Smart container monitoring system

A shipping container communications system comprising:

• a remotely monitorable shipping container including:
• a shipping container body having associated therewith at least one door and at least one door latch having a latch locking element arranged for locking engagement with a door mounted locking element;
• at least one wireless communicator mounted in a secure location within the shipping container and being operative to wirelessly transmit information to a remote monitor regarding the status of an electronic seal mounted onto the locking element for confirming locking of the at least one door;
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• at least one wireless antenna mounted within a protected enclosure on the outside of the shipping container for transmitting the information from the at least one wireless communicator, at least a portion of said protected enclosure being formed of a material which does not appreciably attenuate the output of said at least one wireless antenna;
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• at least one remote communicator communicating with the at least one wireless communicator.