Strategic industries · Port authorities, terminals and logistics hubs

Strategic maritime ports & intermodal logistics

A port is a border, a logistics hub and critical infrastructure at once — with port police, customs, terminal operators and security firms each running their own systems. Meridian gives them one shared operational picture without forcing any party to hand over its data.

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The challenge

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Many parties, many systems, no shared picture
Today
Port police, customs, terminal operators and security firms each run their own systems and share information by phone, email — or not at all.
With Meridian
Every party keeps its data in its own systems, yet all work from one live picture, each seeing only what it is cleared to see.
02
Drug trafficking and insider infiltration
Today
Criminal networks recruit port insiders to move containers out before customs can inspect them. The clues — a badge, a truck, a manifest — sit in different systems.
With Meridian
Bring authorised access events, vehicle records and camera footage into a shared case context. Video analytics can flag people, vehicles and objects for review; analysts examine the sources and links. Connectors and correlation rules are agreed for the port’s systems, rather than assumed to be available.
03
Unauthorized drones over terminals
Today
Drone sightings over ports and critical sites are increasingly common; they are logged, but rarely connected to anything else.
With Meridian
Today, camera feeds and reported drone sightings can be reviewed alongside port incidents on the map. AI video analytics is an existing capability; integration of drone detections and counter-drone systems into that workflow remains on our roadmap.

Parts of Meridian used

Data layerStructures your sources into one ontology inside your own environment — with history and provenance.Map & analysisOne live map of units, assets and incidents — with replay of what happened.Control roomCases, live units, dispatch, push-to-talk, chat and video in one control room.Meridian AICase and document analysis, source-backed answers, radio transcription and video analytics on your infrastructure. People review findings and decide.

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