Digital Container Shipping Association

FreightTech Friday: Gartner critiques real-time-visibility market players

Technology research and consulting firm Gartner recently released its Real Time Transportation Visibility Platform (RTTVP) report, highlighting the space’s top performers while suggesting areas for improvement.

The company describes RTTVPs as platforms engineered to offer real-time tracking and status updates on orders after they leave the warehouse, using integration with carrier systems or telematics for data gathering. The report assesses various levels of complexity in RTTVP implementation,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freighttech-friday-gartner-critiques-real-time-visibility-market-players

It’s time to ditch Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) in container shipping

Graphic: a conceptual representation of the digitalisation of shipping and international trade. Graphic credits: Kookay and Gerd Altmann (via Pixabay). Montage: Shipping Australia.

Electronic Data Interchange ought to be replaced, the Digital Container Standards Association has argued.

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is a non-profit, independent organisation established in 2019 by several of the largest container shipping companies. DCSA’s mission is to be the de facto standards...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/its-time-to-ditch-electronic-data-interchange-edi-in-container-shipping/

Can a government-brokered supply chain exchange succeed?

The Biden administration is attacking supply chain data gaps from both land and sea: One campaign is being led by the Federal Maritime Commission, the other by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

But given the amount of confidential information that currently flows throughout freight markets, can a supply chain data portal succeed if the federal government is involved?

“Certainly the government has a strong role in providing some sort of push in making sure a supply chain data exchange works,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/can-a-government-brokered-supply-chain-exchange-succeed

DCSA, BIMCO, FIATA, ICC and SWIFT form Future International Trade Alliance and sign MoU to standardise digitalisation of trade

Graphic: digital trade concept. Graphic: component images Kookay and Gerd Altmann via Pixabay. Montage: Shipping Australia.

By the Digital Container Shipping Association

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards, in conjunction with its nine member carriers, today announced the formation of the Future International Trade (FIT) Alliance with the signing of a memorandum of...

https://www.shippingaustralia.com.au/dcsa-bimco-fiata-icc-and-swift-form-future-international-trade-alliance-and-sign-mou-to-standardise-digitalisation-of-trade/

Q&A: Standardizing supply chain data exchange for ocean transport

Global supply chain visibility, automation and optimization depends on the quality of one commodity: data.

While individual freight forwarders and container lines have optimized their internal processes, none have developed a standard way of doing business across shipping stages. 

Port operators, drayage carriers, warehousing companies and final mile delivery partners have their own visibility tools that require integration with carrier operating systems, but there is no standardized framework.

In...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qa-standardizing-supply-chain-data-exchange-for-ocean-transport

All Shipping has To Do To Beat Air Cargo To e-Freight

News that the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is frustrated with the lack of progress in digitising bills of lading will come as no surprise to those of us who have long-studied inaction in air cargo, reports Loadstar.

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The DCSA is determined to avoid the same mistakes, and chief Thomas Bagge is laying down the gauntlet: can you, the ocean freight industry, make this inevitable change faster than air cargo has?

On the face of it – you can. You’d only need...

https://mfame.guru/all-shipping-has-to-do-to-beat-air-cargo-to-e-freight/

Commentary: Electronic bills of lading necessary but not sufficient

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates.

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a nonprofit formed in 2019, has been at the forefront of helping the ocean vessel sector pivot from paper to digital documents and improve the scheduling of containerized shipments. Of course, 2020 saw a lot of pivoting due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the surge in e-commerce-related imports. The DCSA has...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/commentary-electronic-bills-of-lading-necessary-but-not-sufficient

DCSA publishes first process standards for use of electronic bills of lading

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) today published its first data and process standards for the submission of shipping instructions and issuance of bills of lading (B/Ls).
The development is one of the first steps for the widespread adoption of electronic B/Ls in the box shipping industry.
“Digitising documentation, starting with the bill of lading, is key to the simplification and digitalisation of global trade,” said Thomas Bagge, DCSA chief executive.
“The alignment …

The post D...

https://theloadstar.com/dcsa-publishes-first-process-standards-for-use-of-electronic-bills-of-lading/

Digital Container Shipping Association helping shape paperless trade

TheDigital Container Shipping Associationon Tuesday published standards for electronic bills of lading for ocean-moved goods. 

DCSA is a neutral nonprofit made up of nine ocean carriers — MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, Yang Ming, HMM and ZIM — to further digitization of container shipping.

“Digitizing documentation, starting with the bill of lading, is key to the simplification and digitalization of global trade,” said DCSA CEO Thomas Bagge. “The alignment we’ve achieved among...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/digital-container-shipping-association-helping-shape-paperless-trade

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