Members of the IAPH Data Collaboration Committee met online on 28 November for the final committee meeting of the year. Led by committee chairman Pascal Ollivier (Maritime Street) and vice-chairman Gadi Benmoshe (Marinnovators), the discussion focused on three topics: cybersecurity, port call optimisation and supply chain resilience. Filipe Beato and Luna Rohland of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Center for Cybersecurity joined the meeting to share takeaways from a port CEO roundtable held during the World Ports Conference in Hamburg, which addressed the prevention of digital shocks and the safeguarding of strained supply chains. Felipe and Luna also introduced the new WEF white paper Unpacking Cyber Resilience. Members were further briefed on progress with the new IAPH cyber guidelines, which focus on emerging technologies in the maritime supply chain. Phanthian Zuesongdham (Hamburg Port Authority) introduced the report Port Call Optimization Through Data Quality, a first output of the Supply Chain Resilience Task Force, which is led by IAPH in collaboration with chainPORT, the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), the Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0), and the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA). Sponsored by Hamburg Port Authority, this report brings essential findings and key insights from various in-depth interviews with port authorities and maritime stakeholders on how they implemented Just-in-Time Arrival best practices. The results are summarised in an implementation checklist, which focuses on enhancing data quality in the context of Port Call Optimization. IAPH will present the report at the next IMO Facilitation Committee (FAL 49) on 12 March next year. FIATA, the global freight forwarders’ association, has recently agreed to join the Supply Chain Resilience Task Force. FIATA director-general Stéphane Graber attended the committee meeting and presented the organization’s digitalization agenda and opportunities for collaboration with IAPH. The involvement of FIATA is essential for the development of the task force’s second deliverable, a project to standardise the process to access operational planning data in logistics hubs. Project coordinator Paul Walter (Port of Rotterdam) gave an update on the project, which is developed under the umbrella of UN/CEFACT, the UN body which is the focal point for trade facilitation recommendations and electronic business standards. Members who are interested in making an active commitment to contribute to the various working groups and projects of the Data Collaboration Committee are invited to contact IAPH director (technical committees) Takeshi Suzuki
