Summary of D5.1: Interim Pilot Report Bremen/Hamburg Pilot
This report summarises the work done in workpackage 5 of WISDOM, the Bremen/Hamburg Pilot. It describes the details of the implemented scenario, splitted up into three parts named ,,Operation Control", ,,Order Control" and ,,Equipment Control". The general goal is to establish communication along the land-side container transport chain. The work group ,,Operation Control" works on the data sharing between truck operator (represented by EKB) and terminal operator (represented by BLG) with support from port community systems (dbh, DAKOSY). ,,Order Control" works on data sharing between freight forwarder (represented by K&N) and/or shipping line (represented by CanMar) on the one side and truck operator (represented by EKB) on the other side, possibly with involvement of a port community system (dbh, DAKOSY). ,,Equipment Control" is focused on how a truck operator (represented by EKB) can get a better overview over his equipment (especially chassis's) using tracking & tracing techniques (supplied by OHB).
The status of the work is most advanced in ,,Operation Control": a working test implementation will be available at the end of February 1997. In ,,Order Control" the message structures have been fixed and appropriate EDIFACT formats are found, the implementation still has to be done. In ,,Equipment Control" a test phase involving 3 chassis's in a stand-alone solution has just started. The integration of all message structures into a generic data model is well under way and the combination of the three sub-groups into one system has started.
- All three work groups are moderated by HVA and ISL, implementation work is done by the parties mentioned above, assisted by LS and OHB
- Bremen/Hamburg Pilot is concentrated on road traffic, but approach covers the whole transport chain
- Added Value through integration of existing components and technology
- Contribution to further development of EDIFACT
- First steps towards a generic data model for road container transport were realised
- Approach is not limited to the pilot participants, they are only representatives
- Users are the driving force
The WISDOM pilots are used in a bottom-up approach in order to establish working examples of communication along the intermodal transport chain. The results from the pilots will be used to fill up the general framework of communication with details from real-life experience. This way both research needs for a better model of communication along intermodal transport chains and user needs for direct improvement in their everyday business are catered for. The Bremen / Hamburg pilot focuses on the road transport of containers and their delivery at a sea terminal as one example for intermodal transport.
Objectives:
- Establishing data sharing through message exchange between truck operator (EKB) and shipping line (CanMar)/forwarder (K&N), leading to improved order procedures (the in-house procedures are not an objective of WISDOM) and better quality of information (e.g. status information)
- Establishing data sharing between terminal operator (BLG) and trucker (EKB), leading to improved planning at both sides (the improvements themselves are an objective of the TAP project COREM, not WISDOM)
- Improved tracking and tracing information for the trucker (EKB), enabling indirect tracing of containers and data sharing of the tracing information with other partners.
- Development from several angles as approach in WISDOM