Port Management Information System
Description
Provides all information on dangerous goods, harbour-dues and port-logistics for Port Authorities around the world. Our systems are operational in The Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, Vietnam and Indonesia.
Concept
The concept is based on the idea that all information must be entered just once, and by the party that is responsible. This means that f.i. the first announcement of a vessel will be entered by the agent and not, as often currently is the case, by the Port Authority. The actions of the Port Authority are limited to approving (or disapproving) requests from the agent and any registering of (dangerous) goods that will be loaded or discharged in the port as well as the distribution of relevant data to the port-service companies such as tugs, pilots and boatmen. Of course data influencing the port-dues is registered by the system such as actual time of arrival, amounts of transferred cargo, berth-allocation etc. Also an interface has been developed for controlling authorities such as military police, customs and coastguard.
Low cost
Because port-community players are not enthusiastic about investing in hard- and software for Port Authority administration purposes, Royal Dirkzwager has developed an independent platform using a low threshold web-based system. The result is a system that does not require any investments by the agent or other port-community players. Just a standard PC (Windows, Linux or Apple-based) with a standard web- browser and a connection to the internet will suffice.
The complete application runs on a web-server, which can be owned and maintained by the Port Authority or by a third party like Royal Dirkzwager, offering the Port Authority a full focus on the Port instead of the maintenance of complex IT systems.
Custom made
Although in essence every seaport is the same (a ship enters the port, loads/discharges and leaves again), every port has it's own methods and procedures such as the calculation of port-dues or the content of visit-requests. Royal Dirkzwager has developed a very modular system which can be easily adapted to the needs of a specific port.
Technique
SeaPORTMAN is developed in HTML and ColdFusion and can be used in conjunction with almost every related database system ranging from the free MySQL to ORACLE.
System requirements
SeaPORTMAN runs on a UNIX/Linux based web-server. The users of SeaPORTMAN can use every possible operating system (Linux, Apple, Windows) as long as it runs one of the recent Web-browsers (Internet Explorer, Opera, Netscape or other).
Summary
- Complete port administration for Port Authorities;
- Easy to use web interface;
- Dangerous goods administration;
- Easily adaptable to your specific port;
- Electronic interface to other port related authorities.
