Zebra Enterprise Solutions, a division of Zebra Technologies (Nasdaq:ZBRA), announced today that the Haifa Port Company Ltd. in Israel will support its expected growth by replacing the company’s 20-year-old container management system with Navis™ SPARCS N4,

the industry’s leading and most advanced terminal operating system (TOS).

The Port of Haifa, which sits on the shores of the Bay of Haifa on
northern Israel’s coast in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, will
implement SPARCS N4 during the second half of 2010. The port’s
container terminals include the Western, Eastern, Carmel and Kishon
terminals. The Carmel Container Terminal is currently being used only
as a storage area, but will be fully used as the Port’s newest and most
advanced container terminal in 2010.

“We were impressed by SPARCS N4’s richness of functionality, advanced
planning modules and the simplicity of using the system by the end
user,” said Uri Regev, the port’s Chief Information Officer. “We were
also impressed by the high level professional staff of Zebra Enterprise
Solutions and by the very unique methodology utilized for analysis of
our requirements. We were equally impressed with the R&D roadmap
planning and how Zebra Enterprise Solutions is adaptive to the needs of
its customers. This issue was very important to us.”

The Port of Haifa, which is the main gate for Israeli trade, was
established in 1933 and expanded substantially since then, to become
the largest container handling port in Israel, serving the major
industries in this country.

In 2008, three of the Haifa port terminals – Eastern, Western and
Kishon – showed total throughput of 1.25 million TEU’s. The Port of
Haifa is expected to increase to 2.5 million TEU’s in the coming years,
after the Carmel new container terminal is fully operational, Regev
said.

To help manage the expected growth, Port of Haifa will rely on the
web-based SPARCS N4 operating system to govern the movement of all
container logistics and operations from gate to yard and to vessel.
SPARCS N4 will offer Port of Haifa improved customer support, increased
stacking yard capacity and greater control over resources.

“The benefits of SPARCS N4 are very clear. We expect to have better
control on the container management, improved productivity, and better
services to our customers,” Regev said. “We want to be more accessible
and transparent to our customers, allowing them to interact with our IT
systems. We’re confident that SPARCS N4 will help us to meet our vision
of future growth.”

Bill Walsh, General Manager at Zebra Enterprise Solutions, said SPARCS
N4 will give the Port of Haifa the competitive advantage it needs.

“Our software will enable the Port of Haifa to optimize data capturing,
reporting, and performance visibility which will promote rapid movement
of cargo,” Walsh said. “In challenging times like these, our software
will help the Port of Haifa simplify its working environment, deploy
resources better, and boost client, partner and workforce efficiency by
implementing industry best practices.”

Source: Zebra Technologies Corporation

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