Port of Dover to use LEGIC technology for secure access control
12 November, 2003
category: Contactless, Corporate
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, one of the worlds’s leading suppliers of secureplatforms for contactless smart card technology, and the Dover Harbour
Board have signed an agreement that will see contactless LEGIC
identification technology applied to access control and time & attendance
systems across Port facilities.
Originally established in 1606, Dover Harbour Board is responsible for the
administration, maintenance and improvement of the harbour at Dover.
Northern Europe’s largest passenger ferry port, and one of the worlds
busiest drive-on, drive-off terminals, it handles around 16.2 million
passengers, 2.7 million coaches, 1.6 million freight vehicles and some 19
million tonnes of freight per annum. It supports 6,700 jobs in port operations,
processing and regulatory authorities, 3,000 jobs in indirect supplier
businesses, and has a total of approximately 60,000 staff all in all requiring
access to port facilities throughout the year.
With the LEGIC Operator’ licence, Dover Harbour Board has a state-of-the-art
security tool to manage all aspects of access security across its extensive port
facilities.
Stephen Neff, Vice President Sales & Marketing of LEGIC Identsystems Ltd,
said: “We’re pleased to be on board with the Port of Dover. The security
package, with the Master Token System Control, we have provided to the
Harbour Board is second to none and will provide the necessary level of
security and scalability for future growth at the Port.”
About LEGIC
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, with headquarters in Switzerland, is a world leader
in the design and manufacture of 13.56MHz contactless smart card technology.
Their product portfolio includes highly integrated LEGIC RF Standard and ISO
15693 and ISO 14443 compliant read/write chip sets, Security Modules and
transponder chips for integration into third party products.
LEGIC Identsystems currently work with over 130 external co-operation
partners world-wide who offer compatible LEGIC based applications including
access control, cashless payment, parking, e-ticketing and multiplication’s in
both workplace and leisure applications.
Further information:
Peter Mangeng
LEGIC Identsystems Ltd
Tel: +44 1 933 6464
Press enquiries:
Keith Carey
Bamboo PR
Tel: +44 (0) 1322 303050
Fax: +44 (0) 1795 537195
E-mail: [email protected]