Radio Frequency Identification Technology for Logistics, Tagging and EPC

IDENTEC goes live to track shipping containers, Spain

Friday, August 13, 2010

Total Terminal International Algeciras, a container terminal operator of Hanjin in Southern Spain, has gone live with a new real time locating system from IDENTEC SOLUTIONS for the tracking and control of containers.

Leveraging IDENTEC SOLUTIONS’ SensorSMART Technology Platform, it combines active RFID tags along with a real-time positioning and visibility system that determines the exact location of shuttle vehicles under eight ship-to-shore cranes.


As shuttles discharge or pick-up containers, the shuttle ID and position are determined in real time and then matched to the container ID captured by the Hi-Tech optical character recognition system mounted on the cranes. Based on the ISO 24730-5 standard, this solution ensures increased traceability, ship-to-shore productivity and provides a safer work environment.

The terminal, owned and built by the South Korean Hanjin Group and located at the Port of Algeciras on the Strait of Gibraltar, is designed to accommodate 1.6 million twenty-foot equivalent units, a measure used for capacity in container transportation. [end] 

Goodpack Limited has begun the implementation of RFID tagging every one of its more than 2.6 million intermediate bulk containers (IBC). The Singapore-based company provides a patented unique packaging alternative for bulk cargo to replace wooden boxes and metal drums, for cost and environmental advantages.

read more »

Several major wine producers are now using an NFC solution from eProvenance to monitor the temperature of their wine during shipment and storage, according to Point of Sale News.

read more »

Orange Business Services is working together with Auchan Group, the international food retail group, to offer a real-time tracking solution to monitor the routing of plastic creates which carry fruits and vegetables in its French supermarkets.

read more »

Proclaiming its entrance into the RFID space, Honeywell introduced part of a new product portfolio designed to bring efficiency to the retail industry, the Optimus 5900 RFID mobile computer.

read more »

Be first to comment...
Comment on this article

Your full name and URL will be displayed with your comment.

Your email is not shown or shared, and is used only for your Gravatar image.




characters left.