Proximity Warnings Systems
for Ports & Container Handling.

Smarter alerts. Fewer false alarms. Safer people.
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“Working around these machines, visibility and timing are everything. With SonaSafe’s role-based PDUs, I have confidence that the system is working around me, not against me. The alerts are set to match the real risks of our team, so I know immediately when someone enters a potentially harmful zone beneath or around the crane. It gives me the flexibility to operate efficiently while knowing that the people on the ground are protected. Over time, that awareness becomes part of our daily operation and how we work.”
Crane Operator
NorthPort
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The Challenge
Ports and container terminals rely on heavy mobile plant, from forklifts and reach stackers to straddles and terminal vehicles to keep cargo moving. But these machines also represent some of New Zealand’s most serious safety risks. WorkSafe New Zealand continues to report high numbers of vehicle related fatalities and injuries across ports, yards and container stacks, where people and machinery operate in tight, fast moving spaces. Traditional proximity systems often over-alert in these complex environments, creating frustration and fatigue that lead operators to ignore or disable them entirely.
80%
Reduction in 'Near Miss' incidents through positive behavioural change.
Configured for your site. SonaSafe is a fully integrated proximity awareness solution that combines both real-time incident alerts, together with analytics and staff engagement tools that drive behavioural change at an affordable price.
65% Fewer Exclusion Zone Breaches
Proactive management reduces exclusion zone breaches by 65% and builds a culture where everyone feels genuine ownership and responsibility for safety.
80% Reduction of Near Misses
By combining real-time alerts with clear, actionable data, SonaSafe helps teams avoid risk before it turns into an incident.
Trusted 24/7 Device Monitoring
We currently have more than 3,000 SonaSafe devices working every day across warehousing, logistics, ports, container handling, and heavy industry. Our solution creates its own network with devices reporting back faults and health back to our cloud based Device Management application. Any damage, faults and disconnection of speakers or wires is detected and reported back to our monitoring system.
3,000+
Devices Monitored 24/7
Driving Behavioural Change
By turning every alert into usable insight, SonaSafe reshapes worksite behaviour. The details of each incident flow straight to our cloud-based dashboard, capturing who, what, when, and where. Geo-tags highlight high-risk zones, while trend graphs by time, shift, and location reveal patterns that traditional reporting never shows.
Port & Container handling

Specific features, developed in partnership with leading ports.

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Spreader Crane System
Our spreader crane solution is designed to protect operators and ground crews working beneath suspended loads in port and container-handling environments. The system monitors critical zones around the spreader and load path, detecting people and mobile plant in areas where visibility is limited. When a warning or stop zone is breached, real-time alerts are delivered to both the crane operator and nearby personnel, helping prevent strike, crush and drop-zone incidents during lifting, lowering and positioning operations.
Hoist 6 Sounder System
Our container hoist solution is designed to protect operators and ground crews in high-risk stacking and transfer zones. The system monitors blind spots around the hoist and alerts both the operator and nearby personnel the moment a warning or stop zone is breached. These real-time alerts help prevent collisions during lifts, lowers and travel movements, giving crews immediate, actionable feedback that reinforces safe behaviour in fast-moving port environments.
Straddle 8 Sounder System
SonaSafe’s straddle sounder solution is built for the unique visibility challenges of tall, fast-moving machines operating in busy container stacks. The system continuously monitors the zones beneath and around the straddle, alerting both the operator and nearby ground crew the moment a warning or stop zone is breached. These real-time alerts help prevent crush, strike and run-over incidents giving teams immediate feedback that supports safer movements in high-traffic port environments.
Light Vehicle Unit
SonaSafe’s Light Vehicle Units extend proximity detection and collision avoidance capability to utes, vans and site support vehicles operating within port environments. The system monitors surrounding pedestrians and mobile plant, delivering real time alerts when warning or stop zones are breached. By bringing consistent safety controls to light vehicles, SonaSafe helps reduce vehicle-on-vehicle and vehicle-on-pedestrian incidents, improving visibility, compliance and predictable movement across busy worksites.
GPS Geofencing
SonaSafe’s GPS geofencing capability enables the creation of virtual safe zones across port and container handling environments. By defining geofenced areas based on location and risk profile, the system can automatically trigger alerts, adjust exclusion zones, or enforce speed controls when vehicles enter high-risk or restricted zones. This location based safety layer helps manage traffic flow, protect pedestrians, and reinforce site rules providing consistent, auditable control across large, dynamic port operations.
Container Survey Area
SonaSafe enhances visibility in container survey areas by monitoring pedestrian and vehicle movements in real time, reducing the blind spots created by container stacks, equipment positioning and shifting cargo. Ground users receive instant alerts when warning or stop zones are breached, helping prevent collisions during inspections and survey operations. SonaSafe also supports camera-AI integration with third-party visual systems, creating a complete safety picture.
Speed Controls
SonaSafe provides intelligent speed control that automatically adjusts vehicle speed based on its location and the surrounding risk profile. When a vehicle enters a high-risk zone such as pedestrian areas, tight stacking lanes or blind intersections the system can reduce speed to a preset safe limit. This helps prevent collisions, supports consistent operator behaviour, and creates predictable, controlled movement across the site without relying solely on driver judgement.
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Compliance
Under New Zealand’s Health and Safety at Work Act (2015), PCBUs in ports must separate people and mobile plant “so far as is reasonably practicable.” In high-risk container yards, failing to do so exposes operators and directors to significant liability. SonaSafe provides a clear, auditable safety layer that helps demonstrate due diligence and reduces compliance risk.
"We established a temporary site without activating SonaSafe. Remarkably, the team comprising staff previously accustomed to SonaSafe enabled environments continued to observe exclusion zones diligently. This experience underscores the enduring influence of SonaSafe on our workforce's safety practices, highlighting that safety consciousness has become an ingrained aspect of our daily operations."
Rob McMillan
KiwiRail, Manager of Container Terminals for the North Island
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Smarter Safety, Affordable Price.
SonaSafe can be installed onto existing forklifts and mobile plant in hours,  to create customised proximity alerts, safe zones, and site specific actions for any worksite, anywhere.
3,500+ Devices Monitored
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$400/mo
The essential toolkit, reporting data, and insights for single-site operations.
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  • Basic integrations
  • Real-time analytics
  • Standard support
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$800/mo
Advanced support and integrations for multi-site operations.
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$1,200/mo
Proactive management for large multi-site operations (50+ units).
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  • Advanced security controls
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80% Reduction in 'Near Miss' incidents.
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