Balder Northstar
Balder Northstar is a container tracker that fits to the door of any dry container and reports position, door openings, impacts and movement in real time.
Install once, and Northstar stays in service for the full life of the container. It reports every 5 minutes when moving or changing state, so you see every important milestone.
Unaffected by dust, dirt, paint or darkness. We offer reliable monitoring in any climate or operating condition. Northstar works as well through the polar night in Northern Norway as in the summer heat of southern Europe.
Real-time, default door monitoring gives you instant visibility into container activity, providing automatic container release orders and helping you respond faster to potential security events. Door openings reach Balder Cloud within 1 minute, usually within seconds.
Our sensors install quickly and stay maintenance-free, so you can deploy once and focus on your fleet.
Designed, engineered, and built in Oslo, with a responsible supply chain from start to finish.
12 years of tracking in one device
Northstar fits in under two minutes
Position
Click the mounting jig to the door’s locking bar.
Mount
Drill two holes through the jig and mount Northstar with two rivets. No wiring, no power supply.
Done
Attach the door switch and close the door. Northstar comes online in Balder Cloud and reports for the life of the container.
Product Specifications
Download technical sheet (PDF)Dimensions
- Northstar sensor
- 52 × 192 × 73.5 mm
- Door switch
- 40 × 45 × 50 mm
- Weight
- Northstar 600 g + door switch
Power & sensing
- Battery life
- 12+ years on primary battery
- Sensing
- Position · door-opening · temperature · shock · movement
- Positioning
- Dual-band GNSS
Environment & installation
- Ingress protection
- IP67 · IP69K
- Operating temperature
- −30°C to +70°C
- Installation
- Door-mount · under 2 min, no wiring
Connectivity & platform
- Connectivity
- NB-IoT · LTE-M Cat M1 · LTE Cat-1 bis · satellite (Starlink/Iridium ready)
- Data guarantee
- Alerts within a minute, worldwide
- Data platform
- Balder Cloud - real-time, enterprise-grade, full API access
- Compliance
- CE · ATEX Zone 1 · IEC 60945
FAQs
Go beyond basic tracking. You need fail-proof devices to avoid costly maintenance, and robust, uncompromisable intrusion detection. Balder offers sensors with over 12 years of battery life, best-in-class global tracking, and an intuitive platform built for logistics teams - designed, engineered and built in Norway with a responsible supply chain.
Yes - Northstar retrofits onto the dry containers you already own. It mounts on the container door in under two minutes, with no wiring and no power to run, and works across intermodal transport: road, rail and sea.
Live position, movement, door and intrusion events, temperature and shock - streamed to Balder Cloud with alerts within a minute, worldwide. Everything is available through the dashboard and a full API, with controlled sharing for the carriers, shippers and partners you choose - your data stays yours.
Following a great period of field testing in Northern Europe together with our valued pilot customers, we are actively scaling our operations. Contact us to discuss how Balder could support your fleet - let’s meet up or schedule a call.
