Logistics & transport
Industrial IoT for Ports
LoRaWAN sensors, gateways and dashboards for Ports & maritime — specified, stocked and supported by UK engineers.
Industrial IoT for Ports replaces manual rounds, spreadsheets and blind spots with live LoRaWAN telemetry: low-power sensors, resilient gateways and dashboards that flag a problem the hour it happens, not the week after. Indiott specifies, stocks and supports the full stack and ships across the UK from local warehouses.
UK ports handled 429.7 million tonnes of freight across 51 major ports in 2024, spanning container, roll-on roll-off, liquid and dry bulk terminals under the oversight of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. Harsh coastal conditions, round-the-clock operations and temperature-sensitive reefer cargo make continuous environmental and asset monitoring important. Battery LoRaWAN sensors and industrial gateways cover large estates where cabling quaysides is impractical.
Industrial IoT for Ports: sensors, gateways and dashboards
Built for Harbour masters and port authorities, Terminal operations managers, Port engineering and estates teams, Reefer and cold chain logistics managers and Marine safety and environmental officers. Every asset that fails quietly — a pump, a chiller, a cold store, a plant room — is a candidate for a battery LoRaWAN sensor reporting to one dashboard. Typical Industrial IoT for Ports deployments include:
- Cold store and reefer container temperature monitoring across quaysides
- Tide, water level and berth pocket depth monitoring for safe operations
- Air quality and dust monitoring near bulk handling and open stockpiles
- Asset tracking of trailers, containers and plant across port estates
- Structural and vibration monitoring of jetties, cranes and quay walls
- Secure industrial gateways connecting terminal OT to port management systems
LoRaWAN sensors and gateways for Ports & maritime
The Industrial IoT for Ports hardware below is UK-stocked and dispatched nationwide. Every device joins the same five-layer stack, so you can start with one gateway and a handful of sensors and scale without re-platforming.
UR35Industrial cellular routerDual-SIM 4G/5G router for resilient connectivity at remote and mobile sites.
UG67Outdoor LoRaWAN gatewayIP67 outdoor gateway for site-wide coverage across yards, plants and campuses.
EM500Outdoor environmental sensorRugged EM500 series for outdoor CO2, level, pressure and soil measurement.
EM300Leak / contact / T+RH sensorCompact EM300 series for door, leak, temperature and humidity monitoring.
TS101Insertion temperature sensorLoRaWAN insertion probe for pipe, tank and process temperature.
UG65Semi-industrial LoRaWAN gateway8-channel indoor gateway backhauling hundreds of LoRaWAN sensors over Ethernet, Wi-Fi or cellular.
Compliance and drivers in Ports & maritime
UK ports operate under the Ports and Marine Facilities Safety Code, published by the Department for Transport and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, which sets a national standard and requires a named Duty Holder to report compliance every three years. Port security follows the ISPS Code, implemented through EC Regulation 725/2004 and overseen by the DfT. Discharges, dust and emissions fall under the Environment Agency and local air quality duties.
Indiott builds the monitoring and evidence layer around those duties: continuous data, threshold alarms that reach the duty engineer by SMS, and timestamped records you can hand to an auditor. Useful references: Port freight annual statistics 2024 (Department for Transport) Ports and Marine Facilities Safety Code (DfT and MCA). The stacks ports & maritime teams reach for most:
Why Ports & maritime teams choose Indiott
Here is why ports & maritime operators pick Indiott as their Industrial IoT for Ports partner rather than a generic reseller.
UK stock, UK delivery
Milesight, Atop and AquaIoT hardware supplied from the UK, typically dispatched within 14 working days nationwide.
Engineer-led, not box-shifting
An engineer scopes every enquiry and returns a costed bill of materials within one working day.
One stack, many brands
Interoperable sense, connect, secure, control and manage layers, so you are never locked to a single vendor.
Bespoke when off-the-shelf ends
When the device you need does not exist, we design and build it — firmware, enclosure and integration.
Industrial IoT for Ports: frequently asked questions
Will the kit survive a salt-laden quayside environment?
We specify sealed, IP-rated enclosures suited to coastal exposure, and gateways can sit in existing cabinets or IP66 housings so the estate stays covered in all weather.
Can we track reefer containers and trailers across a large estate?
Yes. LoRaWAN gives wide-area coverage from a handful of gateways, so reefer temperature, trailer location and plant status can be read across the whole terminal without a per-asset SIM.
How does monitoring fit alongside Port Marine Safety Code duties?
Monitoring is a supporting tool, not a substitute for the Duty Holder's safety management system, but continuous water level, structural and environmental data feeds the risk assessments the Code expects.
Scope your Ports & maritime project
Tell us the asset, the site and the constraint. An Indiott engineer maps it to the right Industrial IoT for Ports stack and sends an itemised quote within one working day.
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Next step
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- A bill of materials sized to your site
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