Port Community Systems – Overview
Neutral and Open Computer Systems that allows supply chain participants to rapidly and securely exchange information after single submission of data by the data owner (ie. Shipping Line).
It connects multiple systems operated by the various organizations. Think of it as a central point containing a list of all the key data, such as container number, voyage number, receiver address, etc, which everyone in the chain enters into, constantly updating and improving the data on that container, which all the systems in the Supply Chain then use as their main source of information