The roll-out at the Port of Richards Bay last week of Transnet National Ports Authority’s new web-based Integrated Port Management System (IPMS) has closed the loop with all eight commercial ports across South Africa’s coastline now using the system.
The MS INSIGNIA passenger vessel was the first to be brought into the port on November 26 using the new ‘smartPORT’ technology. IPMS has been rolled out to the Ports of Durban, Cape Town, Saldanha, Port Elizabeth, Ngqura, East London, Mossel Bay and now recently Richards Bay over four months beginning late July 2015.
The technology was developed by Navayuga Infotech, a company based in India, in collaboration with their South African partner Nambiti Technologies. The system replaces manual processes that were previously used for monitoring marine operations, vessel traffic services and terminal performance and enables key port operations to be managed online and in real time across TNPA’s eight commercial ports.
