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Gulf Coast construction supplier chooses N4 system

Friday, September 12, 2008

Marine and Industrial Supply, a specialist in heavy construction, ship-building and offshore oil rig work, has announced its new contract with N4 Systems. The Gulf Coast company will use N4’s automated inspection and real-time safety compliance management system, Field ID, to manage their inspection, testing, certification and repair services.


The Field ID Distributor Edition selected by Marine and Industrial Supply will enable it to have full safety traceability of its products as well as use the Field ID Safety Network to share critical safety data with their vendors and customers.

The Field ID Safety Network provides safety traceability by connecting parties involved in the safety compliance process including manufacturers, distributors, inspectors and end users. Network users can eliminate compliance paperwork with the goal of reducing the errors, guesswork and liability inherent with paper-based compliance and inspection management. The system is showing increasing popularity in a number of industries with heavy safety regulation, such as mining and heavy construction. [end] 

Parkmobile USA has announced that its mobile payments solution is now available on all parking meters throughout Oakland, Calif.

Oakland drivers can now pay for parking with their mobile phone using the Parkmobile app on iPhone, Android, Windows 7, and Blackberry smart phones anywhere in the city. Users can also pay for parking by tapping their NFC phone against a Parkmobile NFC-enabled sticker on the meter.

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New passport-reading and biometrics technology installed at Dubai International Airport is catching increasing numbers of people who attempt to enter the country with fake identity documents, reports the Gulf News.

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Axios Mobile Assets Corporatio partnered with Canadian logistics firm, J.D. Smith and Sons, on a six-month pilot program using Axios’ RFID-enabled pallets and tracking technology.

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Travelers into Dubai International Airport will have the option of using an automated border crossing checkpoint, according to GulfNews.com.

Initially deployed in Terminal three, but expected to be rolled out throughout the airport, the system will read the passports and check the facial image and iris against a watch list. The entire process takes about 15 seconds.

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Missouri State University has selected Blackboard Transact to implement a contactless student ID card. This enables the new system to integrate student identification, door security, commerce and campus payment into a single contactless card.

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Kuwait’s Public Authority for Civil Information (PAIC) will be phasing out identity cards for foreigners working in the country’s public service sector in favor of smart cards, reports the Gulf News.

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