Data sharing is necessary to enable the successful implementation of ‘Just-In-Time’ (JIT) operations. These cut the time ships spend idling outside ports and help reduce emissions as well as save on fuel costs.
Namely, participants at a roundtable meeting of IMO’s Global Industry Alliance to Support Low Carbon Shipping (GIA) at IMO Headquarters, in London, from 1 to 2 May, agreed that increased transparency of information through data sharing was vital. However, this must be achieved through standardized functional and data definitions.
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The participants agreed that more frequent exchange of information would lead to better predictability of when a berth is available. They also identified the necessity for a global, neutral, not-for profit data sharing platform, to facilitate frequent updates from terminals and ship service providers on completion times.
What is more, the roundtable also concluded on the possible benefits of regulating data sharing, while providing incentives data quality.
The roundtable meeting aims to identify and discuss the operational, contractual and regulatory barriers, as well as potential solutions, to the uptake of Just-In-Time operations.
Operational measures can help to substantially cut greenhouse gas emissions from ships. In 2018, IMO adopted an initial IMO strategy on reduction of GHG emissions from ships, setting out a vision which confirms IMO’s commitment to reducing GHG emissions from international shipping and to phasing them out as soon as possible
IMO stated.
GIA is a public-private partnership initiative of the IMO, under the framework of the GEF-UNDP-IMO Global Maritime Energy Efficiency Partnerships (GloMEEP) Project, whose goal is to gather maritime industry leaders to support an energy efficient and low carbon maritime transport system.
The roundtable was attended by over 30 GIA and non-GIA members, including shipping companies, ship agents, ship brokers, ports, terminals, bunker providers, nautical service provider, maritime organizations, maritime law firms.
