Technical Papers - Global Issues
Free Ports in Post-Brexit Britain
An exclusive paper from Aaron Nelson of top 100 UK law firm Bircham Dyson Bell focusing on the potential of free ports in post-Brexit Britain
#SPSC18 e-Book #3 Reconceptualizing The Port
The Reconceptualizing The Port e-Book features content from some of the top names in the port and terminal industry.
How Intelligent Data Systems Change the Way Companies Work
In 2016, Künz started designing the new Künz Informaton System (KIS), which is based on the Senseforce Software.
Review of INFORM’s Futuristic Smart Port Novella
INFORM's '2038: A Smart Port Story' by Dr. Eva Savelsberg and Matthew Wittemeier follows the events that unfold when 'Douglas', an upper-mid-level INTERPOL employee, is interrupted on his holiday in the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa of Iceland by a serious incident in the Port of Reykjavik.
Synchronization for Port Effectiveness
While recent political events including a potential Trade War prompted by the US President have focussed attention on customs and tariffs, a report to the World Economic Forum concluded that, ‘there are far more significant
impediments to trade than tariffs’.
Transhipment and Feedering: Trades and Operators, Ships and Hubs
Over the last ten years, indispensable feedering has kept true to the adage that the capability of a port decides the size of the feeder ship.
Working as One: Data Sharing
Kober presents an excellent argument for why greater visibility outweighs data sharing concerns, backing up his points with information gathered from port and terminal industry executives.
What Blockchain Has in Store for Logistics
BiTA, a forum for the development of blockchain standards, reveals the potential that the digital ledger has to revolutionize the logistics industry.
Port Community Connectivity: Platforms and Landside
Collins has crafted a superb follow-up to his first paper by identifying why the coordinated discourse between market players and policymakers is crucial in the next wave of digital development in the container logistics supply chain.
The Turning Point for Smart Ports
This paper examines the strategic values required by ports that aim to embrace and transition to emerging and existing digital tools in order to remain a vital node in the world of global commerce.
Digital Freight Forwarding
Freight forwarding is a 150 billion-dollar industry, with more than 100 million containers being moved globally. It is one of the markets that still suffers from analog processes and is already subject to disruption towards digital technologies.
#SPSC18 Conference e-Book #1 Supply Chains
Wolfgang Lehmacher, World Economic Forum; Dr. Oscar Pernia Fernandez, Navis and XVELA; Chris Collins; Rashid Abdulla, DP World; Niels Kristiansen, Anders Olivarius, Thor Thorup, Portchain
#SPSC18 Conference e-Book #2 Blockchain
Blockchain in Supply Chains follows the supply chain eBook Path to Intelligence, but more of these digital publications, which feature many of the top #SPSC18 speakers, are yet to come
The Next Generation: The Vision of PSA
In this paper, terminal operating giant PSA explain their future vision and how they intend to train staff to be prepared for a digital future of trade
Virtual Queuing: A Game-Changer for DP World Antwerp
This paper follows Alex Bäcker's highly well-received session at the PTI CTAC Conference 2018 in which he partnered with Marc Laureys of DP World Antwerp and articulated how they slashed truck queuing times at the terminal
