Port of Long Beach teams with GE Transportation to optimize supply chain
GE’s Port Optimizer software – which debuted at the neighboring Port of Los Angeles last year – is designed to enhance cargo flow as participating terminal operators and other stakeholders receive much improved advance notice of cargo arrival.
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Swisslog wrote the book on AutoStore Gap Inc. takes steps to expand its e-fulfillment network Don’t call freight volume recovery a comeback FTR Shippers Conditions Index falls but remains in growth mode National diesel average falls, for week of March 27, reports EIA More NewsSouthern California’s shippers seeking to “optimize” their dockside operations were given more good news by GE Transportation last week as the company announced that it had launched a pilot project with the Port of Long Beach.
GE’s Port Optimizer software – which debuted at the neighboring Port of Los Angeles last year – is designed to enhance cargo flow as participating terminal operators and other stakeholders receive much improved advance notice of cargo arrival.
This information is coordinated with data on the availability of equipment, labor and other resources needed to move that cargo through the supply chain.
The timing of the announcement is auspicious, say port spokesmen, as Long Beach is forecasting a healthy growth of 4% in volume and revenue this year.
Noel Hacegaba, Managing Director of Commercial Operations at the Port of Long Beach, stated at the USC Marshall 6th Annual Global Supply Chain Excellence Summit in Los Angeles last week that even “trade tensions” with China would not dampen the cargo throughput significantly.
Three of the Port’s six container terminals are involved – Long Beach Container Terminal, Total Terminals International and International Transportation Service.
Jen Schopfer, VP, General Manager of Transport Logistics for GE Transportation noted that the company will be piloting their product’s core capabilities around advanced visibility and planning.
At the same time, stated Schopfer, GE is also launching some “Long Beach-centric” functionality – marine terminal operator and landside transportation integrations for better planning and gate transactions, including MatchBack Systems for dual transactions, and advanced/predictive analytics addressing truck congestion using GeoStamp’s IOT platform.”
These capabilities, added spokesmen, serve many stakeholders across the port complex, “including but not limited to marine terminal operators, ocean and motor carriers, railroads and beneficial cargo owners.”
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