
As a result of the Korea Shipping Association's analysis of the artificial intelligence transition status of 12 national shipping companies, lack of verification was pointed out as the biggest obstacle, and it was pointed out that the establishment of a common industry platform and cooperation strategy were necessary.
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National shipping companies are pursuing artificial intelligence conversion in various business areas such as route optimization, autonomous navigation, and transportation demand forecasting, but there is a gap in the level of promotion.
Obstacles such as lack of verification… Need for industry joint platform establishment and cooperation strategy
(Busan = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Chang-su = National shipping companies are accelerating the transition to artificial intelligence (AX) across tasks such as route, autonomous operation, and transportation demand forecasting.
As the gap between shipping companies is widening, some are pointing out the need for cooperative strategies, such as establishing a joint industry platform.
The Korea Shipping Association announced on the 25th that it recently published a report titled ‘Shipping Industry AX Strategy’ that analyzed the AX progress of 12 national shipping companies.
The Shipping Association inspected the performance of shipping companies' AX promotion across 11 items, including optimal routes, predictive equipment, autonomous navigation, onboard accident prevention, transportation demand forecasting, container relocation, cargo tracking, cargo sales and shipment management, cargo safety, smart documents, and shipper response.
There were only three shipping companies that maintained verification or higher across all 11 items, and two companies remained at the review stage across all items.
The industry cited ‘lack of verification of artificial intelligence (AI) analysis results’ as the biggest obstacle to AX in the shipping industry.
Next, the reasons cited were lack of data standardization and reliability.
In addition, there are other obstacles such as lack of cost support, lack of management will, and uncertainty.
The report considered five items, including optimal routes, smart documents, predictive equipment, onboard accident prevention, and cargo tracking, as core AI implementation areas and proposed step-by-step implementation.
He also pointed out that since the size and capabilities of each shipping company vary widely, a differentiated approach tailored to the characteristics of each shipping company is needed rather than a uniform AX strategy.
An official from the Shipping Association said, "In order to bridge the gap in AX promotion between shipping companies, the establishment of a common industry platform and outsourcing development cooperation strategy can be an alternative rather than investing alone."
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