The Coast Guard has given security officials at the Port of Wilmington, Del., permission to leverage Siemens‘ [SI] Siveillance SiteIQ video surveillance system to monitor truckers and port visitors not carrying Transportation Worker Identification Credentials (TWIC). The port is able to use the video surveillance system to constantly monitor designated secure areas, allowing it to comply with TWIC mandates without having to physically escort non-credentials individuals traversing the facility. “The Coast Guard advised us that if we were able to ensure 24/7 monitoring of certain ‘secure areas’ that we use for vehicle staging and other operational reasons, we would not have to provide ‘physical’ escorts for vehicles and their drivers,” says Patrick Hemphill, manager for Port Security at Wilmington. “The will help us reduce our costs involved with TWIC compliance and implementation.” With SiteIQ, vehicles are greeted at the gatehouse, drivers identified and passed through. They are then digitally monitored at the point of entry with analytics tracking all vehicles transiting the facility.