Emergencies can seriously disrupt the logistics processes in a port. To prevent major economic impact, good security is crucial.
“We must always know who has access to our buildings, and when. So we’ve fitted all our critical port buildings with access control. We opted for Nedap’s AEOS system back in 2005, because – among other things – we were able to connect our existing fibre optic communication network easily at the time via ethernet. Although the most important functionalities (including access control) can run autonomously if the network’s down, it can be argued that, as long as our fibre optic network is running, AEOS is also running.” Marc de Caluwé, network engineer, Port of Antwerp.
