Good communications are critical for developing just-in-time ship calls at ports, giving both the lines and port facilities predictability as ships arrive. To achieve this predictability the industry and academic authors of this paper claim that a new business logic is needed.
In recent years strong emphasis has been placed on port call optimisation to facilitate just-in-time shipping. Diverse initiatives to standardise processes and communications conducted within the port, with visiting ships, and with previous and next ports.
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