APS Technology and Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES) have joined forces to implement an optical character recognition (OCR) portal and driver kiosks to automate container identification, damage inspection and truck processing for Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO) at its Jeddah and Jubail container terminals.

The integration of the APS Portal OCR technology and the ZES’ Autogate and SPARCS N4 terminal operating system (TOS) will automatically identify marine containers as they enter and exit the facility.

GSCCO operates three of the largest ports in Saudi Arabia and is in the process of developing the Northern Container Terminal (NCT) in Jeddah Islamic Port, the country’s busiest port.

The company will implement the gate system over ten lanes in Jeddah and five lanes in Jubail to eliminate congestion, increase throughput and reduce the chance of container theft.

The gate automation, the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia, will support the anticipated doubling of volumes in the port.

“We decided to add gate automation to provide a more systematic process to decrease truck dwell time and improve the quality of the gate process for our customers,” said Saud Al Onani, terminal’s manager for GSCCO.
(Source:www.container-mag.com)