IDENTEC SOLUTIONS has announced that its RFID technology has been selected by Tecon Santa Catarina terminal in Sao Francisco do Sul, Brazil, and DPW Tarragona, Spain, for truck identification and automated job promotion integrated with GPS and Terminal Operating Systems.

The announcement was made at the TOC Americas Conference in Buenos Aires in Argentina. IDENTEC SOLUTIONS and SIMEC, a Spain-based system integrator deployed the active RFID based solution including long-range tags, readers and integration software. The tags are fixed to the internal transport chassis and the RFID readers are mounted on all containers handling equipment and integrated with the DGPS based Position Determination System.

According to a press release at the quay the container and ITV/chassis IDs are input to the Terminal Operating System. When the vehicle and chassis come near a reach-stacker in the yard the tag (News - Alert) is read and the PDS sends a message to the Terminal Operating System which promotes the job for the container on the chassis.

The automated job promotion solution does not require data entry operation sand increases productivity in container handoffs and enhances safety. A similar system was installed for DPW Tarragona earlier this year which was preceded by the installation of the system for Termavi de Vigo in Vigo Spain.

“Our implementations of IDENTEC SOLUTIONS RFID technology for marine terminals have driven real productivity improvements for our clients,” said Ignacio Dominguez, Director SIMEC. “We are looking forward to expanding our partnership with IDENTEC SOLUTIONS as we continue to address the Spanish and Latin American markets.”

SIMEC is a member of IDENTEC SOLUTIONS’ Authorized System Integrator program and it developed and deployed the solutions to the customers.

“We were pleased to partner with SIMEC, on these projects,” remarked Gerhard Schedler, CEO of IDENTEC SOLUTIONS, in the release. “SIMEC is a key regional partner and their success demonstrates our commitment to our clients and to our growing system integrator community.”

IDENTEC SOLUTIONS specializes in active wireless tracking solutions. Its industry-specific tracking solutions are suitable for various sectors like automotive, oil, gas and mining industries. This new implementation will be the company’s first in Brazil while DPW has used IDENTEC’s RFID enabled process automation solutions twice before.