Ten months after the solution was put into operation 59 ISPS terminals are involved with 1100 transport companies and 10000 vehicles and persons. The ports which have started using PortTools have a shared responsibility for the advance clearance of the transport companies. However other ISPS port facilities connected to the solution can see every transport company with an advance clearance in the system, and can easily link to these companies with a single keystroke.

Port Facility Security Officers  (PFSO) and actors in seaports are challenged with finding a solution that delivers total integration of logistics and security systems, offers value for money and does not strain the logistics efficiency and resources.
 

PortTools

 The complexity of actors within one seaport is large, and huge if we involve vessel traffic across continents. Seaports are critical gateways for the movement of commerce through the international supply chain.

PortTools is a seamless IT solution combining logistics, security and efficiency, making it possible to share information between terminals.

1. PortTools provides a seamless and web-based system allowing port facilities to accept each other’s procedures and checklists for advance clearance. PortTools supports operational applications and gate control systems with management data and operational data by XML interfaces or web clients.
2. Improved security - improved efficiency will reduce the temptation to make short cuts. There is also the possibility to share approvals between different ports to make it easier to eliminate non-serious carriers.
3. The Port management facilities has now created new revenue models and gain income from carriers.