Indra technology allows increasing the levels of control and security of maritime traffic in the Port of Southampton

Leading company in traffic management and maritime surveillance systems

The control center of this port, one of the main ones in the United Kingdom, uses Indra technology to manage maritime traffic and have a complete view of vessel movements in its waters.

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El Southampton port, one of the largest and most important of United Kingdom, is managing all the traffic of vessels that enter and leave the port and that navigate in its nearby waters with the system iMARE de Indra, a solution that provides all the information and tools necessary to control movements in the port efficiently and safely.

 

The system Indra provides this super port with a solution commensurate with the volume of operations it manages. Every year, they pass through its docks goods worth more than 40.000 million pounds, about 46.000 million euros, which makes it the main exit route for the UK exports. It is also the first port by volume of import/export of automotive products and the second in management containers. The depth of its waters allows the largest ships and cruise ships in the world to dock there.

 

The system Indra improves the service provided to these large ships, increasing the port's competitiveness and its ability to continue being the base of the world's main shipping companies. Thanks to it, port operators can manage the entry and exit of these ships more quickly, which translates into significant cost savings, guaranteeing safety during maneuvers. Its implementation is a key component of the modernization of the port that has been carried out Associated British Ports (ABP), its owner and legal authority.

 

The system iMARE It provides operators working in the Port of Southampton control center with a complete view of what is happening in its waters, providing an integrated maritime scenario, based on digital and standardized nautical charts. On the screens of the Indra system, operators can see and identify each vessel and know its exact position, cargo and route, as well as communicate with the ship's bridge to send it the necessary instructions to coordinate its entry or exit.

 

The system merges all the information provided by the automatic positioning equipment (AIS) carried by all ships of a certain tonnage and with which they identify themselves and provide information about their cargo and other data. It also integrates all the information provided by the radar, the digital distress call system (DSC system), and the weather and tide stations. In this way, operators can view and access all the information they need simply and quickly to make decisions and organize port traffic.

 

 

 

In recent months, Indra has completed the modernization of key infrastructure in the United Kingdom: the company's technology manages the sky over Scotland, allows it to operate 12 tunnels and 90 km of roads in London and now also supervises the traffic of one of its main ports.

 

 

 

The system also allows you to automate repetitive tasks, such as automatic route assignment or the creation of alarms, and is in turn integrated with the port ticket pricing and billing system, improving and facilitating the management of the port's business.

 

The system iMARE It is supported by four new radars implemented by Indra as well as cameras installed by the company that allow the information to be visually verified. These sensors cover surveillance not only of the port, but also of the waters of the strait that separates it from the Isle of Wight, a strip of sea that registers high maritime traffic. This information is also shared with the adjacent port, also improving its management and security. The system also provides processed data to government agencies, such as the state agency MCA (Maritime and Coastguard Agency), for its exploitation and integration.

 

The success achieved in the implementation of the vessel traffic system (VTMS) in the port of Southampton strengthens Indra's relationship as a technological partner of ABP, a private entity that manages 21 ports in United Kingdom.

 

Indra in the United Kingdom and Ireland

 

Indra maintains a solid position in the technology and consulting market UK and Ireland. The company supplies its solutions to prominent companies in the financial sector and telecommunications operators; Its systems control and allow centralized operation of the 12 road tunnels in the city of London and more than 90 km of metropolitan roads that connect with them; has implemented the system that manages all air traffic of Scotland and is working on the implementation of its system in all air control centers in United Kingdom, so that all flights in the United Kingdom will be managed with technology from Indra; It has also been responsible for the recount of the 2008 elections for the Mayor and Assembly of London, the most important and complex in the United Kingdom; and has delivered the EC225 transport and rescue helicopter simulator implemented in Aberdeen, at the Airbus Helicopters pilot training center. On the other hand, it has also implemented its intelligent traffic and toll management systems on five of Ireland's main highways and in the Port of Ireland tunnel. Dublin.