On Intelligent Use of ICT in Some Maritime Business Organizations

Bauk, Sanja; Kapidani, Nexhat; Schmeink, Anke

doi:10.14254/1800-5845/2017.13-2.11

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“…These results confirm what was stated by [13] that referred to the importance of port players' collaboration to PCS performance, and by [4,14] about the importance of the integration of seaport actors and the legal framework for the future of PCS. It also confirms the importance of the mindset [39] and infrastructure regarding future PCS changes.…”

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confidence: 63%

Port Community Systems: Accelerating the Transition of Seaports toward the Physical Internet—The Portuguese Case

Caldeirinha

Nabais

Pinto

2022

JMSE

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Supply chains are complex systems that have grown in dimension and spread worldwide. In supply chains, physical and information flows have strict service quality requirements, namely transparency conditions and traceability. Seaports, connecting land and maritime transport, are special components of supply chains where multiple players interact with different perspectives, and conflicting goals may arise. Port community authorities invest in electronic platforms to foster communication and integration with the companies that interact with the seaport, guiding the digitization of the seaport business. In main European and world ports, the Port Community System (PCS) is the platform that supports the creation of a network composed of shipping agents, shippers, freight forwarders, transporters, terminals, logistics platforms, and public entities. PCS focuses on service level, partner networks, maritime services, freight services, logistical services, and advanced port services. These features have an impact on seaport operations, which affects supply chain performance. Digitization within the scope of the PCSs has fostered the development of horizontal collaboration between seaport community partners. The Physical Internet (PI) is an innovative concept that seeks new logistics solutions requiring integration and interoperability between partners in the supply chain, including maritime and land transport. This paper focuses on (i) the evolution guidelines of PCSs and (ii) on the PCS Business Factors that can drive the supply chain into a significant improvement in performance. A survey was sent to a sample of Portuguese supply chain experts regarding the causal relationship between PCS Business Factors and supply chain performance in the next 10 to 20 years. From the data collected, recent services evolving at PCS are promoting a mindset change aligned to the implementation of a Physical Internet. Establishing a Physical Internal in Portuguese seaports could take decades, but it will support the transition to a new phase of PCS, accelerating the transition from Isolated Supply Chains (I-SCs) to Open Supply Chains (O-SCs), thus improving supply chain performance.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 63%

Port Community Systems: Accelerating the Transition of Seaports toward the Physical Internet—The Portuguese Case

Caldeirinha

Nabais

Pinto

2022

JMSE

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“…Based on actual cases of assistance, an intelligent guide could be useful in aiding sailors in the preparation of a medical request. It is helpful for the remote doctor to have these details and information on hand when treating a disease or injury onboard since it will allow them to provide the best care for the patient [ 19 , 21 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Maritime Telemedicine: Design and Development of an Advanced Healthcare System Called Marine Doctor

Battineni

Chintalapudi

Amenta

2022

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Background: The availability of better healthcare services is critical for onboard seafarers. The development of expert systems can help ships with limited medical facilities, which allow the shipside doctors to properly refer symptoms to remote doctors. This allows clinicians to make a correct diagnosis from there, which leads to proper treatment. A software named Marine Doctor (M Doc) has been developed by incorporating computing technologies to address this objective. Methods: With the help of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) this application can support the provision of appropriate medical assistance to seafarers. The system was developed with Python Tkinter (frontend) and PHP (backend) languages. MySQL was used as a server database. Results: Seafarers can use M Doc to benefit from medical advice that can reduce complications due to misdiagnosis and help doctors to make better-informed decisions. By automatically collecting appropriate sequences of symptoms, doctors will be able to generate proper information for referral of patient symptoms and subsequent advice based on the data. Conclusions: Technology that supports experts on board ships in better interacting with Telemedical Maritime Assistance Services (TMAS) could define the future of medical assistance at sea.

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“…This is especially important in maritime business, bearing in mind that, stakeholders in maritime are usually conservative and not early new technology adopters. Several studies considered ICT&S rational, intelligent or smart implementation and adoption of advanced ICT&S in maritime [5][6][7][8][9][10]. On the Holtham's & Courtney's model, in this chapter, it has been examined how stakeholders in maritime assess key constructs in the model, regarding some developed and developing countries in Europe.…”

Section: Smart Adoption Of Ictands In Maritimementioning

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On Maritime Digitalization in Emerging Environments

Bauk¹

2022

Logistics Engineering

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The purpose of this chapter is to propose a conceptual framework for implementation of advance info-communication technology and systems (ICT&S) across maritime cluster in emerging environments, with emphasis on some South-East European countries and South Africa. Smart implementation and adoption of the ICT&S in shipping and port management have been considered due to the Holtham’s & Courtney\'s model (2010). Furthermore, particular attention is given to Blockchain-based Maritime Supply Chain System (BMSCS) conceptual model, which includes distributed relational database, smart contracts, and crypto-currency payment mechanism as main constructs. The document workflow management, financial processes, and device connectivity are considered as key scenarios in the blockchain model. The stakeholders, who play the role of traditional intermediaries in the goods and accompanied documents and data flows, including overall supervision of the processes between end nodes, that is, shippers and customers, are encompassed within the BMSCS scheme. Some strengthens and frailty of BMSCS are highlighted, along with the suggestions for further investigation in this field, with the aim of better understanding prospective benefits and challenges of blockchain more extensive deployment across maritime sector in the future, with emphasize on developing environments.

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On Intelligent Use of ICT in Some Maritime Business Organizations

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Port Community Systems: Accelerating the Transition of Seaports toward the Physical Internet—The Portuguese Case

Port Community Systems: Accelerating the Transition of Seaports toward the Physical Internet—The Portuguese Case

Maritime Telemedicine: Design and Development of an Advanced Healthcare System Called Marine Doctor

On Maritime Digitalization in Emerging Environments

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