We are back on the road! If you are travelling too, why not pay us a visit at our HQ near Brussels or pop in at our TOC Connect booth. We are looking forward to sharing a drink at the Ahoy Venue Rotterdam Oct 26-27, booth nr 8.

Wednesday 27th at 13h00, we will be part of the Spotlight on Automation Conference session, sharing new insights on terminal automation.

Get your free attendee pass to the virtual event here or visit us in person at booth 8!

Camco Technologies joined forces with the major actors of the Hungarian Logistics sector for promoting intermodal transport. Together with the Association of Hungarian Logistics Centers (MLSZKSZ), Mahart Container Center and East-West Intermodal Logistics PLC, Camco is committed to enable environmentally friendly modes of freight transport in Hungary.

New Locomotive designed to promote green transport

As one of the first stages of the attitude-forming activity, supported by the International Union for  Road-rail Combined Transport UIRR, East-West Intermodal Logistics Ltd, and organized by the Association of Hungarian Logistics Service Centers, a new Taurus-type electric locomotive has been inaugurated at Budapest Western Railway Station October 8^th.  The locomotive design draws attention to the importance of environmentally friendly modes of freight transport and, above all, intermodal transport.

To mark the importance of sustainable freight transport at the East West Intermodal Conference October 15th, the new locomotive bearing the Camco Technologies logo, left Budapest for the greenfield East-West Intermodal terminal near the Hungary Ukraine border. Supported by the MLSZKSZ,  East-West Intermodal Logistics Ltd and Mahart Container Center, the locomotive will help reducing road transport on the New Silk Road Gateway.

Camco Technologies in Hungary.

Camco Technologies is the terminal automation partner at both Mahart Container Center and East-West Intermodal terminal. Camco Technologies AI embedded cameras check in- and outbound railwagons, container and semi-trailer cargo at MCC. At the East West Intermodal terminal, Camco Technologies will implement its gate automation solution including Vehicle Booking System (VBS), truck OCR and registration kiosks. Crane OCR will help automating yard operations while Rail OCR will provide instant inventories of freight trains.

INCREASING SAFETY OF RAILFREIGHT

Camco Technologies introduces automated brakeshoe wear & tear detection. Worn or missing brake shoes can affect the performance and function of the brake system impacting braking force, stopping or braking distance.

Worn brake blocks can also increase wear and tear of the wheel thread. The deformation of the train wheel could lead to derailment and cause serious consequences.

AI-DRIVEN RAIL BLOCK WEAR DETECTION

Camco Technologies AI brake-shoe wear & tear system includes adapted camera hardware with embedded image analysis software trained to detect brake-shoe thickness in real time and at different speeds. Neural networks have also been trained to detect missing brake blocks.

CAMCO RAIL OCR PORTAL

The automated brake shoe wear & tear application is an optional feature available for the Camco rail OCR portal. The captured data is automatically linked to the wagon number. This allows pin-pointing worn brake blocks and corresponding rail wagons in the operator’s Train Gate Operator application.

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE

Automated brake shoe checks are possible 24/7 and problems red-flagged even before periodic visual inspection by maintenance staff. The information accuracy and instant data availability improve preventive maintenance management and contribute to railroad safety.

NEW READY-TO-GO PORTAL FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE DATA CAPTURE

Our truck camera portals have been implemented in +250 terminals across the globe. Permanently implementing the latest camera technology and proprietary on-camera image analysis software, the Camco Technologies OCR truck portal is probably the fastest and most accurate available on the market. From basic truck and container checks to Automated Structural Damage Detection, our AI-engineers are permanently developing additional features, helping terminals to accelerate process automation. To enable intermodal and inland terminals integrating high-end automation technology, Camco Technologies has introduced a ready-to-go Intermodal truck camera portal.

A LEAN AND MEAN OCR SOLUTION FOR THE INAND TERMINAL

Offering the same OCR/OFR performance in a plug and play design and adapted leight-weight frame, the intermodal truck portal is a no-nonsense and stable solution for daily use in normal conditions. Its basic equipment and limited redundancy allows a cost-friendly solution in a fixed setup, instantly operational when unboxed. The off-shelf solution enables deployment in just one day and made possible thanks to the automated production and assembly processes. Combining performance and value for money, the Intermodal truck portal enables terminals for combined transport to catch up with process automation.

The captured data includes truck LPR, container number, ISO code, IMDG placards, seal presence, door orientation as well as container weight. The Camco hardware and Gate Operating System or GOS will integrate into the DUSS owned BLU Terminal Operating System.

Andreas Schultz, CEO DUSS: “We are permanently investing in the automation and digitization of our combined rail-road transport infrastructure. The gate automation project is another important building block on the way to automating the entire transport process and towards Terminal 4.0. We are convinced that Camco truck OCR technology can improve efficiency, capacity and quality of our services.”

Jan Bossens, CEO Camco Technologies: “Combined transport is one of the strongest growth markets in all freight transport. DUSS is one of the largest inland terminal operators in Europe and connecting continental Europe in all directions. We are delighted to get on board and to be able to demonstrate the added value of our systems for the DUSS terminals”.

Camco Technologies is proud to join the Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0) initiative with the aim of helping promoting, defining and adopting standards that will enable cargo handling industry to embrace the 4th industrial revolution.

Efficiency of cargo handling operations is largely dependent on business intelligence, analytics and data related to operations.

At present, interfacing various equipment and systems is complex, costly and risky due to the absence of a common data language. The few automated container terminals operating today are closed systems that have been custom-designed with high costs.

Rapid advances in information technology and in particular digitization, have created new possibilities for the cargo handling industry, that could improve processes by connecting all equipment and systems in real time, thus enabling seamless data exchanges.

Under these new conditions, future advanced solutions could be achieved with less risk, at a lower cost and with a shorter lead time. Any type of equipment will have the ability to connect to universal open platforms.

The key enabling factor for the cargo handling industry to take full advantage of these technological advances is to rapidly develop and adopt commonly agreed industry standards that will allow objective comparisons of equipment/systems specifications and define the format and protocols for electronic data exchanges.

The Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0) initiative aims to bring together representative companies from both the Terminal Operators industry and Port Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers to collectively work on the elaboration of such standards.

The TIC 4.0 initiative has been endorsed by the Federation of European Private Port Companies and Terminals (FEPORT) and of the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA).

TIC4.0 CEO Frank Kho, president Boris Wenzel, and member of the executive council Norbert Klettner: “We are very happy and proud of having within TIC4.0 our new members Camco Technologies and INFORM GmbH – Optimization Software, reference solution providers for the port terminal industry. Our warm welcome to them! We are looking forward to continuing our journey towards the standardization of port terminal processes and the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies”

Jan Bossens, CEO Camco Technologies: “We are proud getting on board. Even being in the business for more than 20 years, we still experience a lot of confusion and misunderstandings when defining project scopes, in project execution and even during SLA. We are very happy with the TIC4.0 initiative and are keen to help defining a common language  facilitating inter-operatibility of all stakeholders”.