The new DHL Freight terminal is situated close to Stockholm, Arlanda airport. There are around 60 professional drivers, 40 terminal workers and 10 clerks working there, handling some 9 000 dispatches every 24 hours within the terminal area of more than10 000 square metres.

When a new DHL-terminal is built, or major refurbishments are made in an already existing terminal, several global corporate requirements are applied. For example, with reference to security, all terminals must have CCTV systems implemented. During the purchasing process, the DHL data base tool can be used to great advantage, as it is loaded with important logistical information, such as the number of doors and the amount of cargo that will be managed through the terminal.

The DHL camera system consists of products from the Panasonic I-Pro range, which provides complete cohesive systems, where all components are designed to fit together. "As a result our clients enjoy substantially higher stability from their security-systems. In addition they have one complete supplier, which simplifies many issues, such as upgrading and handling," says Johan Eklund, CEO, CCTV Systems.

The internal and external security requirements at the DHL terminal are covered by around a hundred mega pixel Panasonic I-Pro cameras. "It works very well. Not least because the system is easy to operate. We, ourselves, set the alarm areas, and we are able to zoom in to the pictures," says Pär Björkman, Senior Security Advisor, DHL Freight.

"Here in Rosersberg one hundred cameras do the same job equivalent to 150 cameras in one of our older terminals. The applications enable us to do anything, like masking off areas and marking a certain pallet and giving a video-alarm when it is moved," states Jan Collander CPO and Country Manager, DHL Freight.

The fully automatic recording system is redundant, and records in parallel in two units simultaneously ensuring that all information is easily accessible and recoverable in the even a hard disk should fail or a unit break down. The recording runs continuously over 24 hours, and the video is stored for 30 days, thereafter it is automatically deleted. If something should happen a few specific employees are authorised to search through the recordings.

"Thanks to the user-friendliness, the sharpness and the resolution of the pictures in a modern camera system, searching through recorded video is a much faster and easier process than it used to be," Jan Collander ascertains.

As the system is so highly efficient there is also the added advantage of a crime prevention effect. Thus, the level of criminal incidents is very low within DHL terminals where modern systems have been installed, compared to terminals where there is no CCTV, or in terminals with older CCTV-systems. All crimes that are discovered are reported to the police. The system allows for DHL save pictures to a CD when the police or prosecutors require them as criminal evidence.

"The high resolution of the mega pixel-cameras enables us to identify cargo as well as the persons who have been in contact with it. Furthermore, as high quality pictures can be approved as exhibits they are valuable in trials," says Jan Collander. "We hear from our employees that they feel safe where modern camera-systems have been installed. Also, staff in the other terminals request the systems where they are not yet installed," he concludes.