Dammam, Eastern Province
Temperature Data Loggers in King Abdulaziz Port Dammam
WiFi temperature & humidity monitoring for the industries and estates of King Abdulaziz Port Dammam, in Dammam.
King Abdulaziz Port Dammam · Dammam
The area
Monitoring in King Abdulaziz Port Dammam
King Abdulaziz Port is the main seaport on the Gulf coast of the kingdom, at Dammam, and the entry point for a large share of the Eastern Province's imported food, medicine, machinery and general cargo. Container terminals, general-cargo berths and bulk facilities stand along the quay, with yards, cold stores and transit sheds behind them, and a railway carries containers inland toward Riyadh. Trucks collect cleared cargo for the warehouses of Dammam and the roads beyond. Heat and humidity are high through most of the year, and the metal of containers and sheds turns summer sun into radiant heat. A temperature data logger at the port follows goods through the handover from ship to yard, shed, train and truck.
Estates and districts
Where We Work in King Abdulaziz Port Dammam
Container terminals and stacking yards
Boxes are lifted from vessels into tall stacks on open hardstanding, where the sun heats container walls for days before cargo is cleared and collected.
Cold stores and powered container points
Chilled and frozen cargo waits in cold stores or on powered points in the yard, where a lost supply or a door left open can warm goods in the humid heat.
Transit sheds and examination areas
Cargo is opened and checked in sheds beside the quay, so doors stay open and sensitive goods meet hot, damp air while they are examined.
Rail sidings and truck gates
Containers move onto trains and trucks at sidings and gates, and loaded vehicles may wait in the sun for a turn before they leave the port.
Industries
Industries We Support in King Abdulaziz Port Dammam
Logistics & Warehousing
Terminal and warehouse operators handle goods for many importers, and a logger placed in a consignment gives each shipper a record that shows how its cargo was held between ship and truck.
Food & Beverage
Importers of meat, dairy, fruit and vegetables route chilled cargo through the cold stores, and a record from the container and the store shows a buyer how the product was kept before it left the port.
Pharmaceutical
Importers of medicines and healthcare supplies pass cargo through the sheds, and a dated record of temperature shows a distributor whether a pack stood too long in the heat.
Services
Temperature Data Logger Services in King Abdulaziz Port Dammam
For King Abdulaziz Port we supply WiFi loggers for cold stores and transit sheds that have a router, multi-point units for long sheds where one end is hotter than the other, and loggers that travel inside a consignment to record its journey from the quay to the truck or the train. Calibration is available through our parent company, VEGA Calibrations, and can be agreed with the order. WiFi loggers report from rooms with a router in range, and for the yard or a vehicle we confirm the option first.
GSM versions are available. Contact us to confirm network compatibility for your country.
Visits
How Visits Are Arranged
Nobody needs to travel to the quay to begin, since the loggers are registered and set up remotely. Send the terminal operator or shipper, the rooms and sheds to be watched and a contact through the enquiry form or WhatsApp, and we agree a call or video session to name the alert recipients and set the limits.
Where we would start
We would begin with the cold store and the shed that hold the most sensitive cargo, placing one logger near the door and one at the back, then slip a logger into a few chosen consignments to compare the yard with the warehouse. After a few weeks the data shows which stage of the journey runs warmest and where a second point is worth adding.
FAQ
King Abdulaziz Port Dammam FAQs
With a temperature data logger in King Abdulaziz Port Dammam, can a shipper see how its containers were held at the Dammam port?
A logger tucked into a consignment logs temperature and humidity while it waits in the yard, the shed, the train or the truck, and the report for those dates can be exported for the importer or the buyer. See how a Prithvi temperature data logger works.
Why does humidity matter at a Gulf port as much as heat?
Damp, salty air soaks cartons and attacks metal, and condensation forms when a cold container opens to warm air, so a humidity reading beside the temperature shows when cargo took on moisture.
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