Logistics and transport infrastructure

Technology for the systems that move cargo.

Ports, airports, roads, railways. One estate that has to move.

What we do

01 · The problem


A terminal rarely runs one system.

The terminal operating system came from one vendor. The gate solution came from another, three years later, under a different contract. Between them sits a yard spreadsheet that one supervisor maintains. Each part works. The handovers do not.

We do not build the platform.

Portech sits between the platform vendors and the operation on the ground. We specify, source, integrate and manage the systems that were never designed to talk to each other, and bring them into alignment as one working estate. We are vendor-neutral by construction: we have no product to protect, so the recommendation follows the operation.

We do not train models.

We specify the problem, select the system that solves it, and integrate it into the operation that has to use it. The same vendor-neutral position applies: the recommendation follows the operation, not a licence we hold.

Container port at night with vehicle routes traced in light

03 · Sectors


Five sectors, one shared condition — the operation cannot stop.

Aerial view of a container terminal with a vessel alongside

01

Ports and container terminals

Operations, gate, yard and equipment systems brought under one operating picture.

Ground crew moving air cargo containers across an airport apron

02

Airports

Cargo handling, ground operations and landside systems that share the same aircraft turn.

Toll plaza with trucks queuing across multiple lanes

03

Roads and highways

Tolling, traffic management and enforcement, where roadside hardware and back office must reconcile.

Intermodal rail yard with container wagons and gantry cranes

04

Railways and intermodal

Terminal, wagon and scheduling systems across the road-to-rail handover.

Warehouse interior at sunset with forklifts beside the loading dock

05

Transport and logistics operators

Fleet, warehouse and visibility systems for the operators moving between those sites.

Sectors in detail

04 · How we work


Five stages. Each one has an exit.

01

Specify

The requirement written against the operation, not against a product sheet.

02

Source

Vendor selection on evidence, with no product of our own in the comparison.

03

Integrate

Systems brought onto a common interface, legacy included.

04

Commission

Staged in live operation, with rollback defined per stage and no shutdown of the terminal.

05

Manage

Monitoring, patching and lifecycle under one owner, or handover to the operator's team. Both are planned before commissioning, not after.

How we work
Dock crew in high-visibility clothing facing a vessel and quayside cranes