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exploiting shipboard transhipment tours, every year
In the process, what is now known as a tranship- ment manifest has been introduced. With this, the thousands of containers can be taken off the road sys-
feeder carrier signalizes via EDI interface or the IMP tem. Every container that we move shipboard means
cutting down on C02.”
application that they wish to carry out a tranship- ment by feedership. This triggers an automatic change of custodian instead of an export
To get the new service off the ground, firstly it was es-
sential to create a digital Customs handling procedure.
process. With
The necessary pre-financing was provided by DIHLA.
the manifest,
the starting ter-
Geisler explains their motivation: “Using the digital infra-
Franz Schwanke,
structure, the way is clear to relieve the road infrastruc-
minal is also in-
DAKOSY Project
ture in the port and, taking available ship capacity into
formed of the
Manager
planned tran-
account, to be environment-friendlier and provide
trend-setting means of transport.”
shipment and
thereafter provided with status reports.
This means that the terminal can steer its internal The digital basis is the Port Community System operat-
ed by DAKOSY, into which the new model has been in-
processes optimally.
tegrated. DAKOSY’s project manager Franz Schwanke
explains the application: “Normally, an export Customs
Sönke Witt, head of HHLA’s business customer com- munication, has cooperated in the project on the ter- handling process must be completed as soon as a con-
minal operator side. He confirms: “By taking the op- tainer is loaded on a feedership. Together with the com-
mercialpartners,andinagreementwithGermanCus-
portunity to have terminal transhipments by feedership from now on, a pooling of volume for ship toms, we have now created an integration function on
calls will be achieved. This will bring relief for the the import platform IMP and the export platform EMP
ensuring that the transhipment tours conform transpar-
whole port system, benefitting our customers, our terminals and infrastructure.” ■ DAKOSY/red ently to Customs regulations.”
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