Press Release
For Immediate Release
Media Contact:
Marketing@SaviNetworks.com
Phone: 650-316-4900
Susan Ordway
Embarcadero Systems Corporation
510-749-7480
Strategic Partnership to Provide Real-Time, RFID-Based Information Services
on the Location, Status and Security of Cargo Containers and Shipments
OAKLAND AND SUNNYVALE, Calif – July 27, 2006 – Embarcadero Systems Corporation (ESC), which supplies technology support for over 30 percent of cargo containers moving throughout U.S. West Coast ports, recently formed a strategic services partnership with Savi Networks to implement Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based systems at port terminal facilities throughout the United States.
Savi Networks provides information services called SaviTrak™, which leverages standards-based RFID and other Automatic Identification and Data Collection (AIDC) technologies at ports worldwide to further improve the efficiency, effectiveness and security of global supply chains.
The agreement calls for ESC to implement solutions at port terminal facilities that are part of the growing global partner community of Savi Networks, which is majority-owned by Lockheed Martin Corporation [NYSE: LMT]. ESC also will provide systems integration of automated data collection points with SaviTrak™ information services and other supply chain management systems used in port environments.
“Embarcadero Systems has both the technical and domain know-how in port environments to help Savi Networks accelerate expansion of our network at strategic port locations,” said Lani Fritts, chief operating officer of Savi Networks. “Savi Networks will significantly benefit from their experience and capability in port deployments and solution extensions, such as Optical Character Recognition (OCR), gate automation, and integration with terminal operating systems.”
“ESC aligns itself with market leading companies that are innovating container shipping information solutions,” said Rich Beedenbender, president of ESC. “Savi Networks is strategically aligned with our vision of integrated data and physical flow of goods, and we are excited to be a part of this new network capability.”
ESC will implement solutions at ports where Savi Networks has partnership agreements with major terminal operators.
Savi Networks’ recent port terminal partnerships include:
- The Georgia Port Authority (GPA), including the Port of Savannah, which is home to the largest single-terminal container facility of its kind on the U.S. East and Gulf coasts, and the Garden City Terminal, which is one of the top five container handling facilities in the United States, encompassing more than 1,200 acres and moving millions of tons of containerized cargo annually.
- The Trans Pacific Container Service Corp. (TraPac), which 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.
- Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL), is the world’s leading port investor, developer and operator with interests in 19 countries throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and the Americas. Today, HPH operates 219 berths in 39 ports together with a number of transportation related service companies.
- Hong Ming Terminals and Stevedoring Company Ltd., the terminal operating division of Yang Ming Lines (YML), one of the world’s leading container transportation companies that operates a fleet of about 75 vessels, and whose agents are located in major countries worldwide, offering comprehensive, global shipping at 170 service locations. YML has dedicated container terminal services at the ports of Keelung and Kaoshiung in Taiwan, and at the Ports of Los Angeles and Tacoma in the United States.
- The Marine Terminals Corporation (MTC), a leading U.S. stevedore and terminal operating company that handles more than 25 percent of the cargo container shipments on the U.S. West Coast.
About Embarcadero Systems Corporation
For more than 25 years, ESC has been developing, integrating, and deploying transportation technology systems and solutions that enhance, automate and secure maritime and multimodal transportation operations for virtually every vertical, including ocean, rail, multimodal, breakbulk, trucking, and automotive terminals. These solutions concentrate on three main logistics functions: Terminal Automation, Transportation Security, and Finished Vehicle Logistics. Its family of products includes ESC VinTelligent™ that optimizes vehicle handling; ESC smartGATE for gate automation and facility security; ESC VoyagerTrack® that provides cargo tracking and visibility; ESC Premier Appointment System™ to improve gate efficiency and trucker scheduling; ESC webTAMS® for real-time steamship cargo management and status; CATOS for highly integrated marine and intermodal terminal management and operations; and ESC smartLOG, a data logging and surveillance system. More information about ESC can be found at www.embarcaderosystems.com.
About Savi Networks LLC
Savi Networks LLC operates a global information network that uses Automated Identification Data Capture (AIDC) equipment and software to provide shippers with information about the identity, location and status of their ocean cargo containers and contents. The company partners with global port and terminal operators to provide a global network built to accommodate Automatic Identification Data Collection (AIDC) technologies. Savi Networks provides an information service that allows shippers, logistics service providers and transportation companies to manage and monitor their shipments over a secure Internet connection. Customers can expand the existing network by installing compatible equipment at their own locations, further improving the efficiency, effectiveness and security of their global supply chains.
