Ports
LED Message Boards for the Smart Port Solution at Port of Tallinn
The challenge
The problem to solve
Old City Harbour is one of the busiest passenger ports in the Baltic — Tallink, Eckerö Line and Viking Line all depart from here. When a vehicle enters the port, its licence plates are read, dimensions measured and weight recorded by WIM sensors. That data flows automatically to the port management system. The challenge: communicate the resulting gate assignments, terminal directions and queue positions to hundreds of drivers simultaneously, in real time, without radio calls or manual intervention. Displays had to be port-grade, deeply integrated with third-party software and capable of modern content.
The solution
What Ampron delivered
Ampron supplied rugged outdoor LED message boards in five formats — overhead portal boards, check-in and directional boards, collection-area lane boards, loading-area boards and roof-edge lane lightboxes — across Terminals A and D, with DR Series units used as replacements since 2022. All displays integrate directly with Nortal's Smart Port platform via Ampron's software communication protocol, receiving gate assignments, terminal directions and real-time queue updates automatically. Delivery was phased: Terminal A in 2016, Terminal D throughout 2017.
Manually routing vehicles across two terminals required constant radio coordination between control rooms and drivers. With some 170 automated displays fed by the Smart Port platform, dispatchers handle exceptions only — routine gate and weight assignments are pushed automatically to every vehicle the moment data is available.
“Ampron has kept our boards running reliably for close to 10 years, contributed to the digitalisation of our signage, and always proactively engaged on how to improve the solutions further.”
Outcomes
Results
- ✓ About 170 LED message boards across Terminals A and D
- ✓ Fully automated vehicle guidance — gate and terminal assignments pushed from Smart Port platform without operator intervention
- ✓ Display content updates in real time as WIM weighing and ALPR data flows through the port management system
- ✓ Solution operating continuously since 2016 — hardware proven in Baltic port conditions year-round
Installation photos
From the field
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