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Embarcadero Systems
Corporation Awarded Terminal Operating System Contract for the
North Carolina State Ports Authority
ALAMEDA, CA - February 23, 2006 -
Embarcadero Systems Corp. (ESC), a global provider of
innovative transportation technology solutions, has been
awarded the contract to provide the North Carolina State Ports
Authority with a new terminal operating system.
In making the announcement, Embarcadero
Systems Corp. Vice President Chuck Schneider expressed the
company’s plans.
“The entire ESC team is excited to bring
our expertise to the North Carolina State Port Authority with
the deployment of this new Terminal Operating System (CATOS)
for their terminals in Wilmington and Morehead city,”
Schneider said. “ESC will install container terminal operating
systems for the port’s facilities in Wilmington, Charlotte and
Greensboro. Morehead City and Wilmington will have new
breakbulk systems installed.”
Other applications included in the ESC contract are
wireless applications to automate the communication of work
orders to terminal equipment, a common invoicing system for
both container and breakbulk cargo, a Web interface for cargo
availability, scheduling, and alerting, and installation and
training services.
The North Carolina State Ports
Authority’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Miles commented on
the contract process.
“North Carolina State Ports Authority
recognized the need to update our technology to maximize
terminal operations capacity,” Miles said. “We put together a
cross-functional group of stakeholders in our organization,
from IT to operations, and took off on a cross-country tour of
ports that already use terminal operating systems from the
various vendors.”
After that tour, the Ports Authority’s
bid review team chose ESC.
“We expect ESC’s solutions to increase
our cargo throughput, improve customer service, and contribute
to the ports’ overall growth and our competitive advantage,”
Miles added.
ESC is currently providing systems
integration and solutions to modernize seven of the
highest-volume container terminals on the U.S. West Coast,
operated by Marine Terminals Corp. ESC has integrated Optical
Character Recognition (OCR) technology at the terminal gate
operations, rail yard and vessel, and Global Position Systems
(GPS) technology on the Container Handling equipment.
Customers using these solutions include terminal operators
Total Terminals International (Hanjin), Seaside Transportation
Services (Evergreen) and West Basin Container Terminal (China
Shipping and Yang Ming Line). In addition, ESC also provides
systems and solutions for significant breakbulk operations in
the Pacific Northwest.
About Embarcadero Systems Corporation
For more than 25 years, ESC has been
developing, integrating, and deploying transportation
technology systems and solutions that enhance, automate and
secure maritime and multimodal transportation operations for
virtually every vertical, including ocean, rail, multimodal,
breakbulk, trucking, and automotive terminals.
ESC solutions concentrate on three main
logistics functions: Terminal Automation, Transportation
Security, and Finished Vehicle Logistics. Its family of
products includes VinTelligent™ that optimizes vehicle
handling; smartGATE™ for gate automation and facility
security; VoyagerTrack® that provides cargo tracking and
visibility; Premier Appointment System™ to improve gate
efficiency and trucker scheduling; webTAMS® for real-time
steamship cargo management and status; CATOS for highly
integrated marine and intermodal terminal management and
operations (TOS); and ESC smartLOG, a data logging and
surveillance System.
About the North Carolina State Ports
Authority
North Carolina's Ports in Wilmington and
Morehead City, plus inland terminals in Charlotte and the
Piedmont Triad in Greensboro, link the state's consumers,
businesses and industry to world markets and serve as magnets
attracting business and industry desiring access to these
markets. Cargo handling activities contribute statewide to
thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in tax revenues.
Top trading partners are Brazil, China,
Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Venezuela, Canada, the United
Kingdom, Italy, Europe and Scandinavia. Primary exports
include chemicals, forest products, food, phosphate and
general merchandise. Top imports include animal feeds,
chemicals, fertilizers, metal products, lumber, rubber, steel,
furniture and general merchandise.
Contact: Susan Ordway
Phone: +1-510-749-7480
Fax: +1-510-749-3800
E-Mail: susanor@esystem.com
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