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Welcome to I-Cube: South Africa's leading provider of
License
Plate Recognition; Facial
Recognition & Image
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Portal See Gate (2) Solution
BROCHURES
License
Plate Recognition
Choice
of applications
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Car app
SeeCAR
Product LINE
Train
/ Rail
Weigh
bridge integration
Plane
LPR
DLL
LPR
cameras
LPR BROCHURES
Overview
See
LANE
Sugar
Imaging
Stockpile
Volume Calculation
SeeContainer
SystemTechnical Information
LPR Demo
user manual
LPR USER MANUALS
HTSOL
DLL
DEMOS LPR Demo of RSA Customised Plates. zip (3 MB) SPEED DETERMINATION DEMO (2 MB) 
SARS
looks to fast-track customs clearance
Harbour
clogged by snail rail
Delays
under control says port
SmartGate
to proceed next February
I-Cube
Intro Brochure
Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for Law Enforcement KZN gets high-tech speed cameras New speed monitoring system tested Reference Sites Particulars of LPR projects carried out successfully
I-Cube
advantage
CONTAINER
Introduction
1
Portal See Gate (2) Solution
BROCHURES
License
Plate Recognition
Choice
of applications
See
Car app
SeeCAR
Product LINE
Train
/ Rail
Weigh
bridge integration
Plane
LPR
DLL
LPR
cameras
LPR BROCHURES
Overview
See
LANE
Sugar
Imaging
Stockpile
Volume Calculation
SeeContainer
SystemTechnical Information
LPR Demo
user manual
LPR USER MANUALS
HTSOL
DLL
DEMOS LPR Demo of RSA Customised Plates. zip (3 MB) SPEED DETERMINATION DEMO (2 MB)
SARS
looks to fast-track customs clearance
Harbour
clogged by snail rail
Delays
under control says port
SmartGate
to proceed next February
I-Cube
Intro Brochure
Automated License Plate Recognition (ALPR) for Law Enforcement KZN gets high-tech speed cameras New speed monitoring system tested Reference Sites Particulars of LPR projects carried out successfully
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MORE NEWS.... Harbour clogged by snail rail.htm SARS looks to fast-track customs clearance.htm Freight Haul Container Recognition.html SeeContainer SystemTechnical Information.htm SeeContainer for Freight Haul.pdf SmartGate to proceed next February.html Apparatus and method for container recognition.html Ramos resolves to win freight back from the roads.html Road freight more efficient than rail.html Customs and Border Protection.html Durban - the port that needs to expand.html 100 percent container scanning law.html worldwide surge in containerisation.html SeeContainer Container Code Recognition (CCR) Product line consists of recognition systems and software that tracks, reads and checks Shipping Container identification markings.
The SeeContainer product line configurations are:
SeeRail: Containers on multiple track double-stacked fast speed train, for intermodal installations.
Order for World's largest port recognition project was successfully supplied in 2002 to a Container Terminal operator in California, USA. The project includes 56 SeeGate systems which perform Truck, Container and Chassis Identification. This installation followed an installation and order for 29 Portal and Pedestal recognition systems received from another Terminal operator Company (some of the lanes shown above), and 10 SeeCrane systems. Additionally, new orders are now being installed in 7 additional terminals - with over 250 Portal and Pedestal SeeGate systems, 49 SeeCrane systems and several SeeTrain systems. This total number of recognition systems makes Hi-Tech Solutions a Worldwide leader in the number of installed systems, as well as proven quality and experience.
The SeeContainer products integration and hierarchy is shown in the following illustration. It consists of four levels in bottom up order: hardware (specialized cameras and illumination units, sensors and more), libraries (Windows or Linux), applications (e.g., SeeGate) and database/networking (SeeData). The blocks in each level are products or components that we offer. The top fifth level is a set of possible customer applications and systems that can utilize the building blocks offered by the product line.
Most applications are customer specific and need some level of adaptation. We supply full tools and components to simplify the adaptation to the site-specific requirements. We also offer a set of Networking and Maintenance Utilities that provide additional tools for building applications, maintaining and operating them.
SeeRail - order for hi-speed multi-track intermodal rail systems, part of a non-invasive cargo container recognition and tracking system (posted: June 2004). See image on right.
SeeTrain - new system: reads containers on trains in terminal gates (posted: Jan 2004). See image on right.
SeeCrane - 49 (!) crane-mounted container recognition systems ordered in 7 USA terminals (posted: Aug 2003).
SeeGate - Over 250 (!) SeeGate portal and pedestal container recognition systems ordered (posted: Aug 2003).
See also related video clips and press reports on the SeeContainer projects.
