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ECD Develops Software for Customs Agencies, Revenue Authorities

East Coast Diversified Corp. said its EarthSearch Communications International subsidiary launched a new proprietary RFID/GPS software platform designed for customs agencies and revenue authorities. Its new Customs Agencies and Revenue Authority Software (CARAS) tool is based on EarthSearch's successful Global…

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Asset Tracking & Identification System (GATIS) and is fully customizable, it said. It also offers internal security features to manage access and activities related to monitored cargo, said ECDC CEO Kayode Aladesuyi. ECDC Business Development and Marketing Director Andrej Jeremic said "CARAS is the solution ... to quickly and effectively facilitate electronic cargo tracking." Features include the ability to create specific routes for cargo traveling between borders, electronic fence around routes traveled by monitored cargo, Start and End Journey processes for cargo movement validation, customized agent access and activity reports, and implement electronic seals and hardware for rail, wet cargo and containers, it said.