Press Release
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Marketing@SaviNetworks.com
Phone: 650-316-4900
SAVI NETWORKS EXTENDS GLOBAL REAL-TIME SHIPMENT VISIBILITY
SERVICES TO TRAPAC’S U.S. PORT TERMINALS
Partnership with TraPac Inc. to Provide RFID-Driven Information
on the Location, Status and Security of Ocean Cargo Containers
SUNNYVALE, Calif. – Jan. 12, 2006 -- Savi Networks, a provider of RFID-enhanced information services for global container shipments, and the Trans Pacific Container Service Corp. (TraPac) announced today an agreement to extend SaviTrak™ real-time, supply-chain information services to client shipping lines using TraPac’s port facilities in Los Angeles, Oakland and Jacksonville, Fla. The partnership brings TraPac terminals into Savi Networks’ growing global community of ocean cargo terminal operators leveraging SaviTrak’s managed information services.
TraPac 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 (TEU’s) annually.
Savi Networks leverages RFID and other standards-based Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) technologies at global ports to further improve the efficiency, effectiveness and security of global supply chains.
This announcement follows a similar agreement recently publicized to extend SaviTrak™ to terminals operated by Marine Terminals Corporation (MTC), which also operates terminals across the U.S. West coast and at major ports in the U.S. South Atlantic region.
“Shippers and carriers calling on TraPac port facilities now will be connected to a growing worldwide network that provides real-time information services on the location, status and security of their containerized cargo,” said Lani Fritts, Chief Operating Officer of Savi Networks. “With SaviTrak’s RFID-based information services, TraPac will continue to provide its customers with the most advanced technology solutions to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their shipments.”
SaviTrak™ information is provided in real-time when cargo containers affixed with standards-based AIDC devices pass by reader systems that capture and process data along the network. Savi Networks and TraPac emphasized the importance of expanding SaviTrak™ information services via an open technology platform that accommodates multiple and interoperable AIDC technologies, such as barcodes, passive RFID technologies such as EPC, active RFID and Global Positioning Systems (GPS) used to track ships and trucks that transport ocean containers.
About Savi Networks LLC
Savi Networks LLC operates a global information network that uses active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) equipment and software to provide shippers with SaviTrak™ Information Services on the identity, location and status of their ocean cargo containers and their shipment contents. The company partners with ports and terminal operators to provide a global network built on an interoperable architecture designed to accommodate Automatic Identification Data Collection (AIDC). Shippers, logistics service providers and transportation companies can connect to the network by installing compatible equipment at their own locations, further improving the efficiency, effectiveness and security of their global supply chains.
About TraPac
TraPac Inc is a wholly owned U.S.-based terminal operating subsidiary of the world’s second largest shipping line, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL). TraPac operates two U.S. West Coast container terminals with expanding operations in Jacksonville, Florida (Summer, 2007). Recognized as a leader in container terminal operations, TraPac has been ranked by the West Coast waterfront employers group, the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), as the West Coast’s most efficient and productive terminal and a clear industry leader in the implementation of new technologies.
