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Friday, October 9, 2015

CMA CGM first ship to feature built-in connected container technology

The CMA CGM Bougainville, the carrier’s new 18,000-TEU flagship vessel, has become the first ship in the world to use TRAXENS technology, which transforms standard containers into smart, connected, objects and introduces the multimodal transportation system into the Big Data era.

The TRAXENS equipped smart containers aboard the Bougainville will be able to communicate with each other and with the ship’s communication infrastructure via built-in relay antennas, allowing even the most deeply hidden container to be connected, according to a CMA CGM statement. The collected data will then be sent to CMA CGM headquarters in Marseille via TRAXENS data centers.

A wide range of data from each container can be gathered and transmitted to the CMA CGM group — including location, temperature, humidity level, vibrations, impacts, attempted burglary, customs clearance status and more.

The devices provide even greater added value in the refrigerated transport of perishable goods, the statement said. They can remotely control and adjust the temperature of refrigerated containers and will allow resource optimization for routine inspections.

The CMA CGM Bougainville was inaugurated October 6 by the president of the French Republic, François Hollande.