Author : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Publisher : United Nations
ISBN 13 : 9210049330
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (1 download)
Book Synopsis Digitalizing the Port Call Process by : United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
Download or read book Digitalizing the Port Call Process written by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and published by United Nations. This book was released on 2020-05-20 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document identifies the principal tensions and opportunities arising that are impacting the inevitable and ongoing digitalization process that is underway in the maritime sector, particularly through the authors experience in the development and subsequent validation of the Port Collaborative Decision Making (PortCDM) concept. The document also identifies the trends of development at large and those associated with the many stakeholders that are involved in global maritime operations. The digital trends emerging in shipping companies, ports with its actors, authorities and associations, and movements that are being made by diverse digital solution providers, within and outside the maritime domain are also identified. The discussion is taken from the point of view of shipping as a global phenomenon enabled by ship movements creating a global network of sea transport facilitated by ports. In this global transport network, the ports are playing a key role by being nodes in the global transport system. During the last decade, various efforts have been made to enhance the coordination