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The strength of a seaport lies in the stakeholders that participate in its supply chain. These stakeholders consist of terminal operators, shipping lines, freight forwarders, road and rail operators, federal authorities, and the other countless operators that are involved in moving goods along. All these participants in the supply chain generate data, and need data […]

Nicom secures Texas seaport contract

October 27, 2016/0 Comments/in Uncategorized /by Pat d'Entremont

Nicom Maritime, a division of Nicom IT Solutions of Halifax won a contract to install a seaport software system for the Port of Beaumont in Beaumont, Texas. The system, an integrated vessel scheduling, cargo tracking, and billing system, is similar to the one currently in final stages of testing at the Port of Halifax. Beaumont […]

The Houston Astrolite – a Marvel of Early Technology

September 13, 2016/0 Comments/in Technology /by Pat d'Entremont

I’ve started a list of things that should be in the Smithsonian Institution but aren’t. So far I’ve got one thing: the original scoreboard in the Houston Astrodome. The Astrodome was the very first domed stadium anywhere in the world. I remember well when it opened and the formerly-named Houston Colts moved there. Houston was […]

Nicom Builds Enhanced Container Tracking Web App

July 13, 2016/0 Comments/in Company, Design /by Pat d'Entremont

Earlier in the year, Nicom put into production for the Port of Halifax an “Enhanced Container Tracking” web application, which answers the question definitively, “Where is my container?”. That seems to be a simple enough question, but if the answer is “over there, see, under that stack of other containers,” then that doesn’t do you […]

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