OCR use growing in global port operations

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Optical character recognition (OCR) is becoming more widely used in ports around the world to automate operations, according to a report released by the Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA). The report, OCR in Ports and Terminals , is the fourth information paper to be published by PEMA, and the third such to be issued by PEMA’s technology committee. Previous publications include papers on the role and adoption of radio frequency identification (RFID), advances in port e...

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