Container Surveillance and Management (CSM)

Overview

Virage Container Surveillance and Management (CSM) is one of the world's leading vehicle and container number recognition systems. This highly sophisticated tool allows users to keep track of the ever-increasing volumes of cargo that flow through transport hubs such as seaports, inland container terminals and rail container terminals. By automatically capturing information such as vehicle license/number plates, container ISO numbers, and container type, Virage CSM allows users to keep an accurate record of exactly when and where containers pass through certain points in the transport network.

In addition, through high quality digital video recording and management, Virage CSM can keep track of what condition containers are in at various stages of their journey throughout the world.

Virage CSM fully automates the recognition of both the vehicle and the container it is trailing in one smooth and simple process through the entry and exit lanes of either sea ports, inland container terminals and rail container terminals. Due to the open architecture design of Virage CSM, the system has the advantage of being able to communicate and interface with on-site management systems, eliminating a wide range of manual processes leading to significant return on investment.

Virage CSM not only provides world-class Optical Character Recognition (OCR) but with the aid of the Virage Security and Surveillance Suite offers users the ability to centralize all of this data, cross-reference it with, for example, container inventories and repurpose the information quickly and efficiently.

Functionality which can be provided includes automatic clustering, profiling, alerting and hyperlinking along with web distribution of the data and video.

Information gathered using CSM

• Vehicle Number/Licence plate
• Container(s) ISO numbers
• Container Type
• Container Damage recording
• Site and Gate Location
• Date/Time

Key features and benefits are:

• Fully automated OCR (Optical Character Recognition) activities for container and number plate recognition
• High quality digital video images for identification and damage verification
• Increase traffic efficiency as system works on moving vehicles
• High levels of redundancy and cross checking for 24/7/365 operation
• Works on standard 20,30,40,45 and 20+20 ft containers
• Full compatibility with existing information systems
• Fully scalable and easily managed
• Web access for easy customer presentation
• Real time "Hot lists" for security issues
• Web, intranet and Enterprise