The NUG conference has been initially endorsed by Contship Italia in 2001, following the decision of La Spezia Container Terminal to implement NAVIS (part of Cargotec Corporation) which is the global technology standard for managing the movement of cargo through terminals. Contship recently announced the decision to implement the suite Sparcs N4 in the 5 Group’s container terminals through an ambitious software migration plan that will be carried forward over the next two years. MCT will be the first terminal to adopt the new software platform that will optimize space and resources further improving productivity and process reliability.
“We are proud – said Domenico Bagalà , Managing Director of Medcenter Container Terminal (MCT) – to turn on a spot light to our terminal and the Calabrian Region which is today at the pick of the International Shipping Community’s attention. It is not a coincidence that Gioia Tauro, with its project to realize a Economic Special Zone, is playing as center of gravity between North European and Mediterranean Ports reflecting the hub’s strategic location”.
The conference started on Tuesday October 7th and will end today after 3 days of intensive work and debates. Navis’s customers will share operational requirements, technological innovations and any potential news supporting further process improvement. Navis, will benefit of a professional arena to collect inputs and customer requirements for the continuous suite improvement and development. The presence of Navis CEO, Bill Walsh, is further evidence of such complicity with its own customers.
“The concept of traditional Container Terminal is no longer valid” – told the event chairman and Data System Planning (DSP) General Manager, Marco Fehmer – because we are facing really true ecosystem where people and communication technology environment interact, mainly enabled by the information technology systems which support their daily work tasks”.
The event includes the important and strategic contributes offered by the sponsors e.g. Kalmar for container ports automation developments, Emerson for its energy savings tools and Motorola Solutions presenting the latest news on WiFi connectivity in open and complex areas.
Others Italian companies, like Altea and DBA Group presented important new tools on personnel management and Port Community System for non-container ports, such as ferry boat facilities.
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A 360 degree view on the ports encompassing a system of companies and skilled people which are able to excel for the success of terminal’s business and their hosting countries: in other words the magic world of logistics.