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        数字化集装箱航运联盟（Digital Container Shipping Association，简称DCSA）是非盈利组织，旨在推进集装箱航运技术标准的数字化，该公司近日发布了操作船舶船期(OVS)的交换标准（operational vessel schedules，OVS）。

 

        该标准可由船舶运营商及其船舶共享协议（Vessel Sharing Agreement, VSA）合作伙伴、运营服务提供商来实施，以实现船期信息的自动分享。

 

        DCSA表示：“随着新标准到位，船公司可以发布他们的数字船期表，他们的合作伙伴和运营服务提供商可以订阅船公司的动态以便自动接收更新，如果需要还可以撤回更新。”

 

        DCSA相信，这可以使船期完全透明化，提升效率并有助于更好地规划和优化航运活动。

 

        该标准的发布正值船公司的船期可靠性受到新冠疫情影响之际。

 

        哥本哈根的航运咨询公司Sea Intelligence表示，今年2月新冠病毒爆发后航线停航，但船期可靠性并没有受到实质性的负面影响，而是在2020年6月出现了改善的趋势。

 

        然而，Sea Intelligence也发现，只有37%的公远洋运输服务船期可靠性在85%以上。

 

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DCSA rolls out standards for digital exchange of operational vessel schedules

 

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards, has published standards for the exchange of operational vessel schedules (OVS).

 

The standards can be implemented by vessel operators, as well as their Vessel Sharing Agreement (VSA) partners and operational service providers, to enable automatic sharing of schedule information.

 

“With the new standards in place, carriers can digitally publish their schedules, and their partners and operational service providers can subscribe to the carrier’s feed to automatically receive updates, or retrieve updates as needed,” DCSA said.

 

The group believes this will provide complete vessel schedule transparency, increasing efficiency and enabling better planning and optimisation of shipping activities.

 

The release of the standards comes at a time when the schedule reliability of container carriers is particularly challenged by the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

 

According to Copenhagen-based Sea Intelligence, since the coronavirus outbreak in February, and the blank sailings that followed, there has not been a material negative impact on schedule reliability, but rather an improving trend heading into June 2020.

 

However, the consultancy found that of those offered services, only 37% of deep-sea services provided over 85% schedule reliability.