Nascent halves LBCT truck turn times

LBCT has spent millions of dollars automating its entire 342-acre facility using Nascent’s gate technology and has reduced truck wait times from 85 minutes to 40 minutes on average.

Fabio Teti, president and chief executive of Nascent, said: “LBCT exemplifies just how much can be accomplished through the thoughtful application of innovation and technology across a broad spectrum of industries.”

“While some of the technology may exist in pieces in the world, it is only through careful planning, pure ingenuity, and a high level of coordination that all of the disparate parts can be pulled together to work in a unified manner. The outcome is obvious and nothing short of spectacular,” he added.

Nascent’s Synapse AGS is designed to integrate with any terminal operating system (TOS) as well as appointment systems, billing systems and security applications. It gives LBCT the ability to control the number of trucks at each lane as well as en route to each lane and to direct trucks to the next available lane, minimising wait time.

By integrating Synapse AGS kiosks and software with LBCT’s TOS adaptor, LBCT and Nascent also prevent lane closures. When no lane is available, trucks are simply directed to a staging area and alerted as soon as a space becomes available.

The first portion of the LBCT automation, including vessel, yard, gate and on-dock rail operations, has been completed. Additional yard and gate areas are planned with a target completion date of 2019.