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ICT FOCUS Reefer monitoring set to roll Cranes cables. URSUS® IDENTEC Solutions has launched three new pilot projects for its Reefer Asset Management System (RAMS) over the last six months. All are at container terminals that are looking for a system to automate the reefer monitoring process as far as possible. The heart of IDENTEC’s Reefer Asset Management System is its UHF 868-920 MHz active RFID technology and the Wireless Asset Management System (WAMS) platform developed by IDENTEC’s partner Mark-It Services, a US-based supplier of cold chain services. IDENTEC’s iQ350 RFID tags support two-way communication with its iPORT 350 readers to send and receive information to reefer boxes from the iSHARE server that supports the RAMS application. Rather than relying on the reefer having a power line modem, IDEN- TEC connects to the serial port directly to access the reefer’s micro controller. The RFID tags communicate with a local network of readers and have a 500m range for sending information and a 250m range for receiving. The RFID network is set up like a localised wireless system, with minimal fixed infrastructure, enabling it to be deployed very quickly virtually anywhere reefers are stored, including wheeled yards and temporary storage areas A complete product range. where reefers are powered by gensets. RAMS is independent of the reefer unit and carrier. Some reefer manufactures use proprietary data protocols for communication with the micro controller, in particular Thermo King with its i-box system. Michael Dempsey, IDENTEC’S general manager for ports and terminals, said it has come to arrangements with the reefer manufacturers and can connect to any container that has a serial port, including the four major suppliers, Carrier, Daiken, MCI/Star Cool and Thermo King. There are still some reefers that have no serial port at all in service, but IDENTEC is confident is can support 97-99% of the active reefer fleet. In the past, the reefer monitoring market has suffered from getting caught up in the uncertainty over e-seals and container tracking. Container terminals have been reluctant to invest, not knowing whether truly ubiquitous container tracking and monitoring would emerge as a supply chain norm driven by shippers and shipping lines. Maersk is rumoured to be announcing a new global monitoring system this year, but Dempsey does not see this dampening terminals’ demand for their own system. Over the last 12 months there has been a “huge awakening” to the potential of reefer monitoring, he added, driven mainly by the value proposition to container terminals. Reefer traffic is growing much faster than containerisation as a whole, and while a lot of terminals contract out reefer management services, the cost savings from automating the process are significant. Comprehensive monitoring also delivers a better service to shippers by enabling accurate information to be made available through the terminal’s customer web portal. Yard automation and safety are also driving factors. The need to keep automated cranes out of reefer zones while technicians are working creates an operational imperative to minimise the time technicians are on reefer racks servicing boxes. The location of the three pilot projects is confidential at this stage but they are all for different operators and include integration with Navis SPARCS and Tideworks TOS applications. Berg bullish on tracking PearTrack’s GPS tracking system and Sweloxx’s reusable container lock are combined in a new range of e-seals REELING URSUS® MT PLUS URSUS® MT FO URSUS® VS SL URSUS® PUR HF BASKET The container tracking market is poised for spectacular growth, according to a new report from Swedenbased business intelligence analyst Berg Insight. Berg’s latest report found that the installed base of container tracking systems grew 54% in 2012. The number of active remote container tracking units deployed on intermodal shipping containers was 137,000 in Q4 2012, up from 89,000 a year earlier. Growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49.1%, this number is expected to reach 1M by 2017. The penetration rate of remote tracking systems in the total population of containers is forecast to increase from 0.7% in 2012 to 4.1% in 2017. Berg’s 2013 forecast is actually less optimistic than its 2012 prediction. Then it calculated that the CAGR for container tracking was 66.9% and 1M installed units would be reached by 2016. Berg noted that after acquiring StarTrak, PAR LMS and GlobalTrak, Orbcomm has emerged as the largest vendor of tracking devices. It recently announced its first “self-powered M2M tracking and monitoring device” for container tracking, the Orbcomm GT 1100. Orbcomm is also focusing on the trucking market where it just announced seven new transport companies have signed up for its ReeferTrak solution for refrigerated transport assets. FESTOONING www.aristoncavi.com URSUS® BASKET URSUS® FESTOON Aristoncavi at TOC Europe from 25 to 27 June 2013 / Stand A20 RFID deals The UK’s Avonwood Developments Ltd has won further orders for its RFIDbased safety system, ZoneSafe. The system uses Eureka dual frequency active RFID transponders worn by ground staff, together with RFID readers on equipment, to warn drivers when people enter a safety zone around a vehicle. The new orders come from undisclosed ports in Chile and Australia. “The system will be fitted to reach stackers, heavy-duty forklift trucks and small forklift trucks operating within the ports to improve safety between pedestrians and industrial vehicles,” Avonwood said in a statement. The firm is marketing ZoneSafe as a “safety aid” that is especially useful in reducing some of the issues and safety risks associated with industrial vehicles such as limited visibility and blind spots. It comes in two options: Compact and Standard. The Compact version is designed for small forklifts and machinery, while the Standard system is suitable for large industrial vehicles like reach stackers, but versions are compatible. 36 May 2013
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