⚓SmartEDIPort

Optimising Maritime-Port Logistics with EDI Data Sharing

The maritime-port logistics chain in Smartports encounters challenges such as fragmented data sharing, duplicate information, extensive radio or email communications, and a paper-intensive administrative process. The Port of Huelva introduced SmartEDIPort to optimise the maritime-port logistics chain and improve port operations. SmartEDIPort further aims to optimise ship berthing forecasts, streamline loading and unloading operations, and predict traffic flow at container terminal gates to improve the efficiency, safety, and coordination of maritime and land operations.

SmartEDIPort employs a FIWARE-powered solution integrated with a Marketplace to facilitate smooth data exchange, using the core of iSHARE specifications for access protection and tracking. This enables the implementation of an Identity Management (IdM) system acting as an Authorization Registry, with a Decision Point (PDP) and Policy Enforcement Point (PEP) to provide security and usage analysis. The iSHARE Satellite, in coordination with the Identity Provider and Authorization Registry, ensures additional validation of whether participants sharing data within the SmartEDIPort data space are trusted organisations.

SmartEDIPort, with its new architecture built upon i4Trust standards, enables multiple companies to optimise the maritime-port logistics chain by implementing Just in Time methods ensuring that ships, cargo, and related operations are efficiently coordinated and timed to minimise delays, reduce congestion, and improve overall operational efficiency.

Learn more about the SmartEDIPort in the Impact Story.

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