Digital Seaport Solutions for maritime trade
Fundación Valenciaport, Infoport Valencia and Híades Consulting have jointly launched Seaport (Ship Efficient Approach at Port) Solutions.
Its aim is to improve the efficiency of ship calls in ports through shared digital information. Seaport Solutions' offers the solution Paula (Platform for AUtomatically LinKing Agents), which is the result of R&D projects with the three companies involved.
It will facilitate data exchange, by means of the international standard IALA-S211, among all the agents that participate in the processes of port calls.
So far, pilot tests of this new concept showed that only 40% to 65% of the time spent in port, depending on the type of ship, is dedicated to loading and unloading operations, confirming the potential margin for improvement of these processes. (mw)