Digital Container Shipping Association

DCSA provides education on ‘smart containers’

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) on Tuesday published what it says are the first internet of things (IoT) connectivity interface standards for shipping containers.

“This release is an important step in enabling mass deployment of smart containers and forms the foundation of a group of standards that will address the industry’s most critical container use cases,” said DCSA CEO Thomas Bagge. “Once implemented, our IoT standards will enable, for example, reefer container tracking,...

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Switch to electronic bills of lading could save shipping billions every year

The container shipping industry could save itself up to $4bn a year if half of all bills of lading (B/Ls) were dealt with digitally, according to the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA).
The DCSA is using the coronavirus pandemic to accelerate its mission to introduce electronic B/Ls to the shipping industry.
CEO Thomas Bagge told The Loadstar yesterday the association’s financial modelling had concluded that container shipping could save $4bn a year …

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Supply chain radar: How air freight is teaching sea freight e-freight

I wonder how many senior cargo executives at the world’s airlines realise that their industry body is advising a significant group of customers on how to realign their industry – which could result in them collectively losing $4bn in annual revenues.
But that’s the implication of today’s news in The Loadstar.
The container shipping industry continues to operate by the Bill of Lading, a paper document that once a shipment has been …

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Shipping group promotes standardized e-bill of lading

The Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) said the COVID-19 pandemic has made the need for a standardized industry e-bill of lading (eBL) greater than ever.

Cargo in ports sometimes can’t be gated out because paper bills of lading simply are getting stuck in a supply chain mucked up by the pandemic, according to DCSA, which argues that eliminating paper from the shipping transaction will make every aspect of container shipping better, faster, cheaper, more secure and environmentally...

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Digital Container Shipping Association publishes cyber security guidelines

The Digital Container Shipping Association (UDCSA) today published its guidelines for the box shipping sector to comply with the forthcoming International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) anti-cyber crime legislation.
The IMO’s Resolution MSC.428(98) on Maritime Cyber Risk Management in Safety Management Systems is set to become law in January next year, and the new DCSA publication “provides all shipping companies with a common language and a manageable, task-based approach for meeting the IMO’s …

https://theloadstar.com/digital-container-shipping-association-publishes-cyber-security-guidelines/

New era of smarter supply chains as DCSA track & trace standards are unveiled

The Digital Container Sipping Association (DCSA) today unveiled a new set of common standards for the tracking and tracing of shipping containers in global supply chains.
DCSA chief executive Thomas Bagge said the DCSA was “directly engaging” customer representatives, such as FIATA, CLECAT and the European Shippers Council, to raise awareness among liner shipping customers that the standards will allow any industry stakeholder to enable container shipment tracking across carriers and …

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‘Smart’ container fleet set to increase tenfold over next five years

The number of smart containers in the world’s box fleet could increase tenfold over the next five years, according to new research from Drewry Maritime Advisors.
The London-based consultant said in its newly released Container Census & Leasing Annual Review & Forecast 2019/20 report it estimated that, by the end of last year, around 2.5% of the global container fleet had been fitted with smart technology – telematics devices that show …

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