AMSTERDAM, 24 September 2024 – Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) – a neutral, non-profit organisation driving standardisation and digital innovation in container shipping – has announced the release of the final version of its Commercial Schedules 1.0 standard.The final version of the standard offers Beneficial Cargo Owners, Logistics Service Providers, and Solution Platforms three types of schedules from carriers: Point-to-Point Routings, Port Schedules, and Vessel Schedules.
- Commercial Schedules – Point to Point Routing: Provides the product offering of single or multiple estimated end-to-end route options for a shipment in the pre-booking phase. This includes point-to-point specification of all transport legs, estimated timings, estimated schedules and interdependencies between transport legs.
- Commercial Schedules – Port Schedule: Provides, for a required specific port and starting date, the set of all vessels arriving and departing from the port with the corresponding estimated timestamps.
- Commercial Schedules – Vessel Schedule: Provides, for a required specific service and/or voyage and/or vessel and/or location, the timetable of estimated departure and arrival times for each port call on the rotation of the vessel(s).
Digitalise the container shipping industry
At DCSA, we envisage a digitally interconnected container shipping industry in which customers have a choice of seamless, easy-to-use services that provide the flexibility to meet their business and sustainability goals.