Electricity + Control January 2016

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Rail automation… right on track
ACTOM Signalling has been awarded a further contract to provide
and install yard control systems for variousTransnet Freight Rail sta-
tions around the country, following its earlier successful execution of
contracts for semi-automated yard control systems.The latest yard
control contract is for a total of 13 yards.
“We view the awarding of this second project to us as affirmation
of our success with the earlier project in developing a yard control
system that is effective and efficient, along with our installation of the
system at the various yards in a satisfactory manner and substantially
on time,” commented Peter Colborne, ACTOM Signalling’s General
Manager.The new project, awarded in mid-August 2015 and sched-
uled for completion in December 2017, is for yard control systems for
Kazerne, Natalspruit and Springs yards in Gauteng, Newcastle and
Vryheid in Kwazulu-Natal, Witbank, Belfast, Nelspruit, Komatipoort
and Oosbank in Mpumalanga, Phalaborwa andThabazimbi in Lim-
popo and Rustenburg in North-West Province.
The yard control system is a semi-automated system that replaces
existing manually-operated mechanical systems in which the points’
sets have to be thrown by a yard operator on the tracks.With the new
system yard operators are provided with two alternatives for operat-
ing points sets, using either a trackside push-button or a Local Control
Panel (LCP) that, although a remote control system, is located in a
line-of-sight position so that the operator can see the points or series
of points he is controlling.The earlier project, executed between mid-
2012 and the end of last year, comprised five yard control contracts
for a total of 10 stations in Gauteng, Kwazulu-Natal, Western Cape,
Northern Cape and Eastern Cape.
Enquiries: Peter Colborne.Tel. 011 871-6600 or email
Reliable cyber-security management services
Yokogawa has received aType 1 (evaluates
the adequacy of a service organisation’s
internal controls) report on the internal
controls that it employs in the provision of
production control system secured remote
solution services at its customers’ plants.
This report complies with the ISAE3402
international standard and the SSAE16
U.S. standard, both of which address the
adequacy and effectiveness of the internal
controls at service organisations.
With the growing threat of cyber-attacks,
there is an urgent need to strengthen the
security of plant production control systems.
In addition to control systems, Yokogawa
provides comprehensive solution services
that address its customers’ security needs.
Yokogawa designs, constructs, andmanages
various control system security solutions
that make use of information systems in-
help it improve the reliability
and value of these services, and thereby
ensure the stable operation of its systems,
Yokogawa has obtained an ISAE3402/
SSAE16 internal controls report on the ser-
vice delivery and service support processes
supporting the secured remote solution ser-
vices that it offers in markets outside Japan.
Based on an objective evaluation, this report
attests to the adequacy and effectiveness of
Yokogawa’s internal controls for its secured
remote solution services providing custom-
ers the assurance they need to commission
these services without conducting their
own audits. In addition, customers can
submit such reports for evaluations of ser-
vice organisation internal controls that are
required under regulations such as the U.S.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), thus reducing
their auditing workload.
Enquiries: Christie Cronje.Tel. 011 831 6300 or
email or
visit
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