In order for the container terminal industry to prepare for the 4th industrial revolution and improve digitalization, an open group of 15 global private container terminal operators and some port equipment manufacturers has met in Brussels on 30th May 2018 to discuss the current challenges that the cargo handling industry faces.
The group acknowledged that current changes in the logistics chain need a closer technical interaction between terminals and manufacturers that will advance the development of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence and technological innovations.
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TIC 4.0 (Terminal Industry Committee 4.0) will describe definitions about concepts and technical terminology relevant to the container handling industry. This will enable comparison between technical specifications for equipment, establish objective measures of performance of equipment and set a milestone to use these standards in order to achieve further efficiencies.
TIC 4.0 will include sub groups initially dealing with safety, performance of equipment, telemetric, energy, environment and procurement related definitions, in order to establish standards definitions.
As the Port Equipment Manufactures Association said:
Both private terminal operators, members of FEPORT and port equipment manufacturers believe that proactivity is key in order to better deliver technical solutions that will warrant continuous innovation to the benefit of the overall container terminal industry, and ultimately to final consumers, under safe, sustainable and efficient conditions.
