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Modern Terminals LtdModern Terminals LtdThe First Sea Port TETRA System The First Sea Port TETRA System in Asiain Asia

Speaker : Thomson HoIT Manager – Infrastructure

18 May 20051st Malaysian TETRA Conference, 2005

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Content

Modern Terminals Ltd – Company Overview

Why we selected TETRA

Implementation

Challenges

Future Plan

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Company Overview

Established in September, 1972

Hong Kong’s 1st Container Terminal Operator

Employs approximately 1,200 people

Owns and operates Terminals 1, 2 and 5 at Kwai Chung, plus Terminal 9 (South) at Tsing Yi

Operates 24 hours a day, throughout the year

Expanding into South & East China Ports

Is an environmentally friendly and safety-conscious company

I.T. Department was awarded ISO9001:2000

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Throughput in 2004

o Modern Terminals Ltd handled 4.7 millions TEUs (20-foot equivalent units)

o In 2004, Hong Kong maintained its position at the top of the world's container port list

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Terminal Operations

Handles a tractor in every 25 seconds

GATE HOUSE

4.7 million TEU a year

YARD

Inventory of 85,000 boxes

QUAYSIDE

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Terminal Operations

MoT Depot Cargoes Packing Export-in

Export Cycle

MoT Gate House

Gate Processing

Outbound Stowage Plan

Yard Stacking

Empty-out

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Value of radio voicecommunications in seaports

• Provides a communication mean between quay crane and yard crane operators, yard personnel, quayside and on-board workers, gatehouse and control tower.

• During facilities & equipment maintenance, engineering teams need to liaise with users and team members to ensure services can be brought back to their normal working condition at the shortest time.

• An important tool to receive first hand information to react instantaneously to changes in yard activities.

• When potential risk is observed, radio voice communication is an immediate communication channel to prevent accident and maintain a safe environment.

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Weakness of conventional system

• Signal Interference

• Low spectrum efficiency

• Insufficient capacity

• Difficult to transmit data

Therefore…….

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MTL’s radio communication needs

•Safety

•Reliability

•Robustness

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Why TETRA

• Digital system

• Trunked system

• Open system

• Secure System

• Data capability

• Scalability

• Better system management

• Government supported move

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New radio communication system

• Motorola was awarded the contract to supply Modern Terminals with a 800MHz TETRA (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio)-based digital communication system – to provide both voice and data capabilities.

• This contract marked the first TETRA project for the seaport industry in Asia.

• The solution comprises of infrastructure, portable radios and mobile radios.

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System Configuration

• Number of Channels:– 3 transceivers support 12 channels (i.e. 1 transceiver s

upports 4 channels)– 11 Traffic Channels– 1 Control Channel

• Coverage– The whole MTL Container Terminal, Terminal 125

& Terminal 9 (South)

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System Configuration

• Redundant transceiver

• Redundant controller

• Redundant power supply

• System supported by UPS

• Resilient site design to avoid total system breakdown

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Enhancement

• We have installed alarm sensors to monitor following items – Temperature – Power supply– Equipment

• Help Center will be informed via e-mail when alarm occurs

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Enhancement

Program has been developed to analyse the channel utilization and individual talkgroup utilization

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Challenge

o People hesitate to accept change

o Change of user behavior

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Equipment in Operation

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Equipment in Operation

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Equipment in Operation

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Equipment in Operation

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Equipment in Operation

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Equipment in Operation

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Future Plans

• Presently, we operate four radio platforms– Wireless LAN – Radio Pager– TETRA– GSM Mobile Phone

• Convergence of technologies being studiedReplace radio paging with TETRA Short

Data Service (SDS)VoIP on WiFi

• Deploy TETRA system in China Ports

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More Detail

http://www.ModernTerminals.com

http://www.ModernPorts.com

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Thank You!!!

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Hebei

Shanxi

Huang He (Yellow River)

Shandong Yellow Sea

SOUTH KOREA

JiangsuHenan

Anhui

Shanxi

Hubei

Chang Jiang (Yangtze River)

HunanGuizhou

Jiangxi

Zhejiang

Shanghai上海

East China Sea

Fujian

TAIWANGuangdong

Shenzhen

Hong KongMacau

Guangxi

Hainan South China Sea

PHILIPPINES

Suzhou

Dalian

Suzhou Taicang Port蘇州太倉港

Yangshan Port洋山港

Qingdao

Tianjin

Fuzhou

Xiamen

Bo Hui

Beijing

Pearl River Delta:

• Shekou & Chiwan Port - equity stakes & management contracts

• Dachan Bay – major shareholding

Yangtze River Delta:

• Taicang Port – major shareholding

• Yangshan Port - partnership with China Shipping

• Dalian Port – LOI signed

Strategic Development & Investment

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Shenzhen Bay

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Foshan

Guangzhou

Panyu Dongguan

Jiangmen

Zhongshan

Zhuhai

MACAU

Shenzhen

Shenzhen Special Economic Zone

Chiwan赤灣

Shekou蛇口

HONG KONG

Kwai Chung Port葵涌港

Huizhou

YantianDachan Bay

大鏟灣

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ACTT8W

T7HITT6 T4

CSXWTT3

T2 T1 T5

T9NT9S

Water Depth - 15.5m

Kwai Chung Container Port

COSCO-HITT8E

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Kwai Chung Terminals (CT1-9)

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ISO 9001:2000 Certificate

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TETRA Infrastructure

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TETRA Portable Radio

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TETRA Mobile Radio