APM TERMINALS and the Port Authority of Jamaica are improving their current security systems to allow for better vision of their facilities.
"We are adding another 16 cameras to be online within the next couple of months," Peter Ford, general manager of APM Terminals, told The Gleaner at a recent Editors' Forum.
He added that further expansion of the security system will see another 16 cameras being installed. "The cameras will be monitored by our experienced operators in the CCTV Centre," he explained.
BIOMETRIC ID CARD
Additional security measures will see the implementation of a biometric identification card that will grant staff members access to certain areas of the port.
For its part, Kingston Wharves will be putting in an additional 24 cameras that will allow for total coverage of the entire facility.
"The cameras are in addition to the new electronic access control system, which will be ready in another couple of weeks," said Grantley Stephenson, chief executive officer and chairman of Kingston Wharves.
The system, he said, involves fingerprinting and will join the X-ray machines used to scan containers, and the mini submarines used to videograph ships in the water.
