SUCCESSFUL LAND-SEA GSM-GPRS-GPS CONTAINER MONITORING TRIALS SAIL INTO A COMMERCIAL REALITY!
[author:Stephen Lowe Public time:May 4, 2007] |
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An international consortium has deployed successful Land-Sea-Land trials of the most advanced Intermodal Container tracking technology into a commercial reality. The Trials conducted in South China Seas, between Singapore -Thailand - China (Shanghai and Hong Kong) - Singapore during January-February 2007 were independently monitored by the Singapore Technologies Education & Training - Maritime Bureau.
Cooperation between CargoTrax Ltd Finland, TriaGnoSys GmbH Germany, ThermoKing Ingersoll Rand Corp USA, Hansabaltic Oy Finland, Pacific International Lines - PIL Singapore, STET-Maritime Bureau Singapore, Maritime & Ports Authority Singapore, Globaltrax Pte Ltd Singapore, AETOS Military Police Singapore,
The most important function in the Trials were to prove the efficacy of the GSMGSM connectivity on mid-seas via Inmsarsat satellite, as well as the “seamless hand-over” of GSM-over-Satellite to Terrestrial Transmitters whenever the ship encounters Land GSM coverage, thus maintaining the global GSM legalities.
The SECURED by CargoTrax® solution, which is based on Real Time GSM, GPRS and GPS technology, allows 24x7 Global Anywhere-Anytime, Security Monitoring of containers and of particular importance to Reefers (refrigerated containers), monitoring of critical conditions that ensure the integrity of containerized cargo, that can be worth up to US$10million.
The status of the cargo and the security of the container are constantly monitored by a state-of-the-art, officially compliant RFID container door eSeal, which transmits a 'heart-beat' pulse every 1.5 seconds to control centres, both on the ship and on the ground, which can include, the consignee, the shipper, the shipping company's headquarters, the ships' home port operator, or government security services. If the e-seal is compromised in any way, a panic “alarm” signal is transmitted immediately, as are changes in temperature, humidity, vibration, light, and volumetric pressure, as well as levels of oxygen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.
SECURED by CargoTrax® combines military-grade precision with existing standards-based technology, providing the accuracy required by shippers and government security services, while adding less than 2% to the cost of container rental when the insurance premium discounts are taken into consideration. The potential avoidence of consequencial losses due to variable factors, by constant monitoring, is a major benefit to all parties in the entire end-to-end Supply Chain.
A series of Pilot Trials conducted during August 2006 upto March 2007 was the result of over four years of R&D, were initiated by Maritime & Ports Authority (MPA) of Singapore, and monitored by the Singapore government owned STET-Maritime Bureau, confirmed a 100% success..
The sea-trials were carried out on vessels owned and operated by MPA and by Pacific International Lines (PIL) of Singapore.
The TEXEL® GSM-GPRS-GPS-RFID Black Boxes supplied by Globaltrax Pte Ltd.
Otherinfo:Date: 4th May 2007
Contact: Stephen Lowe, Media Relations
CargoTrax Ltd, P.O.Box 16, FIN-01660 Vantaa, Finland
Mob: 358 (0)40 770 1234
Mob: 358 (0)40 770 2345
Tel: 358 (0)208 335588
Fax: 358 (0)9 350 97950
E-mail: stephen.lowe@cargotrax.net
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