THE EXPANDING ROLE OF INFORMATION SERVICES IN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION

It takes an average of six weeks for an international shipment to reach its final destination, but only two of those weeks are used for actual transportation. The remaining weeks are spent on paper processing by freight forwarders, banks, Customs, ports, brokers and other authorities and service providers. This article explains how Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is coming to replace this paperwork with the computerized transmittal of business documents in a standard format. Aspects covered include: the existence and importance of EDI standards; how to send documents electronically; document processing costs; and the reduction of transportation equipment costs through EDI's making possible more efficient use of existing equipment.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Hargadine, E
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 2-1/2
• Serial:
  • SEAWAY REVIEW
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: No.4
  • Publisher: Canadian Coast Guard

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electronic data interchange
• Old TRIS Terms: System descriptions
• Subject Areas: Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00657892
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM