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Container ports should spearhead an “Internet of Logistics” to tackle inefficiencies in global container supply chains.

According to PSA International chief executive Tan Chong Meng, a “connected community” beyond the scope of Internet of Things (IoT) technology is needed to improve data sharing.

“Our first ’container port 4.0’ concept was very much an IoT-driven idea,” he said at the TPM Asia conference in Shenzhen last week.

“But when we started to look at connected communities, we realised IoT was not good enough, because ...