This document discusses the use of electronic data interchange standards to simplify shipping processes. It describes how using UN/EDIFACT and Shortsea XML messages can automate tasks like scheduling vessel routes, booking cargo space, and reporting cargo manifests and statuses. This helps provide services like always up-to-date schedules, faster responses, fewer errors, and significant time and cost savings by reducing manual re-entry of data. However, it also notes challenges in getting industry partners to agree on and implement new business rules and standards.

1. Hans Kristian HaramOslo 2010

2. United Nations Directories for Electronic Data Interchange forAdministration, Commerce and Transport UN/EDIFACT Subset

3. Are we really <making it simple/>? Great Service Overview Automation Self-Service & Control Vital Savings No more retyping No more errors Always up-to-date

4. Shortsea XML Messages

5. Relevant UN/EDIFACT Messages

6. Shortsea XML – EDIFACT

7. New Messages 2010 New Waybill Instruction Invoice New versions Schedules Status Booking Manifest

8. Type of Business

9. Schedule

10. Scheduling process Provider Portal Schedules Provider Buyer ScheduleRequest ScheduleResponse

11. Schedules Network Portals Portals Portals Internet Internet Buyers Internet Buyers Buyers Buyers schedules.xml Lines

12. Booking

13. Booking process Provider QuoteRequest Buyer QuoteResponse Provider BookingRequest Buyer BookingResponse Provider Buyer BookingUpdateRequest BookingUpdateResponse Provider Buyer BookingCancelRequest BookingCancelResponse

14. Cargo Manifest

15. Carriage Process Stevedor LoadUnload Carrier

16. Status

17. Status Reporting Process Carrier Buyer Tracking Carrier Buyer TracingRequest TracingResponse

19. Services

20. ContactsSchedules

21. Neth-erlands Updating ESN Norway Schedules Internet Internet Internet Trans-wide master.xml voyage.xml Sea-Cargo

23. Are we really <making it simple/>? Great Service Easier to find right line Up-to-date schedules No more errors Vital Savings Saving a lot of retyping Schedules

24. Booking Manifest Booking Schedules Status Manifest Manifest

25. Challenges Management attention Involvement and understanding Agree with partners Business relation management New business rules Acceptance, updates, cancellations Manage IT development Make plan and meet deadlines Testing Test message covering various real world scenarios.

26. Are we really <making it simple/>? Great Service Faster customer response More up-to-date Less errors Greater control due to better information Vital Savings Saving many hours of a persons time per day. Free up this time Speedier transfer of information. Schedules Booking Manifest

28. Port Call Reporting

29. Dangerous Cargo

30. Cargo Manifest

31. Load/Unload List

33. <making it simple/> Great Service Faster response times Accurate invoicing Better port statistics Vital Savings Ports saves a lot of retyping Less reporting work for lines and agents Schedules Manifest Status

34. Thank you for the attention! www.unece.org/cefact/ www.shortseaxml.org www.norstella.no www.smdg.org