Computerization of maritime ports, e-commerce platforms and logistics communities

In the past few years there has been a clear trend of attaching increasing importance to "inforstructures", or the capacity of ports to process the information that accompanies foreign trade flows, so that the processing becomes a facilitating factor for trade, rather than an obstacle.This led to development of the concept of a port community system, which is a computerized system that interconnects all the members of a logistics community, making the exchange of documentation as effective as possible, reducing the volume of data to be re-entered in different systems and ultimately improving the whole process of monitoring an operation until its completion. Computerization of communications between all the actors at the ports facilitates integration of the community, while it also assists interaction between ports, thus forming logistics corridors.

Informatización de puertos marítimos, plataforma de e-commerce y comunidades logísticas

Corrección: Por error en la presente edición, faltó incluir el siguiente párrafo:"Este proyecto ha contado desde su inicio con la colaboración de la Autoridad Portuaria de Barcelona, en el marco de un Acuerdo de Cooperación Tecnológica entre el Puerto de Buenos Aires y la A.P.B, quien ya cuenta con una Plataforma y un grupo de trabajo, Forum Telemático (www.apb.es). Esta experiencia de la A.P.B fue recogida en el Puerto de Buenos Aires, constituyéndose un equipo de trabajo mixto con especialistas de Buenos Aires y Barcelona, para trabajar en forma conjunta con el aporte y el apoyo del Grupo COLOBA, más todo el resto de la comunidad portuaria. Se desarrolló el Plan Maestro para la Plataforma de e-Commerce del Puerto de Buenos Aires. El mismo presenta un enfoque metodológico integrado para la implementación de una plataforma que brinde este tipo de servicios en Buenos Aires. El esfuerzo conjunto y mancomunado de todos los participantes del proyecto permitió la finalización del Plan Maestro en el período previsto, alcanzando un pleno éxito en el logro de los objetivos planteados.

Training Seminar on Community Participation Methodology (I), Port-of-Spain, 29 March 1984

Includes bibliography

Intelligent transport systems in Latin American sea port logistics

This issue of the FAL bulletin analyses the role of intelligent transport systems (ITS) in sea port logistics in Latin America.

Trade between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Central American Common Market (CACM) countries: the role to play for ports and shipping services

Includes bibliography

Port privatization, labour reform and social equity

Includes bibliography

Maritime and port security in South America: implementation costs

This edition of the Bulletin is based on a document prepared by ECLAC and the Technical Coordination Committee of the presidential initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America (IIRSA), which is composed of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Andean Development Corporation (ADC) and the Financial Fund for the Development of the River Plate Basin (FONPLATA). The document was prepared as a joint activity on maritime and port security in South America in the context of the IIRSA sectoral integration process in relation to operational systems for maritime transport. It served as an input for the meeting on that subject held by representatives of the authorities of the South American countries in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 22 June 2004.This edition presents the results of the implementation cost assessment for the new compulsory regulations for maritime and port security of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and also considers the costs of the voluntary measures.

Electronic data interchange in port management: the experience of the port of Barcelona

Every port is unique. Although all ports exist for the same basic purpose (to act as an interface in the transfer from one mode of transport to another), no two are ever organized in the same way.Ports may be classified according to: Physical conditions: location (geographical position, man-made or natural harbour, estuary location, difficult weather conditions, tides, etc.) and size (large, small or medium-sized). Use: commercial (general cargo, bulk solids, bulk liquids, oil, break bulk, mixed), passenger, sport and leisure, fishing, mixed, etc. Ownership: private, municipal, regional or State-owned. The Port Authority's role in management of the port: Overall control, i.e. the Port Authority plans, sets up and operates the whole range of services. Facilitator, i.e. the Port Authority plans and sets up the infrastructure and the superstructure, but services are provided by private companies. Landlord, i.e. the Port Authority allows private companies to be responsible for the superstructure and provide port services. Different combinations of port types will therefore give rise to different kinds of organization and different information flows, which means that the associated information systems may differ significantly from port to port. Since this paper relates to the port of Barcelona, with its own specific characteristics, the contents may not always be applicable to other ports.

Technologies applied to the transport sector: electronic fare collection systems

Electronic transactions are becoming increasingly commonplace in the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, despite the collapse of many dotcom firms and the failure of e-commerce to make inroads in the region. In the transport sphere, the gradual incorporation of technology in support of processes and the exchange of money flows between players has brought greater versatility, security and flexibility. In public transport, such initiatives take the form of automatic ticket machines and prepaid card dispensing machines. In urban transit, electronic purses used for the supervision and payment of parking time, and in road pricing, electronic toll systems streamline the process of collecting money; this is especially the case with motorways and urban concessions. And in shipping, electronic transfers are increasingly being used for the payment of customs dues and port charges.In view of the importance of the topic and the interest expressed in it, the Transport Unit has begun a study of these issues, and recently published a paper entitled Sistemas de cobro electrónico de pasajes en el transporte público, ("Electronic systems for payment of tickets in public transport") LC/L.1752-P/E, July 2002, on which this issue of the Bulletin is based.

Public policies for equality: Towards universal social protection systems

Incluye bibliografía.