Industry collaborates on digitalisation voyage

摘要

Ocean carriers are working together to produce blockchain-driven data exchange facilities and to create standards and guidance for digitalisation in container shipping. In February this year, shipping lines CMA CGM, COSCO Shipping, Hapag-Lloyd and OOCL agreed to collaborate with port operators on a data exchange platform for all shareholders in the network. Terminal operators COSCO Ports, Hutchison Ports, Port of Qingdao, PSA International and Shanghai International Port Group also joined the Global Shipping Business Network (GSBN), which will develop the platform. CargoSmart will be the technology solutions provider and platform operator on behalf of GSBN. This platform will streamline data sharing along the supply chain, once GSBN secures regulatory approvals to form the network. Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is creating standards and written guidance for digitalisation in this sector. In September 2019, DCSA published the first of its standards documents DCSA Industry Blueprint 1.0.