Richmond upgrades with Navis

The Navis SPARCS N4 software unites the terminal\’s entire operating system in a single format and provides critical data, in real-time, to its users. At the Port of Richmond, a barge port leased by the Virginia Port Authority (VPA), the terminal operator will be able to get live information on truck and barge moves.

\”Our focus at Richmond was real-time data at the truck gate and pier side using iPads,\” said Joe Ruddy, VIT\’s COO. \”We will be able to transmit and process that data which lets us know current, exact counts on truck moves in and out of the gate and moves on and off the barge. In addition, customers with cargo moving across Richmond will know, to the minute, when cargo arrived or departed.\”

Richmond is the first marine terminal within the VPA to launch N4. Since 1994, VPA terminals have been using Navis software on legacy systems. The goal, Ruddy said, is to update the systems at the other VPA terminals with N4 and Richmond was a logical start.