EDS wins contract with the Port of Melbourne

by PegNews wire

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

PLANO — EDS was awarded a 12-month contract with the Victorian Department of Infrastructure to run a pilot program to trial new technology designed to dramatically increase cargo movement for the Port of Melbourne by integrating information from thousands of users into one online system.

The program aims to replicate the success of Spain’s Port of Valencia, one of the first in the world to successfully integrate a port’s supply chain into a single information portal.

“The Port of Valencia improved the time to process a container by 50-60 percent in the last five years and provided savings across its port community,” said Chris Mitchell, EDS Australia managing director. “The Spanish have now moved to commercialize this technology and have linked with EDS to introduce the system to other ports around the world.”

The Port of Melbourne currently moves about two million containers annually – almost 40 percent of Australia’s international container trade. With traffic expected to more than double over the next 30 years, the Port of Melbourne is in a position to achieve major improvements in both efficiency and cost.

Source: EDS