News / Global JIT port call system that could cut berthing delays a step closer

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By Gavin van Marle

20/10/2020

Hundreds of days a year of wasted shipping time caused by berthing delays could be eliminated with a new universal just-in-time (JIT) port call system.

Shipping’s digital standards body, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), today published standard data definitions for the port call process, the first step in its JIT Port Call programme.

The project is focused on helping the industry digitise the information flow that happens during a vessel call at a port.

“By moving container shipping towards a JIT port ...

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Digital Container Shipping Association Just-in-Time port calls Semantic interoperability Technical interoperability

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