Improving the transparency of container transport

By the end of the project the aim is for several thousand containers to have been monitored by this IT platform.

Since the beginning of 2010 a new and extended version of the basic SICIS has been able to link container monitoring data with vessel tracking information provided by satellites using the vessels’ AIS signals (Automatic Identification System).

The vessels’ positions together with related events like course divergences are visualised on a world map and buyers, sellers and logistics providers within the supply chains are able to track vessels and corresponding containers to get information about their position and status at all times. The monitoring of the containers is automatic whilst on route, and needs no manual input or intervention. The event updates are automated processes initiated by ingate/outgate and vessel loading/unloading.