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Embarcadero Systems Corp.
Set to Integrate Savi Networks’ Information Systems at U.S.
Port Terminal Operations
OAKLAND AND SUNNYVALE, CA - July 26, 2006 -
Embarcadero Systems Corp. (ESC), which supplies technology
support for more than 30 percent of cargo containers moving
throughout U.S. West Coast ports, recently formed a strategic
services partnership with Savi Networks to implement Radio
Frequency Identification (RFID)-based systems at port terminal
facilities throughout the United States.
Savi Networks provides information
services called SaviTrak™ that leverage standards-based RFID
and other Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC)
technologies at ports worldwide to further improve the
efficiency, effectiveness and security of global supply
chains.
The agreement calls for ESC to implement
solutions at port terminal facilities that are part of the
growing global partner community of Savi Networks, which is
majority-owned by the Lockheed Martin Corp. [NYSE:LMT]. ESC
also will provide systems integration of automated data
collection points with SaviTrak™ information services and
other supply chain management systems used in port
environments.
“Embarcadero Systems has both the
technical and domain know-how in port environments to help
Savi Networks accelerate expansion of our network at strategic
port locations,” said Lani Fritts, chief operating officer of
Savi Networks. “Savi Networks will significantly benefit from
their experience and capability in port deployments and
solution extensions, such as Optical Character Recognition
(OCR), gate automation, and integration with terminal
operating systems.”
“ESC aligns itself with market-leading
companies that are innovating container shipping information
solutions,” said Rich Beedenbender, president of ESC. “Savi
Networks is strategically aligned with our vision of
integrated data and physical flow of goods, and we are excited
to be a part of this new network capability.”
ESC will implement solutions at ports
where Savi Networks has partnership agreements with major
terminal operators.
Savi Networks’ recent port terminal
partnerships include:
- The Georgia Port Authority (GPA),
including the Port of Savannah, which is home to the largest
single-terminal container facility of its kind on the U.S.
East and Gulf coasts, and the Garden City Terminal, which is
one of the top five container handling facilities in the
United States, encompassing more than 1,200 acres and moving
millions of tons of containerized cargo annually.
- The Trans Pacific Container Service
Corp. (TraPac), which provides stevedoring services as the
U.S. terminal operating subsidiary of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,
Ltd. (MOL), one of the world's largest multi-modal shipping
companies. TraPac-operated terminals in the United States
handle one million container shipments (TEUs) annually.
- Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate
Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL), is the world’s leading port
investor, developer and operator with interests in 19
countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe
and the Americas. Today, HPH operates 219 berths in 39 ports
together with a number of transportation related service
companies.
- Yang Ming Lines (YML), one of the
world’s leading container transportation companies that
operates a fleet of about 75 vessels, and whose agents are
located in major countries worldwide, offering
comprehensive, global shipping at 170 service locations. YML
has dedicated container terminal services at the ports of
Keelung and Kaohsiung in Taiwan, and at the ports of Los
Angeles and Tacoma in the United States.
- Marine Terminals Corp. (MTC), a
leading 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 also handles
containers at six U.S. East Coast ports.
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. These solutions
concentrate on three main logistics functions: Terminal
Automation, Transportation Security, and Finished Vehicle
Logistics. Its family of products includes ESC VinTelligent™
that optimizes vehicle handling; ESC smartGATE for gate
automation and facility security; ESC VoyagerTrack® that
provides cargo tracking and visibility; ESC Premier
Appointment System™ to improve gate efficiency and trucker
scheduling; ESC webTAMS® for real-time steamship cargo
management and status; CATOS for highly integrated marine and
intermodal terminal management and operations; and ESC
smartLOG, a data logging and surveillance system.
About Savi Networks
Savi Networks LLC operates a global
information network that uses Automatic Identification and
Data Collection (AIDC) equipment and software to provide
shippers with information about the identity, location and
status of their ocean cargo containers and contents. The
company, which is majority-owned by the Lockheed Martin Co.,
partners with leading global port and terminal operators to
enable value-added services to the end-customers of their
facilities. Savi Networks provides the SaviTrak™ information
service that allows shippers, logistics service providers and
transportation companies to manage and monitor their shipments
over a secure Internet connection. Customers can expand the
existing network by installing compatible equipment at their
own locations, further improving the efficiency, effectiveness
and security of their global supply chains.
Contact: Susan Ordway
Phone: +1-510-749-7480
Fax: +1-510-749-3800
E-Mail: susanor@esystem.com
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