Savi tracks Dow Chemical’s hazmat rail shipments

02 Oct 2008

The location and status of Dow Chemical's products in transit in its Toxic Inhalation Hazard (TIH) rail tank fleet is monitored by Savi's SmartChain Asset Management software.

By incorporating GPS, satellite communication and sensors affixed to tank cars, its Visibility solution enables Dow to "ping" on demand or receive automated alerts of possible security breaches, unsafe temperatures and high impacts to tank cars.

In case of emergency, geo-fencing capabilities leveraging satellite images, allow to identify the nearest responder.

The integrated solution provides the following features:

• Affixing a variety of sensors to the railcars allows the detection unauthorized opening of the dome, unsafe temperatures inside the tanks, impacts and chemical odours.
• On-tank GPS devices transfer the sensor data and their location to satellite or cellular communication systems.
• All wireless data is transmitted to the Savi SmartChain Asset Management application software that transforms it into useful information to improve the management of the rail tank cars operations and security.

According to executive Dow Chemical's vice president, chief sustainability officer & chief information officer, David Kepler, the chemical industry should set the highest standards with advanced technology solutions to address concern and ensure safe transit of chemicals.