Container Management in the Port of Antwerp using EGNOS

Company overview

   Belgian spin-off of I nteruniversity Micro E lectronics C enter International team of GNSS HW, SW and navigationexperts covering the full GNSS receiver development cycle Leading European developer of high-end GPS and Galileo receiver technology

MISSION Design, develop & commercialize High-end OEM satellite navigation products Based on t he Company’s proprietary satellite navigation technology

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Activities

 OEM GPS/GNSS and associated positioning products/building blocks for industrial markets, requiring precise position information for  Measurement solutions  Navigation solutions  Advanced GNSS engineering for institutional customers  Galileo receiver technology  Integrity infrastructure components © Septentrio Satellite Navigation April 25, 2020 3

Galileo and Septentrio : Involved from the start

  Active in European programs (EGNOS and Galileo) since inception of the company Founding Member of Galileo Services Participating in Galileo Receiver Design Program from the start :  Receiver Requirements and Reference Receiver Design 

Delivered first Galileo receiver model to ESA (Summer 2004)

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Delivered GSTBv2 receivers

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Used to receive first Galileo Signal from Space

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Leading Consortium for Test User Segment, covering all receiver types

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First industrial receiver range with Galileo capabilities

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Projects for receiver development

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High-End Applications

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Container Management in the Port of Antwerp

 PSA HesseNoord Natie  Part of PSA group, a leading global port operator with home base in Singapore, and an extensive global network of port projects in several countries across China, Europe, India, Korea and SE Asia and Japan  HesseNoord Natie is one of the major container gateways to Europe, operating terminals in the ports of Antwerp, Zeebrugge and Rotterdam.

 Processing several million containers in Antwerp per year (7MTEU in 2007 in Antwerp and Zeebrugge)  in a 365/24/7 operation April 25, 2020 6

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Improving efficiency and safety in container yard operations at HesseNoord Natie

 Container yard = giant open-air warehouse and trans shipment location   Giant cranes for loading/unloading ships; Fleet of mobile cranes (straddle carriers and other) for moving containers around and onto trains/trucks

The problem : keeping track of all containers during moves with straddle carriers

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Improving efficiency and safety in container yard operations at HesseNoord Natie

 The problem : keeping track of all containers during moves with straddle carriers  even though operation is organized using sophisticated planning and wharehousing computer system, human error remains important problem Even 0.1% error rate would result in several 1000s of containers “lost” (i.e. whose recorded position differs from real position)  Current solution is manual check  possible

SAFETY

risk (Human operators moving between large moving equipment)  

COSTLY

(time and labor) Impact on

OPERATING EFFICIENCY

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Improving efficiency and safety in container yard operations at HesseNoord Natie

   Automatic logging of pick-up and drop-off points for containers to mitigate human error Linked to central yard-management SW : Using EGNOS (European satellite augmentation for accuracy improvement) for accuracies better than ½ container width (standard size 20ft container ≈ 6m x 2.5m x 2.3m)

Original implementation in Deurganck terminal with 44 straddle carriers resulted in 0 “lost” containers; now rolled out on other terminals for >200 straddle carriers

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EGNOS and Galileo : enabling industrial applications

    Offering important accuracy, robustness, integrity and security features Enabling applications in variety of sectors        Transport Telecommunications Agriculture Exploration Science Civil security ...

Available today Septentrio : expertise for professional, public and industrial application of GNSS – right here in Belgium © Septentrio Satellite Navigation April 25, 2020 11

Thank you !

Jan Van Hees, Sales & Business Development Manager +32 16 300 811 / [email protected]

Please visit our website www.septentrio.com