Improving a congested maritime supply chain with time slot management for port calls

Disruption and congestion are occurring across the global maritime supply chains. Since the summer of 2020 rising capacity shortages in terms of boxes, ships and port infrastructure have driven maritime and port actors to find alternative options and to optimise infrastructure usage. Much of the contemporary debate on how to resolve the situation is centred around just-in-time vessel arrival at ports, but that only addresses part of the problem. The many operators and clients of maritime supply chains need to overcome these times of continuous shocks, disruptions and high uncertainty. This works best with a high level of visibility. Anchor group’s Wolfgang Lehmacher was a key contributor on this article that showcases how time slots and data sharing can be used to overcome disruptions and congestion in the supply chain system and improve supply chain visibility.

Read the full article here