Intelligent container terminals - ITS solutions for seaports

Maritime container traffic has been the fastest-growing part of the world transport market for years. Building global supply chains requires the involvement of many actors, both operating within the area of maritime transport as well as hinterlands. Seaports are the focal points of all parties engaged in the transport process, determining their effectiveness. For this reason, dedicated intelligent systems are increasingly used in container terminals to improve their capacity and performance. ITS solutions for seaports should therefore be defined as a four-layer model port sector, seaport, terminal and cargo/mean level. Obviously, these complex systems need to work together to generate significant synergy effects. For this purpose, it is necessary to use modern technology for identification (RFID, OCR, X-ray), transfer, communication, processing and data sharing. Of importance is that container terminals are also equipped with fully automated transport (AGV) and lifting (ASC) equipment. Therefore, seaports and container terminals demonstrate an interesting example of an intelligent node for the intermodal transport system.