Savi and Brooks complete tag trials
Two supply chain security system providers have announced the successful completion of wide-ranging field trials of active RFID devices, designed to automatically detect cargo door intrusions and security breaches while communicating their location and condition.
The rigorous, transpacific trials were undertaken by Savi Technology and E.J. Brooks in collaboration with trading giant, Mitsui.
It was determined that all 65 tags – 50 Savi Container Security Tags and 15 E.J. Brooks E-Seals – proved effective and there were zero “false tamper” incidents while they automatically communicated with an RFID reader network throughout their end-to-end supply chain journey between Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
The trials clear the way for the tags’ commercial availability in November.
During the field trials, all of the tags were electronically secured and affixed to the ISO containers at a consolidation point in southern California and then trucked to Los Angeles.
From there, the containers were shipped by ocean vessel to Hong Kong, where they were discharged and then trucked to a deconsolidation end-point, where they were physically and electronically unsealed. As part of the trials, six containers were intentionally breached at the final destination, and each of the Savi tags properly alerted that a door intrusion event had occurred. The containers were also monitored in the Savi Transportation Security Solution software, which was updated when the tagged containers passed by fixed readers or were read by handheld readers. It is hoped that the tags will provide a new level of security to ports internationally.
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