Application of RFID technology and e-seal in container terminal process

This paper presents an application of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology and used of e-seal in a container terminal gate in to do a clearance process. RFID and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) technologies are incorporated for the purpose of identifying prime mover driver, truck (vehicle), and number of containers used e-seal. An RFID middleware applied as to manage all the information received from Gate Checker (GC) staff and RFID reader. The used of RFID e-seal in Container Terminal Management System (CTMS), as well as RFID reader. The middleware receives information requested by GC from reader then verified by CTMS database. Both passive and active RFID tags are used in the proposed system. In order to comply with the global standard of container terminal ports, passive RFID was used for driver and vehicle tag, while e-seal, the container tag, uses active RFID. The proposed system was implemented and tested at a private Container Port in Malaysia. ICT system implementation at receiving station gate of the container terminal will reduce truck queue and manpower. The processing clearance time in conventional manual operational procedure is significantly reduced from average 300 second per container to 59 second per container.