Easy access to weighing data improves ports' container handling efficiency and safety

- Efficient cargo handling is vitally important in busy seaports where the degree of efficiency achieved to maximize cargo handling at the port area, quickens ship turn-round time and minimizes cargo-handling cost. Integrating the weighing as part of seaports' cargo handling processes, is necessity for any scale producer, Markus Ritalais clarifying.

- For customers operating in the seaports we offer type-approved, accurate, high-quality scales and modern weighing information management systems that ensure real-time access to the information, reports and operations monitoring. Efficiency in a nutshell, he continues.

Advanced and easy-to-use scales weigh containers according to the SOLAS regulations during normal operations without interrupting or slowing down the workflow at seaports or in container depots. Tamtron's Container Stacker and Straddle Carrier scales improve safety at seas, as the incorrectly reported container weight that can cause cargo to fall over is possible to avoid.

Type-approved Tamtron One Power Container Stacker Scaleweighs verified gross mass (VGM) of a container accurately (accuracy 1-2%) within the normal workflow and meets the requirements of the SOLAS regulations. One Power Container Stacker Scale can be installed in all types of container stackers. The weighing information can be transferred to operational use two ways: through integration into TOS or other systems or through weighing information cloud service. The scale is available with an advanced One weighing instrument or with a PC version that is possible to integrate into on-board PC.

Approved and tested Tamtron One Power Straddle Carrier Scaleweighs verified gross mass (VGM) of a container accurately (accuracy 0.5-2%) within the normal workflow and meets the requirements of the SOLAS regulations. One Power Straddle Carrier Scale can be installed in all types of Straddle carriers. The weighing information can be transferred to operational use two ways: through integration into TOS or other systems or through weighing information cloud service. The scale is available with an advanced One weighing instrument or with a PC version that is possible to integrate into on-board PC.

From scales to weighing solutions

- High-quality scale is the foundation for accurate and reliable weighing data. But how the weighing is integrated into the operational processes as well as how the weighing data is stored and shared to support the customers' business, is how we as a weighing solution provider can help our customers best. Recent years we have focused to improve the usability of our scales and offer the remote access to the weighing data - new digital solutions to get rid of paper receipts and documents, Markus Ritalais explaining how Tamtron has developed their weighing offering.

The weighing information transfers from Tamtron scale to operational use in real-time through connection to the weighing information cloud service or through integration into TOS, ERP or other system. Bi-directional data-communication enables container ID and VGM to be combined. From all Tamtron scales used at the seaport - container stacker scales, straddle carrier scales as well as from traditional weighbridges, the information can be collected into the same information management infrastructure where all transactions can be managed and monitored. With the information, operations can be optimized to be as fluent and efficient as possible.

- Tamtron's professional weighing equipment with solid connectivity and data management will help operators to meet the demands for transparency, traceability and ever-growing reporting liabilities. Reporting between co-operation partners becomes easier when the required information is available on one system, easily and reliably, concludes Markus Ritala.