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One year on from the launch of
the Navalink cable seal range, Japanese
container security specialist,
Navatech Co, has incorporated a
number of further design enhancements.
The introduction of Navalink
in 2002 marked a shift by
Navatech away from its former
exclusive manufacture of ultrahigh
strength barrier seals, in the
form of its long established
Navalock range, to address the
broader container security market.
Its cable seals, according to managing
director Victor Navarsky,
have already attracted interest as a
lower cost, “medium grade” security
product designed to immobilise
the container’s door locking
gear.
The latest modifications concern
the locking bush, which has
been enlarged and can now accommodate
laser engraved bar
codes. The angled, cylindrical
locking mechanism, into which
the bolt end is push-fitted, is also
encased within a clear plastic
shield to protect against damage
and deter any tampering.
The modified locking bush has
been incorporated into Navatech’s
three existing styles of cable, now
reclassified as Navalink C-10, C-
20 and C-60. Both the C-10 and
C-20 feature a flexible multi-strand
steel cable of 1.8mm diameter, offering
a pull resistance in excess of
0.4 tonnes, with the C-20 of
shorter length than the C-10. The
C-60 is a heavier duty version, with
cable diameter of 6.5mm. They are
designed to be wrapped tightly
around the door locking rods and
threaded through the handle aperture,
while the new-style angled
locking bush eliminates the possibly
of “spinning,” by which means
many conventional seals are defeated
and opened.
Navatech is also currently
working on an improved version
of its Navalock MkIII-A steel interlocking
bar, which is due to
enter commercial production
within six months. The basic design
is being simplified to reduce
its production cost to the point
where “the real Navalock is priced
at a level close to that paid for
CONTAINER INDUSTRY NEWS
Navis enters depot arena
Best known for its range of container
terminal management systems,
Oakland-based Navis LLC
has broadened the scope of its offerings
with the launch of a new
management system for container
depots.
Navis Depot is a web-based
depot management system that
provides 24/7 visibility to critical
data at individual operations and
across a number of depots. As reported
in the August 2002 issue
of WorldCargo News (p36), the new
system has been extensively
trialled at a depot on the US west
coast.
Using Navis Depot, depot operators
can manage all of their
operations, such as gate and bookings
management, equipment
Enter the
Kaybolt
Container security seal manufacturer
Universeal has introduced its
own version of a cable-bolt seal
combination, known as Kaybolt.
The one-piece design has undergone
an extensive reworking
at the company’s main manufacturing
site in Malaysia. It comprises
an extended-length cable
section, into which is incorporated
a standard bolt seal for fitting in
the locking hasp in the container’s
left door handle. The cable can
be wrapped securely around both
of the container’s central door
locking rods.
The separate bolt head is attached
permanently to one loop
of the cable, whilst the locking
body also doubles as a fastening
point for both the bolt head and
cable end. As such, it contains a
special double-locking assembly,
configured at right angles, and
accommodates the patented cablefastening
device already featured
in the existing Flexigrip 200 cable
seal from Universeal. This ensures
that, once the seal is closed,
the cable remains buried inside the
seal body and so prevents any
manipulation.
damage estimates and repairs, invoicing
for storage, handling, repairs
and services rendered and
EDI on a Navis-hosted platform.
The platform provides full visibility
to critical information allowing
for further collaboration between
the main parties involved
in the M&R process - depots,
shipping lines and leasing companies.
According to Navis, many
container depots have been unable
to take full advantage of the
IT revolution due to a lack of investment
capital to purchase
highly sophisticated systems and
a lack of in-house expertise to run
these systems. Navis Depot offers
depots of all sizes a sophisticated
application that will help them
US-based container security
seal specialist TydenBrammall
has improved the specification
of its single-use cable seals in
order to better comply with the
US Customs C-TPAT (Customs-Trade
Partnership Against
Terrorism) programme.
All such devices are now
made using non pre-formed cable,
which, says TydenBrammall,
greatly inhibits any unauthorised
reuse of the seals.
Although this cable version
offers the same absolute locking
strength as its pre-formed
counterpart and requires the
same high-strength cutting tools
for removal, the individual cable
strands tend to spring apart
and fray wildly when cut, giving
an obvious and immediate
visual indication of tampering.
Crucially, it also prevents any
insertion of the cut cable end
back into the locking mechanism
to conceal the break-in,
TydenBrammall further recommended
that the protruding end
should also be cut after the cable
is secured into the lock body
manage their operations effectively
and efficiently. Up-front
capital investment is negligible, the
only hardware requirements being
a PC and an Internet connection,
while per transaction pricing
virtually eliminates the inherent
risks of typical software system
purchases.
Navis has selected key functionality
from its extensive suite
of terminal management applications
and packaged it into a highly
intuitive, fully featured depot management
system to bridge the IT
gap depots are currently experiencing.
Small or large depot customers
can benefit from a flexible
and scalable system allowing them
to purchase the solution that is
right for their operation.
Tougher range from
TydenBrammall
in order to leave a splayed end.
This fraying characteristic is
a consequence of the slightly
different method used to manufacture
non pre-formed cable,
whereby the tightness of the
spring steel cable’s spiral shape
is relaxed during the annealing
process and the ends are spotwelded.
The enhanced design is being
used in the manufacture of
all TydenBrammall’s disposable
cable seals targeted at the container
industry, including its
Magnum, Alum-A-Loc, Cable
Crimp Loc, E-Z Loc and Bar
Code Loc.
The newly enhanced version
of the Magnum seal features
0.25in (6mm) diameter
steel cable of standard 14in
length, which is fastened into a
drill-resistant lock body and offers
a pull strength of 4,000lbs
(1,800kg). The lock section has
also been enlarged to take a full
bar code or colour coded marking,
plus the cold stamping of
up to six characters and a sixdigit
serial number.
Navatech upgrades seal range
Navalock’s cable seal range now features a modified locking bush
look-alike products.” This follows
the recent receipt by Navatech of
full US Customs’ approval for all
security products in its range.
Further sophistication is now
also available in the form of the
company’s Mac Sema memory
button, which can be integrated
into all Navalock seals as an option.
This is an encryption device
that carries a unique, unchangeable
identification number and
thus permits port/customs inspectors
to access the shipper’s
manifest while validating the seal.
It similarly allows receivers to
check the contents prior to opening
the container.
The Mac Sema operates without
batteries, is military-approved,
and can withstand vibration, impact
shock, extremes in temperature,
magnetic fields and immersion
in water,without adverse effect.
May 2003