Navis to upgrade TOS at Santos-Brasil Tecon

Navis’s SPARCS system will replace the terminal’s six-year-old Container Terminal Information System (CTIS) by the end of the second quarter of 2008, and is expected to boost efficiency by at least 20%.

“We expect to improve efficiency with a year of installing the Navis software,” said Ricardo Abbruzzini Filho, IT manager at Santos-Brasil Tecon. “The key word for choosing Navis is automation. We need a system that will mitigate human error while increasing productivity and efficiency. We have simply outgrown our system.”

The installation will have advanced applications bundled with the new TOS, including Navis SPARCS Prime Route, Expert Decking and Auto Stow solutions, which will help to make yard operations more efficient. Prime Route will estimate optimal work assignments for tractors, Expert Decking will streamline yard positioning, while Auto Stow will automate vessel planning – all, it is promised, without human error.