Remote reefer monitoring for Cape Town terminal

Reefers were previously checked manually by operators at four hourly intervals. In addition, shipping lines carried out their own ‘shadow monitoring’ twice daily. Faults and breakdowns were therefore only identifiable during these monitoring times.

The recent commissioning of the NAVIS SPARCS N4 terminal operating system which plans and records all container and equipment moves, has been successfully integrated with Refcon. This allows for automatic synchronisation of information between the two systems which significantly improves operations. Refcon feeds reefer temperature information into Navis at intervals of 30 minutes.

“A major benefit of integrating Refcon into the Navis system is that faulty and out-of-protocol reefers can be identified easier and quicker, which reduces the terminal’s risk profile and saves costs,” said Hector Danisa, TPT’s assistant terminal executive of the Western Province terminals.