4th INTEGRITY Newsletter

                                                       June 2010




Project Newsletter


Content:                 The Project INTEGRITY


                News
                         INTEGRITY integrates vessel
                         tracking and Container Security
                         Devices
                         China Customs met INTEGRITY in
                         Beijing
                         INTEGRITY and SmartCM – 2nd meeting
                         of the “Joint Advisory Board” (JAB) in
                         London
                         INTEGRITY delegation visited Chinese
                         tradelane partners
                         INTEGRITY negotiates with Chinese
                         CSD providers
                         Project management meeting in Den
                         Haag
                         3rd European Conference on ICT for
                         Transport Logistics (ECITL’10)

               Events
      Project Partners
Project Newsletter, June 2010




The Project INTEGRITY

  INTEGRITY – Intermodal Global Door-to-door Container Supply
  Chain Visibility

  The INTEGRITY-project is funded by the 7th Framework
  Programme for Research & Development and liaises with
  several EU Directorates. INTEGRITY aims at significant
  improvements of the reliability and predictability of global
  door-to-door container transports by optimizing the coop-
  eration between transport industry and Customs Authori-
  ties in the China-EU trade corridor. The consolidation of
  data will significantly improve the transparency of the
  transport chain. At the same time the container security
  will be significantly improved.
  In September 2009 INTEGRITY implemented its IT platform SICIS - the Shared
  Intermodal Container Information System. SICIS tracks containers along the
  entire logistics chain and registers all data and related events which are gener-
  ated during the transport. SICIS monitors the INTEGRITY consortium members’
  containers regularly on their trip from China to Europe. By the end of the
  project the aim is to monitor several thousand containers using this platform.



News

  INTEGRITY integrates vessel tracking and Container Security De-
  vices
  Container monitoring and AIS - vessel tracking are combined with the
  latest key component - Container Security Devices

                                                             Since the beginning of this year
                                                             SICIS provides a new unique
                                                             function, which links container
                                                             monitoring data with vessel
                                                             tracking information provided by
                                                             satellites using the vessels’ AIS
                                                             signals (Automatic Identification
                                                             System).
                                                             The vessels’ positions combined
                                                             with related events like course
                                                             divergences are visualized on a
   Visualization of vessel events using standardised tools



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  world map. Buyers, sellers and lo-          “At the moment, the only movements we can
  gistics providers in the supply             guarantee accuracy on are those in SICIS. For
  chains are able to track vessels and        us SICIS is proving to be a lifeline.”
  corresponding containers to get in-         Robin Smith, Senior Manager Research, BAP
  formation about their position and          Group Ltd
  their status at all times.
  Furthermore, INTEGRITY has achieved one of its major milestones in March,
  2010. By using data from Container Security Devices (CSDs) SICIS is now able
  to monitor container movements by merging these data from CSDs and termin-
  al messages.
  The first CSD equipped container started its trip on the “MOL Prosperity” from
  the DHL Consolidation Centre in Hong Kong on March 29th. After following the
  major INTEGRITY tradelane from China to Europe the container was discharged
  at the Delta DDE Terminal of project partner ECT in Rotterdam on April 27th and
  was unloaded at the DHL Global Forwarding Ocean Freight warehouse in Rotter-
  dam.
  The starting event in SICIS was still a manual process performed by the factory
                                   where the container was stuffed. With the use
                                   of CSDs this process is also automated. By
                                   closing the container, the CSD will be acti-
                                   vated. Immediately a GPS position will be ac-
                                   quired and all details will transferred to the
                                   SICIS server. The GPS module and the GSM
                                   communication allow the reporting of waypoint
                                   events by using geo-fencing functionality and
                                   also any tampering of the container. Possible
                                   gaps during the sea leg of the voyage will be
                                   closed by integrating AIS signals of the vessel
                                   obtained via satellites.
                                         It should be noted that, although the data
                                         quality provided by CSDs cannot be achieved
                                         by other means, the INTEGRITY approach is in
                                         no way dependent on their use. Because it is
                                         considered unlikely to equip each and every
                                         container with a CSD in the near future, a
   The first CSD equipped container in   manual start process and a tracking based on
   preparation for its trip to Europe
                                         terminal data are still an option.




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                                                     Johan van Wensveen, Manager
                                                     Logistic Competence Center, DHL
                                                     Global Forwarding, and Dr. Albert
                                                     Veenstra, Erasmus University Rot-
                                                     terdam, proudly present the first
                                                     Container Security Device which
                                                     monitored a SICIS container
                                                     shipment




  “We want to become the “First Choice” for our customers, employees and inves-
  tors and are therefore always searching for good innovations and means to im-
  prove the service to our customers and make our processes simpler and more
  transparent.
  SICIS would enable real-time information sharing of various parties along the
  supply chain resulting in better visibility, i.e. including the container terminal at
  origin, container terminal at destination and Customs.
  We are using DHL controlled containers for this trial with CSDs and it allows us
  to perform pro-active monitoring of the supply chain. Equipping these contain-
  ers with GPS devices enables us to view the container’s current location and to
  see the security status of the container, i.e. if the doors have been opened.
  These enhancements will lead to reliability of the overall supply chain, enhanced
  security and a potential “Green Lane” by Customs in future.”


  Johan van Wensveen, Manager Logistic Competence Center, DHL Global For-
  warding




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  China Customs met INTEGRITY in Beijing

                                                                 On March 3rd,
                                                                 2010 a dele-
                                                                 gation of INTE-
                                                                 GRITY     repre-
                                                                 sentatives was
  invited for a meeting at the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)
  in Beijing.
  The high-level delegation of Chinese Customs was led by Director Hao Chongfu.
  During the meeting representatives of the INTEGRITY project illustrated the
  project approach and its current status.
  After the project presentations and exchanging information, inspiring and lively
  discussions followed. It was pointed out that GACC could be granted access to
  the neutral information system SICIS aiming at enhanced supply chain visibility
  and improved Customs clearance processes in the same way as the participat-
  ing European Customs.
  In summary, the INTEGRITY project was considered very interesting and its ap-
  proach promising.



 INTEGRITY and SmartCM – 2nd meeting of the “Joint Advisory Board”
 (JAB) in London


 On April 14th the second meet-
 ing of the “Joint Advisory Board”
 (JAB) took place in London. The
 objective of the JAB committee
 - launched together from INTE-
 GRITY and the partner project
 SmartCM - is to discuss the
 structures and developments of
 both projects in order to put
 them on a profound basis.

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