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Handling a digital disconnect
| 题名： | Handling a digital disconnect |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CHRIS CHUNG |
| 摘要： | For operations managers, dealing with disruptions is a critical part of their responsibility. A situation that might start with a delayed arrival or occupied berth can further escalate until it impacts across a port's activities. This could lead to congestion ashore and various supply chain problems that have occured in many important trading hubs in recent months. Increasing traffic, the pandemic, and the general unpredictability of weather are contributing to conditions that can lead to disruptive events and are acting as catalysts prompting ports to adopt digital technologies to help mitigate their effect on operations and their bottom lines. One of those ports is Singapore - the world's second-busiest container port in terms of container throughput handled, according to the World Shipping Council, owing to its connections to around 600 ports worldwide. It is also the world's leading bunkering port. Well-connected ports such as Singapore provide nodal points in a connect- ed maritime ecosystem, making it particularly vital that they minimize disruption and ensure decongested harbors. This enables on-time arrivals and departures, reduces anchorage time and fuel waste, and increases sustainability of the whole supply chain. However, it is not just large ports that face disruption. According to Smart ports in the Pacific report, published by the Asian Development Bank in November 2020, when some of the smaller ports in the region were studied, it was found that "the implementation of digital systems to measure performance and identify bottlenecks contributes to efficient and cost-effective port operations, especially in the Pacific context." It added that natural hazards also "lead to disruption of vessel traffic and significantly impact the reliability of the logistics chain." |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Ports & harbors |
| 卷： | 67 |
| 期： | 2 |
| 页码： | 24-25 |
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