PORT CLUSTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS A FOUNDATION

FOR PORT COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE

Saa Aksentijevi
1
, Edvard Tijan
2

1
Aksentijevi Forensics and Consulting, Ltd.
Gornji Sroki 125a, Vikovo, Croatia
Tel: +385 51 65 17 00 Fax: +385 51 65 17 81 E-mail: axy@vip.hr
2
University of Rijeka, Faculty of Maritime Studies
Studentska 2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia
Tel: +385 51 33 84 11 Fax: +385 51 33 67 55 E-mail: etijan@pfri.hr


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STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Various stakeholders (container terminals, customs control, police, port authorities,
port agents etc.) utilize different ICT systems that should be thoroughly analyzed
before integration into integral business information systems of the port clusters (PCS
Port Community Systems).

In order to fully understand complexity of the different systems, it is important to
outline and study them.
PURPOSE OF PORT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Increase of speed of cargo loading and unloading
Adjustment of duration of physical and administrative operations
Provision of information systems support to stakeholders
Creation of relations toward external databases
Management of the information flow by enabling connections
between stakeholders
Cash flow optimization

ICT SYSTEMS OF CONTAINER TERMINALS
Enhancement of the container transport inside terminals is achieved by:

Introduction of the communication network inside terminals with a
complete centralized database.
Correct evaluation of duration of cargo transport and loading-offloading
operations.
Development of the automatic operations management (driverless
vehicles, cranes without operators).
Inclusion of the system buffers
ICT SYSTEMS OF CONTAINER TERMINALS
Container management system that is well envisaged and has proper architecture can
increase terminal efficiency, with the main benefits being:

Faster container offloading and loading with increase of productivity,
Better container storage oversight,
Higher percentage of correct data and valid information.

ICT SYSTEMS OF CONTAINER TERMINALS
ICT systems typically used in container terminals are the following:

Gate System, used to control and identify containers, perform X-ray and detect trucks,
Corporate System, used for business functions, analyze human resource deployment,
create accounting and financial reports for the management,
Engineering System, used for implementation of technological innovations on transport
utilities and malfunction diagnostics,
Anciliary System, used for management of empty areas and container repair,
OCR Handling System, the system used for container tracking based on optical
recognition and tag reding,
Equipment Control System, follows up the equipment, current position of the cranes,
controls RFID readers,
Equipment PLC/SCADA System, used to track and control cranes and AGV (automatic
guided vehicles), [7]
Information Technologies Analysis and Design System, top-level system that manages
all other elements of the hardware and software, and
Community System that connects all stakeholders in the port claster by exchanging
information and electronic messages.

ICT SYSTEMS OF THE CUSTOMS CONTROL
Three systems developed to ensure compatibility with EU information
systems under Phare 2005. project:

TARIC (acronym for French TARif Intgr de la Communaut) is a
database of all customs fees related to imports, exports and applicable
tariffs dependent on the tariff code of the goods
NCTS (eng. New Computerized Transit System), necessary for insurance
of transit goods, and
EMCS (eng. Excise Movement Control System), required for efficient
control of goods subjected to excises (alcohol, cigarettes, fuels and
electric energy).



ICT SYSTEMS OF THE BORDER AND MARINE POLICE
NBMIS (eng. National Border Management Information System)
ANPR (eng. Automatic Number Plate Recognition)
SIS and SIS II (eng. Schengen Information system) - a database of European
countries that stores information about people and goods
S.I.Re.N.E. office (Supplementary Information Requested at the National
Entries)



ICT SYSTEMS OF THE MINISTRY OF MARITIME AFFAIRS, TRANSPORT
AND INFRASTRUCTURE
VTS (eng. Vessel Traffic Service), established in order to enhance traffic safety and
efficiency and protect sea environment
VTMIS (Vessel Traffic Management and Information Service), 2008.
AIS (Automatic Identification System) based on SOLAS convention


ICT SYSTEMS OF THE PORT AGENTS
Agent information system consists of several modules or databases:
- Docking database
- Cargo database
- Database of advances
- Database of ships
- Code database
- Event database
- Database of costs
- Business partner database


PORT AUTHORITY ICT SYSTEMS
VTS
VTMIS
ECDIS (electronic charts)
CCTV
Physical access control systems (ID cards)
PMIS (Port Management Information Systems)
INTEGRAL BUSINESS INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN PORT CLUSTERS
Four distinctive phases of introduction of ICT and business information systems in port
communities.

Croatian ports are in transition between the first and second phase.

Reasons:
- lowered investments in sea ports during 1980s, while other ports were heavily investing in
port infrastructure and technology development
- war in 1990s and loss of market share
- new PCS projects funded by EU and World Bank
PORT CLUSTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AS A FOUNDATION
FOR PORT COMMUNITY SYSTEMS ARCHITECTURE
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE!

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