New View on Container Tracking: MSC Joins CMA CGM as an Investor in System Development
Following its investment in the development of the technology firm, MSC has joined ocean carrier rival CMA CGM on the board of French start-up container monitoring company Traxens.
The company Traxens was founded in 2012 by ex-Amesys Consulting IT executive Michel Fallah. CMA CGM invested in February 2015. This was in order to finance new research and development programmes.
Traxens expects that with the application of the Traxens technology, it would introduce “Big Data” into the transport industry. It claimed it would offer clients unique follow-up solutions and real-time data from all over the world.
The 18,000 teu flagship CMA CGM Bougainville, when it was launched last September, was equipped with antennas which will enable containers fitted with the Traxens technology to communicate data to satellites orbiting the earth, even if the boxes were stowed deep in the hold of the ship.
MSC president and chief executive Diego Aponte expressed confidence that shipping lines should naturally compete on service, but should co-operate in the area of technology and innovation. They consider that container monitoring as an important innovation, providing our customers with high-quality service, while also being able to monitor our outputs accurately.
With this development, the two carriers and Traxens claim the technology is set to become an industry standard and are planning to announce its deployment across their fleets this year.
This year, Maersk Line completed a five-year remote container management project, which works on similar technological principles.
A huge range of data from each container can be gathered and transmitted to the host data centre, including location, temperature, humidity level, vibration, impacts, attempted burglary and customs clearance status.
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Source: The Loadstar
