Advent Intermodal Delivers eModal Wharfage Module for NSW Ports
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
NSW Ports has successfully deployed Advent’s eModal wharfage module for Port Botany in Sydney and Port Kembla in Wollongong, says Advent Intermodal Solutions, a leading provider of IT-based intermodal solutions.
The wharfage solution is part of eModal’s Port Community System (PCS) solutions suite.
The SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) implementation is part of NSW Ports’ comprehensive plan to transition port operations from legacy IT systems to a new IT environment where Advent’s plug ‘n play, SaaS-based, eModal wharfage module complements NSW Ports’ plan.
NSW Ports is a privately owned company that developed the plan when in 2013 it acquired through public tender a 99-year lease to manage and develop Port Botany and the Port Kembla port assets from the NSW Government.
Advent’s SaaS-based eModal wharfage solution enables NSW Ports to focus on managing their business operations in a common system without legacy restrictions and issues.
Advent was selected by NSW Ports through a robust proposal evaluation process to replace the legacy wharfage system with a plug ‘n play solution that enables the calculation of wharfage, site occupation, and navigation fees in a single solution for the unique rate schedules and cargo demographic of each port.
The eModal wharfage module was fully implemented earlier this year to serve Port Botany and Port Kembla, which are the primary import and export gateways to the state of New South Wales (NSW), Australia’s largest economy and home to approximately one third of the nation’s population.