Digital Series

Hapag-Lloyd vessel completes first digital port call at Tanger Med

The world’s first digitally controlled port arrival has been achieved at the Port of Tanger Med on 25 June with the 4,612TEU container ship, Kobe Express, owned by Hapag-Lloyd and managed by Ango-Eastern Ship Management, docking safely and on time at the Moroccan port, using the Wärtsilä Navi-Port system.

Wärtsilä’s system is a digital platform that facilitates the exchange of real-time data between ships and their destination ports to allow accurate arrival times. The system exchanges required...

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Evergreen and Kaohsiung Port pilot IoT solutions

Evergreen Marine Corporation is piloting the usage of Internet of Things (IoT) technology with Kaohsiung Port’s customs officials.

Both sides are aiming to see how IoT technology can ensure the safety of moving cargoes and monitor the entire process of point-to-point container movements in Taiwan’s busiest container port.

The memorandum of understanding was signed by Kaohsiung Customs officer, Su Shuzhen, and Evergreen Deputy General Manager, Wu Guanghui, on 11 June.

Kaohsiung Customs stated that...

https://container-news.com/evergreen-and-kaohsiung-port-pilot-iot-solutions/

Covid-19 pandemic accelerates smart reefer container adoption

The global Covid-19 crisis has highlighted the importance of refrigerated container logistics to keep vital supplies of food and medicines, including vaccines, flowing around the world as nations locked down.

While temperature-controlled goods have indeed kept flowing, the pandemic triggered an ongoing cascade of disruptions to the bigger container shipping system that so many perishable producers, exporters, importers and supply chains now rely on. That includes delayed, diverted and rolled...

https://container-news.com/covid-19-pandemic-accelerates-smart-reefer-container-adoption/

Aden Container Terminal selects Zodiac TOS

Aden Ports Development Company (APDC) has made the switch on Zodiac Terminal Operation System (TOS) at their Aden Container Terminal in Aden, Yemen.

As one of Zodiac’s first customers since 2012, APDC has chosen to stay with Zodiac software solutions in upgrading their Zodiac 5.0 to Zodiac 7.1, which is one of the most advanced and user friendly systems on the market for ports and terminal management, according to a statement.

“Zodiac advanced TOS ushers in a new era in terminal operations in...

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Portchain to optimise Penang Port terminal’s quayside operations

Malaysia’s major gateway, Penang Port has selected the berth optimisation engine of Portchain, a provider of Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, to optimise berth allocation and enable its customer to monitor berth status in real-time.

Portchain and Penang Port will partner in a project to improve berth planning at North Butterworth Container Terminal (NBCT) of Penang Port. Portchain’s Berth Optimisation Engine will digitise the planning process to optimise resource allocation and create a...

https://container-news.com/portchain-to-optimise-penang-port-terminals-quayside-operations/

Wire services light up supply chain transition

Shipping goods remains a physical act, but the administration around trade is being transformed by the digital revolution that is sweeping across the globe and that has been accelerated by the pandemic.

Digitalisation has certainly brought new products and features to the shipping market with lines taking advantage of technological developments to provide upgraded and innovative services to their customers, such as the guaranteed options for delivery at a higher price, and to improve their...

https://container-news.com/wire-services-light-up-supply-chain-transition/

Maritime digital development is making steady progress

Maritime is catching other industries up in the race to digitalise business according to essDOCS CEO Alexander Goulandris, who was speaking at the Timber & Technology conference on 8 April.

Goulandris told the audience that just 0.1% of bills of lading were digitalised, while digital certificates of origin were less than 30% of the total and phytosanitary certificates comprised less than 10% of the total number of certificates issued according to figures from the Digital Container Shipping...

https://container-news.com/maritime-digital-development-is-making-steady-progress/

Five Malaysian ports to digitalise operations with Ramco Systems

MMC Corporation Berhad (MMC) has embarked on a major digital transformation of five ports, in partnership with global software solutions leader, Ramco Systems.

The digital transformation will consolidate and standardise processes of MMC’s ports, which include Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas (PTP), Johor Port Berhad, Northport (Malaysia), Penang Port and Tanjung Bruas Port.

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Digitalisation: An arrow in shipping’s quiver or hackers’ ace in the hole?

Digitalisation in the maritime sector remains a double-edged sword, because while technology and digital tools support the supply chain significantly, these same tools have opened new vulnerabilities.

Competition in the digital arena is the reflex response from the shipping sector designed to compete at every level. The industry, however, must relearn its reactions to develop a collaborative mind-set when developing cyber systems, particularly where cybersecurity is concerned.

Increased...

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