Tracking work equipment through the port

The customer.

The Katoen Natie company started receiving and handling cotton in the port in 1854. The company formed the link between the stevedores who were responsible for loading and unloading ships, and the transport to and from the hinterland. Over the years, the company expanded further with, among other things, storage in its own warehouses, transport, forwarding and customs clearance. In time, specialised services for the petrochemical, automotive and major distribution industries were included in the service package. Today, Katoen Natie is a worldwide supplier of logistical solutions with added value and applied technical solutions.

Their challenge.

With 33 locations in Belgium alone that can be linked to Katoen Natie, there are a huge number of forklift trucks and other rolling equipment operating for the company every day. This made it difficult to keep track of where all these forklift trucks were located in an orderly fashion. It was also a challenge to keep track of the number of hours worked. As a result, no up-to-date maintenance schedule was available, which sometimes caused surprises.

Our solution.

With employees working across multiple locations, it was a requirement that the tag could show a detailed location of the asset. The TAG.GPS was the best choice as it transmits the location based on GPS data and is therefore very accurate.

In practice.

Each forklift truck is equipped with a TAG.GPS, of which the number of communications per day can be set according to preference. With one single report of the running hours (in the evening) and one location update per day, Katoen Natie has the necessary information. Employees no longer lose time in forwarding the operating hours to the person responsible. Because all the data for each individual forklift is available on the platform, it is easy to keep track of when each asset needs to be serviced.

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