Thales has been awarded a contract by the State of Qatar to secure its
new commercial port, one of the largest and most technologically advanced
ports in the world. Thales will deliver and install an integrated solution
for the protection of the infrastructure and its environment, in addition
to ensuring the operations of the New Port run safely. |
A vital
component of Qatar’s economic infrastructure, the New Port will
comprise three container terminals with an eventual combined annual
capacity in excess of six million containers per year. It will not only
cater to the expected growth in container traffic, but will also accommodate
general cargo traffic, offshore support, coast guard vessels, a marine
support unit, imports of vehicles, livestock and bulk grain. In total,
facilities at the New Port will stretch over 20km².
To secure the new commercial port, Thales is to provide a high technology
integrated solution managed by a security command & control centre,
including a perimeter intrusion detection system, a perimeter surveillance
& lighting system, a redundant IT communication network, a redundant
video storage system, an under vehicle surveillance system and a tetra
communication system. The secured area will have a 19km perimeter.
The Thales port security command & control centre is to bring an
integrated response to piracy, trafficking, smuggling and global threats
of terrorism. Maintaining port security is of utmost importance and
Thales will be providing a complete and real-time situational picture
of the site.
Thales’s value proposition for the New Port is focusing on the
capacity to integrate various kinds of sensors in a user-friendly Human-Machine
Interface. The overall solution is to be highly secured, resilient and,
with an eye to future developments, easily upgradable.
This contract marks the first time Thales will deploy its most cutting-edge
technologies on such a large scale. |
