RFID Tags Boost Trinity...

摘要

An advanced radio frequency identification (RFID) electronic tagging system has enabled Trinity Terminal at the UK's Port of Felixstowe to improve rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) scheduling and streamline container loading and unloading. Trinity Terminal is the largest container handling facility in the UK, regularly handling over 170,000teu each month. The terminal's operator, Felixstowe Dock & Rail Company, requested a solution that would give it real-time information on RTG movements within the container yard to ensure efficient scheduling and direct all 36 cranes on a pre-programmed route. Electronic equipment supplier Avonwood Developments was contracted to install a series of 500 Eureka 311 Active RFID tags, which were buried in the ground along the channel where the Rtgs'wheels run. The container yard is laid out in a matrix of rows and columns, each of which was identified by a separate tag.