Industry · Ports & terminals
Close the gaps on a perimeter that runs for miles.
Tec-Tel designs, installs, and runs gate LPR, container-yard coverage, and thermal perimeter for seaports, intermodal terminals, and bulk terminals. MTSA and TWIC-aligned. NDAA-compliant. 15+ years as a national security integrator.
- NDAA-compliant
- Platform-agnostic
- 1,000+ deployments over 15 years
§01 What we install at terminals
A perimeter that matches what your MTSA plan calls for.
What a terminal gets after Tec-Tel commissions the system, and what your facility security officer and the Coast Guard inspector see from day one.
§ How we work
Perimeter gaps in an MTSA plan are what the Coast Guard flags. We cover the full waterside with thermal and rebuild the gate-credential integration, so the next inspection sees the perimeter and access controls the plan calls for.
How Tec-Tel works at ports and terminals
§02 How a Tec-Tel deployment works
Five steps, one accountable team.
Walk the terminal before we quote
No quote-by-aerial. We come on site, talk to your facility security officer, and document gates, yard, perimeter, and restricted areas against the MTSA plan.
Design to the MTSA facility security plan
Camera coverage, restricted-area access, and retention designed to satisfy the facility security plan on file with the Coast Guard.
Size the network for a port
Miles of perimeter, acres of yard, thermal at the waterside. Serious fiber, switching, and a VMS that holds at terminal scale. Infrastructure first.
Tune analytics for terminal contexts
Perimeter and yard analytics need calibration against weather, tides, and 24-hour operations. We tune across real operating conditions.
Hand off with a security-plan packet
Your facility security officer gets a written ops doc plus a documentation package mapping coverage and access to the MTSA plan.
§03 How we deploy
Three terminal types. Three tailored builds.
No two terminals get the same install. Here's what we deploy across the three most common builds.
Marine container terminal, gate + yard + crane
- → Truck-gate LPR + TWIC credential integration
- → Container-stack + crane-lane coverage
- → Reefer-row + seal-break monitoring
- → MTSA restricted-area access + audit trail
Rail-served intermodal facility, container + chassis
- → Gate + rail-side LPR and credential checks
- → Chassis-pool + container-yard coverage
- → Perimeter intrusion detection along the rail line
- → Coordination with Class I railroad police
Bulk cargo, break-bulk, or liquid terminal
- → Waterside thermal perimeter coverage
- → Loading-berth + conveyor + tank-farm coverage
- → Restricted-area access for hazardous zones
- → Coast Guard + CBP inspection-ready documentation
§04 Compliance buyers ask us about
Frameworks we build to.
Maritime Transportation Security Act. Camera coverage, restricted-area access, and retention designed to satisfy the facility security plan filed with the Coast Guard.
Transportation Worker Identification Credential. Gate and restricted-area access integrated with TWIC card validation.
Systems designed so the facility security officer can produce footage and access logs for a Coast Guard facility inspection or a CBP inquiry.
Ports and terminals taking federal funding hit Section 889. NDAA-compliant cameras + switches only, documented BOM.
Questions buyers ask us
FAQ
- How does a port or terminal security install work?
- It scales the standard playbook to terminal size: truck-gate LPR with TWIC integration, container-yard and crane coverage, thermal perimeter along miles of waterside and landside fence, and MTSA restricted-area access. The whole stack is designed to satisfy the facility security plan filed with the Coast Guard.
- Does this satisfy MTSA requirements?
- Yes by design. The Maritime Transportation Security Act requires a facility security plan covering access control, restricted areas, monitoring, and recordkeeping. We design camera coverage, access, and retention to your facility security plan and provide documentation mapping the install to the plan.
- Can you integrate with TWIC?
- Yes. Gate and restricted-area access integrate with TWIC card validation so driver, plate, container, and credential are reconciled at the gate and logged. The credential check becomes part of the same audit trail as the camera record.
- Can you cover miles of perimeter?
- Yes. Long waterside and landside perimeters use thermal plus optical cameras with intrusion analytics. Thermal handles the no-light conditions a port runs in at night. We design the fiber and network backhaul for the full perimeter before placing cameras.
- Are your cameras NDAA-compliant?
- Yes. Ports and terminals taking federal funding hit NDAA Section 889. We install NDAA-compliant manufacturers only and provide a documented BOM with serial numbers for your compliance file.
Book a free assessment
Tell us about your terminal. We'll come back with a plan.
Get on a call with the Tec-Tel team. We'll walk through what your MTSA plan needs, what TWIC integration takes, and what a defensible budget runs.
- Tell us how many sites you run and what's already in place. We'll show you what a build or upgrade looks like.
- Straight answers from the team that does the work. We're platform-agnostic, so you get the system that fits your sites, not one brand's catalog.
Since 2010 · 1,000+ deployments nationwide · ISN-accredited
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