News / Task Force drives towards global standards for supply chain visibility

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The increasing data link-up between shippers and ports was in evidence last week when an Alibaba-led group, developing common standards for supply chain visibility, on the eve of its first anniversary released Enabling Logistics Visibility by Interconnecting Logistics Information Service Systems in a Standardised Way.

Meanwhile, North American operator Global Container Terminals (GCT) announced it had joined blockchain consortium Tradelens.

The Logistics Visibility Task Force was set up by Chinese e-commerce giant Alibabawith its in-house logistics operator Cainiao Network, China’s National Logistics Information ...