Port of Long Beach (POLB) is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to power its Supply Chain Information Highway, a new digital infrastructure project created to collect data for companies in various industries and sectors to track cargo in real time from origin to destination.
POLB’s Supply Chain Information Highway aims to maximise the visibility and efficiency of cargo handling in the port and throughout the supply chain.
The new system will make it possible for supply chain stakeholders to obtain reliable information to contribute to the planning, scheduling, and improvement of their systems.
“The Supply Chain Information Highway is transformative, with a goal of enabling users to make scheduling, planning and payment decisions prior to cargo arrival, reducing delays during each handoff on the way to customers,” said Port of Long Beach executive director, Mario Cordero.
The registered users will have free access to the data, once the solution is finalised and operational.
“The difference between our data solution and others that are used to track cargo is that we talked to industry stakeholders before we started to develop it. Our business partners told us they wanted access to a platform that securely collected, curated, and published cargo information,” commented Long Beach Harbor commission president, Steven Neal.
St. Louis-based technology company UNCOMN is also contributing to this action, by working with both the Port of Long Beach and AWS to develop the Supply Chain Information Highway software.
