Port Community System

Port of LA leader calls for industrywide digital transformation (with video)

With his workplace, the Port of Los Angeles, providing the backdrop, Gene Seroka kicked off American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit Wednesday by calling for “bold steps in the digital transformation of the maritime industry.”

“Today’s challenges have introduced widespread uncertainty, created erratic trade flow and further spotlighted the need to reassess strategies. Indeed we are in the midst of challenging times. This pandemic has wreaked havoc on economies around the globe,” said Seroka,...

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Port of LA gives The Signal to cargo stakeholders

The Port of Los Angeles announced it is sharing Wabtec’s Port Optimizer data so all supply chain stakeholders can better plan for incoming cargo.

“We’re giving all of our partners — railroads, chassis providers, truckers, warehouse operators and others in the supply chain — a three-week look at cargo coming into Los Angeles,” said Port of LA Executive Director Gene Seroka. “This planning tool will help make our partners more nimble and efficient, especially during volume surges like we are...

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Port of Los Angeles needs to refocus as lost trade war volumes ‘won’t return’

The port of Los Angeles will suffer “permanent” volume losses from the trade war with China, says its executive director, Gene Seroka.
The ex-APL shipping veteran slammed the tariffs on Chinese imports and warned that the western hemisphere’s largest container port would need to reinvent itself.
“We’ve had two bad shocks to the supply chain,” Mr Seroka said during a MarineTraffic webinar on Tuesday.
“The first, the ill-advised tariff policies of our administration …

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Online port community system a ‘game-changer’ for India’s shipping industry

India’s new port community system is a “game-changer” for shipping operations, and is set to help reduce the high logistics costs in the country.
Known as PCS1x, the platform will improve India’s ease of doing business and cut container dwell times, according to Manish Mrigank, assistant director at the ministry of shipping’s Indian Ports Association (IPA).
“PCS1x will be transformational for the port ecosystem,” he told The Loadstar.
“The main objective is to …

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Port of Buenos Aires seeks logistics innovations

Representing the Ministry of Transportation, the General Administration of Ports SE – Puerto Buenos Aires participated in various meetings with the Ministry of Production, Modernization, Customs Argentina, Argentine Naval Prefecture (PNA) to work on the implementation of the new Port Community System with a view to at 2019.

During the past week, the Port of Buenos Aires convened various public and private organizations that have an influence on the port logistics process in order to boost the...

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