Just-in-Time Port Call
Standard documentation
Introduction
As part of the DCSA Just-in-Time Port Call framework, DCSA and its member carriers have published port call data definitions, interface standards and messaging API (application programming interface) specifications for 112 event timestamps, which address the 6 main parts of a port call:
- Berth arrival planning
- Pilot boarding place arrival and service planning
- Pilot boarding place and berth arrival execution
- Start cargo operations and services
- Services and port departure planning
- Port departure execution
The complete framework of Just-in-Time Port Call supports digital port call planning, increased operational efficiency and optimal resource utilisation.
By moving container shipping towards a Just-in-Time port call process, DCSA port call standards will enable container ships to optimise their steaming speed, thereby lowering fuel consumption and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. To provide a global industry framework that preserves investments, DCSA has built port call data definitions based on existing standards from ITPCO and IMO.
Together, DCSA Just-in-Time Port Call standard and DCSA standards for Operational Vessel Schedules (OVS), which enable automatic sharing of schedule information between vessel operators and their partners, create a more transparent vessel voyage ecosystem.
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Just-in-Time Port Call Open API Specifications
As part of the Just-in-Time Port Call standard, DCSA has also published API definitions for the Just-in-Time Port Call on SwaggerHub, an open–source API development platform. Carriers can use these definitions to rapidly implement DCSA standard-compliant APIs.
Standard documents
The DCSA standard for the Just-in-Time Port Call includes the Standard Interface Document and key definitions. Download the Standard Interface Document below to get started immediately on establishing a digital, global, transparent, just-in-time port call ecosystem.
Standard documents
The DCSA standard for the Just-in-Time Port Call includes the Standard Interface Document and key definitions. Download the Standard Interface Document below to get started immediately on establishing a digital, global, transparent, just-in-time port call ecosystem.
The urgency of port call optimisation and Just-in-Time
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Whether you are a terminal, solution provider, or ocean carrier interested in implementing an API based on this standard, go to the Developer Portal or reach out to us for additional information.
