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SOFTWARE monitor all the traffc in the area of its oil and gas rigs in is GateHouse’s Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) calculator. the North Sea. The system includes an automatic watchdog Using the automatic ETA calculator, port management re- that will monitor all ships approaching any given oil rig in ceives alerts if vessels planned for berths are delayed, and multiple concentric circles. In case a ship is approaching the the port management can communicate information about outer ar ea a notifcation (e-mail and SMS) is sent to the staff. the delay to all the terminal operators and shore side ser-

If the ship approaches the next circle an AIS warning message vices in the port. The port operators can visually monitor is sent to the ship and if this doesn’t divert the ship and it ap- the berthing allocation several days in advance to allow for proaches the inner zone, then an alarm is triggered to activate optimal r esource allocation also in terms of port staff re- safety precautions onboard the rig. quired wher e and when. The AIS system is integrated into the ?The P ort of Aarhus has been using the GateHouse AIS other parts of the port management system using a simple

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Cargoways Case:

Cargoways on Logistics Fast Track

It’s been something special for forwarding company Cargoways Logistik & Transport

GmbH to break into the business of transporting race cars to venues. The frst contract was to transport formula E-equipment using 35 trucks from London to Paris and the success of that operation led to Formula One enquiries. Cargoways also specializes in transports to islands. Currently, its core business is between Italy and England, but opportunities are now opening up to the frm in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Ger- many. The main offce is in Kufstein, Austria, from where it controls all transports. The company was formed just two years ago and today they handle approximately 1,500 transports per month and has around 35 to 40 partners driving for the company.

The challenge

The forwarder has framework agreements with transport companies and is respon- sible for employing the full use of all trucks. If it does not assign a job to any of the trucks on any day, Cargoways has to pay them idle time so it is important to know where the vehicles are located and their availability.

The solution

There was only one effcient solution for Cargoways to obtain accurate vehicle infor- mation - the telematics portal ghTrack of Gatehouse Logistics. The portal is capable of providing an overview of all telematics systems on just one monitor. If a vehicle used by Cargoways is using an unknown GPS system, GateHouse establishes a new interface within a day. The Cargoways portal currently provides only the location of vehicles but this is possible to extend. GateHouse can aggregate all important data in the portal and what is shown depends entirely on the customer’s preferences.

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