Securing Port Operations with Wireless Surveillance
Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT), located in the Port of New York/New Jersey, which handles more than 600,000 containers annually, has completed the phase two deployment of Firetide’s wireless video surveillance network that enables security and safety officersto view live indoor and outdoor video feeds of the gigantic 180-acre port facility and its operations, according to a Firetide press release.
The first phase of the wireless infrastructure mesh video network was deployed in 2008, and the second expansion phase was successfully completed in 2012 to help protect PNCT’s terminal operations and facilities, and to provide a secure environment for more than 500 dailydock workers, ship crews and visitors that pass through the terminal each year.