110

• Telephone: (07) 3075 4281

• Facsimile: (07) 3075 4440

• Email: awt@bigpond.com

• ABN: 01010101010

• CHEK-WAY LOAD REPORT

•

• VEHICLE ID 22311 * Meter, Prime Mover I.D.

• A24187 B24198 C24176 * TYPICAL B. TRAIN (3 channels) I.D.’s of each SMART-AMP®

• SECURE T-01 100613 C-02 120613 * SECURITY DATA

• PRINT DATE 15/06/2013 1654 (time)

•

• DATE TIME CHN DATA TYPE * Date & Time of report for each channel in ======================================= GROSS (G) WEIGHT MODE.

• (N = Nett weight of each container)

• 15/06/2013 1654 A G +22550 CHN WGT Weight is positive (+) so no tare offsets

• B G +21400 CHN WGT .

• C G +21550 CHN WGT

• ABC +65500 TOTAL WEIGHT GROSS mode shows TOTAL WEIGHT.

• END: * END OF DOCKET WITH SPACE FOR A SIGNATURE

A-Double Project

TYPICAL A- DOUBLE with Options

A-Double Project

A-Double Project

A-Double Project

A-Double Project

HOW – WHEN – WHERE - ROI HOW Method #1A, B, C.

WHEN As you drive over our WAY-Bridges® or, when you load each container on vehicles with CHEK-WAY® OBM

systems installed.

WHERE Anywhere and everywhere there is a WAY-Bridge® or a CHEK-WAY® equipped vehicle.

R.O.I. How to recover costs, make a profit and have a VGM with I.D.’s

attached = Phone-WAY®

PHONE-Way® screen of UNLOADED A-DOUBLE

First 20’ empty container loaded

Second 20’ empty container loaded

Third container is an empty 40’

Two 40’ loaded containers & prime mover overloaded

NOW – THE R.O.I. – THE GOOD BIT

Our WAY-Bridge® costs ~$60,000.00

If you charge $40.00 to supply the VGM for 1,500 containers your return is $60,000.00. You recover your costs in 12 months – not a bad investment? YES.

The next year and every year thereafter you ADD $60,000.00 G.P. to your bottom line.

NOW the GOOD BIT on our O.B.M. An A-Double costs $20,000.00 fully installed

Using the same $40.00 fee you recover the total outlay in 4 months. An even better R.O.I. You ADD $40,000.00 to your G.P. in year #1, then $60,000.00 every year thereafter AND, you weigh wherever you go.

The question for all of you is:

If you own your own vehicles or, use sub-contractors then WHY aren’t

all of these vehicles equipped with CHEK-WAY® SCALES?

Thank-you for your valuable time.

•One WEIGH, •Or the other, • It has to be, •CHEK-WAY® .

Questions.