COA provides new standard
The container owners association (COA), which represents the common interests of owners of freight containers, has announced that its telematics/track trace work group will provide an open standard to permit interoperability of telematics device data from the various solution providers in the maritime shipping sector.
The open standard, which will start with refrigerated containers, but then be expanded to cover all container types, will pave the way for all owners to have multiple choices of vendors and platforms for their container fleets when selecting telematics systems. This will reduce risk and provide a more competitive marketplace for solutions to be explored and deployed.
The first step of this open standard is at the application layer, but the COA work group has also drawn up a roadmap to be expanded right down to the device level in terms of specification. The open standard is scheduled to be published in October 2019. (kd)
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