Digitalizing the Port Call Process

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

• Publisher: United Nations Publications
• Year: 2020
• ISBN:
  9789210049337
• Topic: Economia
• Subtopic: Economia dello sviluppo

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

Table of contents

• Table of contents
• Preface
• Acronyms
• 1. Introduction
• 2. The complexity of port call operations
• 3. Digital business and business ecosystems
• 4. Different types of trade build upon different business logics
• 5. The ports of the world
• 6. Roles are likely to change and evolve under digitalization
• 7. The role of maritime authorities in collaborative data sharing
• 8. Maritime governance structures and the role of associations
• 9. Digital solutions of today and tomorrow
• 10. PortCDM
• 11. The importance of international standards
• 12. Connected maritime operations - a must for an efficient global transport chain
• 13. Conclusions and way forward
• References