SeeContainer Product line Overview: SeeGate Recognition system
SeeCrane system: SeeTrain/SeeRail systems: Networking and Maintenance utilities that support the product line (SeeMonitor, SeeService, SeeCleaner, SeeData, SeeCal): June 26, 2007 By SAMANTHA ENSLIN-PAYNE Durban - Port Maputo, with R2 billion of investments in the pipeline, is slowly positioning itself as a viable alternative to the Durban harbour for Gauteng's importers and exporters. But it is only recently that the port has begun to realise its potential. In the past few years upgrades have boosted its volumes from about 3 million tons in 1997 to 6.5 million tons last year. But there is still some way to go. Dick Moore, commercial director at the Maputo Port Development Company (MPDC), said last week the port's ultimate capacity was in excess of 18 million tons a year. Moore said this could be realised only if rail services from South Africa were substantially improved and if the Komatipoort border post between South Africa and Mozambique was open 24 hours a day. "In its heyday, Port Maputo, or Lourenço Marques as it was called until independence in 1976, was the equal of Durban and known by seamen from all over the world," Moore said. Port Maputo has some advantages over the Durban port, South Africa's busiest harbour, where more than 4 000 vessels dock a year. By rail the port is 581km from City Deep in Johannesburg, while Durban is 720km from City Deep. So MPDC's main task, when it took over management of the port in 2003, was to repair and modernise the port, which suffered from "extreme lack of maintenance over the long years of the civil war'', Moore said. About R455 million was spent on dredging and upgrading roads and rail. New communications and computer systems, administrative and commercial structures were also introduced. All of this enabled the port to implement the same around-the-clock operations as any international port and trade started picking up. Last year 690 ships called at Maputo, carrying 6.5 million tons of cargo - "the port's best performance in more than in 25 years", Moore said. South African cargo comprised 56 percent of all exports from Port Maputo. Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Botswana shippers also use the port. Port Maputo has five cargo terminals, which include bulk and bagged sugar, containers, and citrus. Six kilometres further upstream are the Matola bulk terminals, which handle coal, petroleum, aluminium and grain. The Matola coal terminal, in which Grindrod has a 95 percent stake, is close to completing a project to double annual capacity to 3 million tons. In the next few years this will double again to 6 million tons. A new terminal for bagged sugar opened in January, while the bulk sugar terminal was expanded last year. MIPS, which operates the container terminal, has invested $12 million (R86 million) in upgrades. The terminal is primarily used by Mozambican importers, but has some excess capacity that could be taken up by South African shippers. 
Projects under way include a $16 million redevelopment of the fresh produce terminal, which is due to be operational next year. A new car terminal, which will be completed by December. is also being developed by Grindrod. The port will be boosted by a new R4.2 billion refined product pipeline, which, subject to environmental approval, will be able to transport refined fuel to Gauteng by the end of 2009. Moore said that beyond this, further expansion would be done through the reclamation of land. In contrast, Durban, which is under severe pressure to expand as volumes in cars and containers soar, has almost nowhere to go. But Maputo also has its disadvantages. For instance, some of its terminals have less capacity than Durban, which last year handled about 41 million tons of cargo. The Durban container terminal handles 2.3 million twenty foot equivalent units (teus) a year, compared with the 100 000 teus capacity at Maputo port. But capacity can be increased as demand grows. The trick, however, is to do it ahead of the game and not be caught short. Dave Rennie, chief executive of Grindrod Freight Services, said last week that the Maputo car terminal, which will have an initial annual throughput capacity of 63 000 units, could be upgraded relatively quickly to handle as many as 250 000 units. The introduction of a 24-hour, single border post between South Africa and Mozambique at Komatipoort, which is on the cards, will alleviate delays. Rail has also received attention. The Mozambican rail operator, CFM, would complete a $12 million upgrade of the Ressano Garcia railway linking Maputo with Spoornet's system in South Africa. Moore said: "MPDC expects at least another 1 million tons per annum of valuable South African exports to reach the port on this … improved railway during 2007." New developments have already sparked the interest of shipping lines. Höegh Autoliners, which transports about 220 000 car equivalent units a year to and from South Africa, has expressed frustration with the congested car terminal in Durban. Per Folkesson, managing director of Höegh Autoliners in Africa, said last week that in light of the costly inefficiencies in the Durban port, an alternative car terminal at Maputo would be welcome. Of course, investment is also being ploughed into Durban and the numbers are a lot bigger. Transnet is investing R2 billion in Pier One, an additional container handling facility that will increase the port's annual capacity by 720 000 teus. The widening of the entrance to the Durban port to accommodate larger vessels is expected to cost about R3 billion and is expected to be completed in 2011 |
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