Digital Series

Ports are at the heart of supply chain digitalisation

Ports and terminals are at the centre of the digitalisation process in the container shipping industry, as one of the integral parts of the supply chain. The improvements on their operational efficiency, the increase in their security and safety and the enhancement of the connection between their digital tools with shipping lines’ technology systems have been at the forefront in the digital transition of the industry.

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Call for new ‘Marshall Plan’ for Port Digitalisation

Emerging and developing nations need to accelerate trade digitalisation. Pre-empting the second story in the Digital Series, to be published on Monday, Pascal Ollivier, founder and president, Maritime Street outlines five reasons port community systems matter more than ever.

In recent times, attention and money have naturally gravitated to the growing wave of disruptive start-ups and scale-ups, online marketplaces, mobile apps, AI/ML, analytics, blockchain, IoT and other emerging digital...

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Two thirds of ports have not implemented FAL Convention

A survey by the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) on the application of the Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic (the FAL Convention), shows that two thirds of the respondents, mainly from wealthier nations, had still not implemented the electronic data exchange requirements 18 months after its implementation.

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