Terminal operator partners with Savi to provide RFID-enhanced information on the location, status and security of ocean cargo containers
Oakland, CA — January 9, 2006 — Terminal operating company Marine Terminals Corporation (MTC) has inked an agreement with radio frequency identification specialist Savi Networks to extend SaviTrak real-time, supply chain information services to MTC's port facilities.
MTC is a family-owned U.S. stevedore and terminal operating company that handles more than 25 percent of the cargo container shipments on the U.S. West Coast. MTC operates 26 terminals in 13 ports across the U.S. West coast and at additional ports in the U.S. South Atlantic region.
Savi Networks, a joint venture of Savi Technology and Hutchison Port Holdings, is building an automated information service that leverages RFID and other ISO-compliant automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technologies at global ports to further improve the efficiency, effectiveness and security of global supply chains. The latest partnership brings MTC terminals into Savi Networks' community of ocean cargo terminal operators leveraging SaviTrak's managed information services.
Highest-Volume Ports Initial Focus
"Our agreement with MTC enables Savi Networks to expand its global footprint throughout some of the largest U.S. load centers for import container traffic," said Lani Fritts, chief operating officer at Savi Networks.
Initial implementations will focus on the highest-volume ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Seattle, Tacoma and Oakland. Los Angeles-Long Beach is the highest-volume load center in the United States and Seattle-Tacoma is the third largest.
In 1997 MTC became the first container terminal operator in North America to be registered ISO 9002 (International Standardization Organization). Savi Networks said it deploys RFID networks based on ISO 18000-7 standards and is actively involved with the maritime industry to further develop standards for container tracking and security.
Focus on Open Technologies
Both companies also emphasized that the information services currently being deployed are built on an open technology platform accommodating multiple and interoperable AIDC technologies, such as barcodes, passive RFID technologies such as EPC and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) used to track ships and trucks that transport ocean containers.
SaviTrak information services are based on technology solutions deployed worldwide the past decade by the U.S. Department of Defense and allied defense organizations to track and manage more than 1.5 million RFID-tagged shipments, according to Savi. The commercial cargo solution has been applied in a number of industry- and government-driven initiatives over the past four years to improve the efficiency and security of container movements.
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Oakland, CA — January 9, 2006 — Terminal operating company Marine Terminals Corporation (MTC) has inked an agreement with radio frequency identification specialist Savi Networks to extend SaviTrak real-time, supply chain information services to MTC's port facilities.
MTC is a family-owned U.S. stevedore and terminal operating company that handles more than 25 percent of the cargo container shipments on the U.S. West Coast. MTC operates 26 terminals in 13 ports across the U.S. West coast and at additional ports in the U.S. South Atlantic region.
Savi Networks, a joint venture of Savi Technology and Hutchison Port Holdings, is building an automated information service that leverages RFID and other ISO-compliant automatic identification and data collection (AIDC) technologies at global ports to further improve the efficiency, effectiveness and security of global supply chains. The latest partnership brings MTC terminals into Savi Networks' community of ocean cargo terminal operators leveraging SaviTrak's managed information services.
Highest-Volume Ports Initial Focus
"Our agreement with MTC enables Savi Networks to expand its global footprint throughout some of the largest U.S. load centers for import container traffic," said Lani Fritts, chief operating officer at Savi Networks.
Initial implementations will focus on the highest-volume ports, including Los Angeles, Long Beach, Seattle, Tacoma and Oakland. Los Angeles-Long Beach is the highest-volume load center in the United States and Seattle-Tacoma is the third largest.
In 1997 MTC became the first container terminal operator in North America to be registered ISO 9002 (International Standardization Organization). Savi Networks said it deploys RFID networks based on ISO 18000-7 standards and is actively involved with the maritime industry to further develop standards for container tracking and security.
Focus on Open Technologies
Both companies also emphasized that the information services currently being deployed are built on an open technology platform accommodating multiple and interoperable AIDC technologies, such as barcodes, passive RFID technologies such as EPC and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) used to track ships and trucks that transport ocean containers.
SaviTrak information services are based on technology solutions deployed worldwide the past decade by the U.S. Department of Defense and allied defense organizations to track and manage more than 1.5 million RFID-tagged shipments, according to Savi. The commercial cargo solution has been applied in a number of industry- and government-driven initiatives over the past four years to improve the efficiency and security of container movements.
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— With its customers increasingly requiring new levels of connectivity, C&H Sugar deploys a 21st century IT infrastructure. Read more in "B2B Integration Spells Sweet Success," Best Practices article in the December 2005/January 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
— Analyzing past transactional spend data will get you only so far in understanding and managing your company's future requirements for direct materials. A new approach to analyzing spend offers opportunities for targeting the most strategic spend categories. Read more in "Transactional Data Don't Equal Spend Visibility" in the December 2005/January 2006 issue of Supply & Demand Chain Executive.
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