GSCCO uses APS' box ID, truck processing solutions at Jeddah

APS Technology Group, Inc has announced that Gulf Stevedoring Contracting Company (GSCCO) of Saudi Arabia will implement its APS OCR Portal and driver kiosks, to automate container identification, remote damage inspection and truck processing at its Jeddah and Jubail terminals.

APS, a provider of optical character recognition (OCR) and automation technology solutions for marine and intermodal terminals, is partnering with Zebra Enterprise Solutions (ZES), a division of Zebra Technologies, to integrate the APS solutions with ZES' SPARCS N4 terminal operating system (TOS) and Autogate System.

The company will implement APS Technology OCR Portals and driver kiosks over 10 lanes in Jeddah and five lanes at Jubail Container Terminal to eliminate gate congestion, increase throughput and reduce the chance of container theft.

The ZES TOS uses OCR technology to automatically identify marine containers as they enter and exit the facility, increasing speed at the gate and security within the terminal.

"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 GSCCO terminal manager Saud Al Onani.

GSCCO is operating three of the largest ports in Saudi Arabia and is in the process of developing the Northern Container Terminal (NCT) in Jeddah Islamic Port, which is the country's busiest port.
(Source:www.schednet.com)