Libra Terminais orders 20 HTS Brazil OCR gate systems
The decision was driven, among other factors, by the Brazilian government’s requirement to implement automated container scanning in Brazilian ports by December 2012. By then, all terminals must be equipped with OCR to scan 100% of containers for the automatic recognition and identification of containers and trucks on arrival and on departure, without human intervention. Those terminals that fail to comply with these requirements will not be able to operate without penalty.
However, even if the legislation had not been passed, with port automation becoming crucial in Brazil, ports would have needed to introduce automation to remain competitive in the marketplace.
HTS Brazil, the national arm of HTS, an Israeli company, was selected by Libra to provide the solution. The HTS system automatically recognizes the license plate of the truck and the container number and then automatically transmits the information to the terminal operating system.
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