Airlines/Port Applications Airlines manage a huge amount of baggage that needs to be loaded and unloaded in as short a time as possible before being sent to the proper destination. Airports charged with public safety must work side by side with the airlines too insure all checked in bags are scanned properly and routed to the right airline and the right plane. RFID baggage tracking systems are more accurate and less labor intensive than barcodes, which can be inaccurate 15% of the time.
RFID tags can be applied to luggage at check-in before passing through inspection machines, which scan for explosives and other banned items. Readers at the exit of the inspection area let the baggage-management system know which bags have been diverted for manual security examination and which have been cleared. After the inspections, bags move on conveyors to loading piers, where they are loaded into the ULDs that carry them to the waiting planes.
Ports have become the main conduit of global trade as more and more goods are shipped to overseas markets and the docks have never been more vulnerable to terrorist threats. The world’s seaports have become overburdened with arriving vessels, creating bottlenecks as they are processed and inspected by customs and security officials. RFID systems can be put in place that increase security and eliminate bottlenecks by speeding up processing times. RFID tags can be used to uniquely identify containers and store information about its contents of a container.
When outgoing freight is loaded the proper custom declarations are automatically sent to the arriving port before imported cargo arrivals, so each inbound shipment can be instantly tied to its own identifying document. Officials can scan tagged containers and verify the container, route and manifest data they need, reducing delays and errors. Data from sensor equipped tags can instantly determine if a container’s seal had been breached increasing security and eliminating the need for labor intensive and inadequate visual checks. Linking RFID data to GPS systems and readers at shipping terminals gives shippers the real time ability to locate and check .
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