E-DEA JOIN THE BPO
02/03/2009

Naples, Italy

E-Dea SpA, Company leader in Italy and Europe for cutting-edge solutions and technologies for the transportation market  today announced  that was elected as friendship partner of the Baltic Ports Organization, BPO, that counts  fifty or more of the most significant ports in the nine countries on all sides of the Baltic Sea.

“ I am happy  to welcome E-Dea SpA as a new friendship member of the Baltic Ports Organization.” Said  Bogdan Oldakowski, Secretary General of the Baltic Ports Organization. “On behalf of the BPO I would like to welcome E-Dea SpA among BPO community. I  am sure the BPO membership would result in the company business development in the Baltic region and will be beneficial for Baltic port industry.”

 “We are delighted to have been elected in the BPO member group ” said Paolo Bufarini, sales & marketing director  of E-Dea SpA, “The Baltic sea  is the fastest growing market for the maritime industry in Europe and we are investing there in order to provide to the port authorities our technologies solutions, helping the companies in solving business issues and ISPS security regulations  concerns. We will be proud to deliver our consultancy and our  leading-edge technology  to provide self-service check-in options, for passenger, cars and trailers as well as complete terminal automation systems,  tailored for the specific needs of the Port Authorities and Ferries and Cruises companies.”

The new ISPS (International Ship and Port Facility Security) rules and regulations make mandatory the adoption of security and monitoring systems for both accessing Port and transiting through the boarding areas. Only passengers and vehicles with a valid boarding pass can access boarding areas, and their transit must be real-time monitored by using fast and flexible tools.

E-Dea solution  for public security supports the day-to-day operations of national and international port security organizations, as well as emergency management department that must deal with port security regulations.

The E-Dea brand solution eBoarding®  , as part of a complete integrated system, allow Port Authorities and Ferry Companies to comply with all ISPS rules and regulations, speeding-up boarding processes at the same time. The E-Dea check-in solutions are deployed all over Europe providing fast and flexible control tools for monitoring lanes, docks and boarding areas, speeding-up boarding flows. 

E-Dea offer assessment service, consultancy, technology and training to all port and ferry organizations that need to be always compliant with security regulations. The E-Dea solutions provides the tools necessary to adopt a management systems approach in developing ship and port security plans and defining management responsibilities under the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code.

About Baltic Ports Organization, BPO

Included in BPO, Baltic Ports Organization are fifty or more of the most significant ports in the nine countries on all sides of the Baltic Sea. The organization was established October 10, 1991 in Copenhagen, after the fall of the Berlin wall and the demise of the Soviet Union, to facilitate co-operation between the ports and to take care of the possibilities for shipping in the Baltic Sea region. Initially the Western European ports played an important role in spreading knowledge within, e.g. market economy and business thinking to the new countries. Development over the past years has moved very quickly and now with the expansion of the EU, the Baltic Sea as a market and the role of BPO will both enter new phases.

Throughput of 51 member ports:

400 million tons of cargo

3,3 million containers

60 million passengers

200 000 port calls

The main objective for BPO is to improve the competitiveness of maritime transport in the Baltic region by increasing the efficiency of ports, marketing the Baltic region as the strategic logistics centre, improving the infrastructure within the ports and the connection to other modes, improving co-operation with the port users/operators, applying new technology in the port sector in order to improve the performance and the integration of ports into the transport chain, improving cost efficiency, good environmental behaviour, organizational development, co-operation with authorities and interest groups.

For more details please visit:

http://www.bpoports.com

About E-Dea SpA

E-Dea is a leading provider of new generation technologies and IT solutions for the today’s global Maritime Transportation and Logistics industry.  With offices, organizations and solutions deployed all over Europe, the  Company offers decisive momentum to technical innovation in the traditional maritime operators business.  Many Ferry and Ro-Ro Companies, Cruise Operators, Port Authorities and Homeland Security Organizations across Europe benefit from the E-Dea unique solution platform IMOS®, designed on a complete service oriented architecture.  Thanks to its technology, E-Dea is the perfect link between all different maritime market players, offering next generation solutions based on a single common platform covering all business requirements and rules.

For more details please visit:

http://www.edeatech.eu

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