The digital revolution has changed the way the world does business. 在过去的一年里,随着所有行业都在努力应对COVID-19的挑战,这种变化比以往任何时候都更加明显和迅速. Container shipping is no exception to the digital revolution, 但并非所有参与者都能平等地感受到这种变化的速度和好处.
On the one hand, carriers, 港口和码头正在大量利用技术来加快运营速度,提高效率. 普通的现代集装箱船包含数千个传感器,整个港口都可以远程操作. 与此同时,客户体验的好处并没有以同样的速度加速. At 永利皇宫app下载注册, we believe standards can bridge that divide, 启用互操作性将为航运服务提供商及其客户带来切实的好处.
The right to roam
For proof of this theory, 我们只需要看看一些数字化程度更高的行业,比如银行和电信. 我们这些年龄足够大的人还记得在21世纪初在欧洲和美国或日本之间旅行时,由于不同大陆使用的技术不同,在抵达时无法使用普通手机的挫败感. Today this seems like ancient history. 全球网络标准使得三频和四频手机的诞生成为可能,这意味着除了费用之外,大多数消费者在使用国际漫游时不再需要面对任何障碍!同样在银行业,国际银行账号(IBAN)的引入由 SWIFT has revolutionised the consumer’s experience of managing their money. 这一国际公认的跨国界识别银行账户的系统减少了出错的风险,并使交易实现了自动化. Without IBAN it would be hard to imagine internet or mobile banking. 金融互操作性也使高街上的消费者获得了更好的体验. 你最后一次在决定购物前在商店橱窗查看VISA或万事达卡标志是什么时候(如果有的话)? These days the consumer does not have to worry about who is processing their payment, 由于国际公认的金融数字标准所带来的互操作性,几乎所有信用卡都可以在每家商店接受.
How 永利皇宫app下载注册 can help bridge shipping’s digital divide
集装箱运输要达到与这些行业类似的消费者体验水平,还有很长的路要走. At 永利皇宫app下载注册 we firmly believe such advances are a matter of “when” not “if”, and that the benefits will be obvious to all. 有一天,托运人将能够在一次交易中为其货物预订多种运输方式的端到端旅程,并获得即时确认. 他们还将能够实时跟踪货物的进度,并主动通知延迟或时间表更改. It’ll be as normal as booking a trip with connecting flights, a hotel and an airport transfer from a single mobile app; or tracking the delivery of an online purchase from warehouse to your front door.So how do we get there? As we’ve seen in the banking and telecoms examples, 答案是开发能够实现这种互操作性的数字标准,并确保它们被广泛采用. And that’s where 永利皇宫app下载注册 comes in.
Top priorities for our members
Since our foundation in 2019 we’ve been working on two parallel tracks. Firstly, 我们正在促进对行业内部重要话题的讨论,如网络安全或及时的港口停靠. Secondly, 我们还在寻找标准化的方式,让服务提供商及时向客户公开相关数据, accurate and actionable. 从整体上考虑这两个方面对于确保我们制定的标准对供应链中的所有各方都有效至关重要.永利皇宫app下载注册成员航空公司的首要任务之一是建立支持国际贸易数字化的标准, in other words digital documentation processes. 这就是为什么我们投入了大量的工作来定义电子提单的标准, the electronic letter of credit and electronic certificates. 这是一个有着巨大潜力的话题,尽管改变不会在一夜之间实现. It’s a multi-year journey with a very wide range of stakeholders. 但我们对同意在这个过程中合作的各种个人和团体感到非常高兴, from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) to many banks and insurers.
Top priorities for shippers
与此同时,美国西海岸港口持续的拥堵也清楚地说明了为什么“及时”, accurate and actionable” data is so badly needed. Many shippers have been left with little or no insight into the conditions of their cargo, as post-COVID backlogs continue to cause delays.永利皇宫app下载注册正在制定两个关键标准,这将有助于提高托运人未来的可见性. 从长远来看,最有前途的是智能容器的工业物联网标准. However, 实现这一标准将需要大量的投资和采用,因此可能会随着时间的推移而增长.In the short term, 永利皇宫app下载注册’s Track and Trace (T&T) standard is much more easily applied and is already making a difference. T&T使行业客户能够使用一个API与多个运营商交换数据,而不是现在的定制解决方案集合. We recently reached a significant T&T milestone with the majority of our member carriers now adopting the T&T standard 并且已经或即将向客户提供对基于标准的API的访问.There is still much for 永利皇宫app下载注册 and its collaborators to do, but the prospects are good. We expect more carriers to adopt the T&在接下来的几个月里,我们将继续开发我们的网络安全和电子文档计划. If we are to succeed in bridging that digital divide, it will take all parts of the industry to get involved and stay the course. 如果我们愿意共同努力,电信和银行业所享有的那种创新和互操作性也可以是我们的.
Digitalise the container shipping industry
At 永利皇宫app下载注册, 我们设想一个数字互联的集装箱航运业,客户可以选择无缝, 易于使用的服务,提供灵活性以满足其业务和可持续性目标.