Sectors / Ports and logistics
Ports and logistics
YAVA integrates and supports the control, security and workflow systems that keep ports and logistics corridors moving, without stopping throughput to do it.
Container terminals, maritime infrastructure operators and supply-chain corridors.
The environment
What this setting is like.
Ports run automation and control systems next to business networks, over large sites, at all hours. Throughput cannot pause for technology work, and the boundary between operational control and business IT is often where the real risk sits.
A port is critical national infrastructure. We separate control networks from business networks, integrate surveillance and access, and reduce losses at the gate and in the yard.
Operational and technical challenges
Where it goes wrong.
- Control and automation systems connected to business networks without a proper boundary
- Surveillance and access spread across a large site
- No room to stop throughput for maintenance or upgrades
- Customs, terminal and yard workflows that must stay in step
Systems we work on
What YAVA can assess, design, integrate, build or support.
The mix depends on the asset. YAVA is an integrator, not a single-product vendor, and selects equipment against the requirement from a vetted supplier network.
- Terminal and yard workflow integration
- Control and automation network separation
- Surveillance, ANPR and access control
- Site-wide networks
- Customs and documentation integration
- On-site engineering around live operations
Relevant capabilities
What we bring to this sector.
How YAVA delivers
Delivery.
We separate and integrate networks correctly, deploy on site around live operations, and support the result. Security and control systems are brought into one picture rather than left as islands.
Advice, build, integration, deployment and support come from one team, so there is a single point of accountability for the whole environment.
Applicable experience
Evidence.
Representative work relevant to this sector. Some engagements are anonymised by client where confidentiality requires it. YAVA does not publish invented clients, projects or results.
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FAQ
Common questions.
Can you upgrade systems without stopping throughput?
Yes. We plan and deploy around live operations, so throughput continues while work is carried out.
Do you handle OT and IT together?
Yes. Getting the boundary between operational control and business IT right is central to this work.
Can your engineers reach remote and high-risk sites?
Yes. A significant part of our field team is used to working at remote and difficult sites in demanding conditions with limited support.
Do you work around live operations?
Yes. We plan and deploy around live operations so that services and throughput continue while work is carried out.
Who supports the systems once they are live?
The team that delivers the work also supports it, with service levels including out-of-hours cover agreed in advance.
Can you work within our compliance and procurement rules?
Yes. We deliver inside existing frameworks and under the applicable compliance, data and, where relevant, export-control requirements.
Contact
Tell us what needs to work.
Whether you need advice on what to build, a system delivered and deployed, or an asset assessed and put right, a short conversation will tell you whether we fit the problem.