Envision

April 24, 2022

Low Touch High Impact technology solution for Ports and Terminals

During the time of COVID, the pandemic world realizes the importance of Marine Logistics which kept global supply chains running.  All major ports and terminals across the world are pushed to operate and run differently with the least face-to-face human interactions. That is when the Ports and terminals started adopting touchless transactions with digitalization. The role of a port or terminalis to facilitate the operations between multiple stakeholders for the import and export of goods. This comes with a lot of complexity in exchanging information among the stakeholders for effective operations. In fact, every internal operation within a port will have a significant impact on external stakeholders

A Port Operation consists of multiple stakeholders with a large land bank in possession of the trade of cargo (Bulk, Break Bulk, Liquid, RO-RO & Containers) for export and import.

The volume of the cargo needs to meet the statutory compliance of the sovereign state. To transact the volume of the cargo a large pool of external stakeholders like Agents, Shippers, Shipping lines, and other Trade Members need to effectively communicate by posting the documents in a repository.

To facilitate a timely turnaround an electronic repository is a handy tool that can enable multiple stakeholders from different geography. By posting and uploading the documents through an electronic media to a centralized system. Port Community System, which is a unique platform that can bring the port or terminal and external stakeholders to log in and update the documentation for vessel movement, marine operations, cargo movements, live load and discharge status of operations, Container tracking, and real-time status of dispatch to the end customer location.

Port Community System (PCS) further extends the facility to external stakeholders to have a reconciliation of the trade, financial transaction, and vehicle booking for logistics dispatch.

Some of the key requirements for a good Port Community System are:

·       Easy to configure and scalable

·       Integration to multi surveys national-level portals

·       Quick and seamless supply chain management

·       Single window system for all communication between the port and external stakeholders

·       Better transparent planning and Optimal reuse of information

·       Deployable on-premises or any cloud

·       Should support multi-language, multi-port configurations

A good Port Community System shall not only reduce to human touch by facilitating the online transactions, but it will also significantly improve the customer satisfaction with ease of doing business.

Some of the key benefits are:

·       Reduce turnaround times by bringing efficiencies.

·       Saving human effort and reducing personal visits.

·       Right information at the right time.

·       Digital operations for sustainable goals.

Envision’s Port Community system/Customer Portal built on cutting-edge technology can be deployed in a shorter time, cost-effective budget, and seamless integration with all subsystems. One of the few solutions available in the market with scalable, microservices-based architecture to pick and choose the services required to digitally enable the ports and terminals for seamless data flow between stakeholders.

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