eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 CONCEPTS OF A WEB-PORTAL FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES’ CONSUMERS DEMONSTRATION OF THE eLOGMAR-M WEB-PORTAL L.Novitskis, D.Smirnov (Riga Technical University, Latvia) S.Vinichenko (Logitrans Consult, Estonia) M. Zhou (Beijing HOPE Software, P.R. China) K.Staniulis, V.Byrskis (SONEX, Lithuania) M.Walter (Railway Transportation Service Broker, Germany) E.Ginters (Latvian Intelligent Systems, Latvia)

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 1 st presentation CONCEPTS OF A WEB-PORTAL FOR TRANSPORT SERVICES’ CONSUMERS Prof. Leonid Novitskis (Riga Technical University, Latvia) /

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 General Information A Web – portal provides transport services` consumers with advanced IT and Mobile solutions to solve their logistics tasks. It was created under eLogmar – M project within the Sixth Framework Programme (DG INFSO) of the European Commission. The transportation freight route “China – Mediterranean – Western Europe – Baltic Sea – CIS” is selected for demonstration of Web – based and Mobile services with maritime & transport logistics applications.

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Major target groups Cargo GroupTransportation Group A Web-portal as Collaborative Tools Actors from Cargo Group:Actors from Transportation Group: Cargo owners; Forwarding companies, as representatives of goods’ owners (manufacturers or buyers); Traders; Exporters / importers; The industrial companies and trading houses, dealing with delivery system “just in time”. Shipping lines (deep sea and feeder lines, ship-owners) and Lines Agents; Block train operators; Road carriers; Forwarding companies; Multimodal transportation operators.

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Transportation Group If you are an actor from Transportation group You can: Promote your services placing corresponding information at the Web – portal. In this case you will benefit from the use of Web – portal by attracting new customers and as a result by increasing container cargo turnover Please, make a “Registration” and select “My Services”

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Cargo Group If you are an actor from Cargo group (Cargo owner, exporter / importer, trading house, broker etc.) You can: Calculate a start-to-finish transportation rate of cargo delivery in containers taking into account terms of a Contract of sale / purchase; Estimate expected transportation time from a point of delivery to a point of destination; Select suitable Cargo carrier from Transportation group (shipping line, block train operator, road carrier, multimodal operator) taking into account two basic and several additional (“soft”) criteria; Estimate of carriers` service level; Receive information regarding shipping lines, railway and road carriers” services (Sailings, timetables, characteristics of terminals etc.); Receive necessary information via Internet (full set) and Mobile (restricted set) connections. Please, select “Initial Information” or “On-Line Transport Request”

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Communication Diagram Cargo Group Forwarding Company Port Authorities Transportation Group Deep Sea Shipping Lines Feeder Shipping Lines Port Container Terminals Railway Container Terminals Block Trains Multi-Modal Transportation Operator

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Other Issues Besides actors from Cargo and Transportation groups the other users’ categories can also find useful information regarding maritime & transport logistics area: Advanced IT&T solutions Legislation & regulation Education & training Please, select “Useful Information”

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Web-portal Structure 1 General information 2 Information regarding decision-making in transport logistics 3 Links to adjacent Web-sites 1General information ●Overview of IT and Mobile Solutions with transport logistics and maritime applications ●Overview of EU regulations, international standards and national laws ●Overview of opportunities and computer-based solutions for training 2Information regarding solutions in transport logistics ●Initial Information for transport logistics ●Transport logistics solutions* * In accordance with essential logistics principles formulated in Deliverable D4 the basic transport logistics solution will be demonstrated: estimation by actors from cargo group of a start-to- finish transportation rate of cargo and selection of more suitable actors from transportation group, who meet the required criteria

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Web-portal Functional Scheme Web-portalCentral DB (MySQL) Users Cargo group Transporta- tion group Internet Mobile phone Mobile actor 2 PDAMobile actor 1 Wi-FiGPRS Bluetooth

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Database Structure Model

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Mobile Access Logistics DB Logistics Portal (Classic) HTML/PHP mySQL Trans- formed to WML PDA WAP HTTP PC

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 PDA Portal (HTML/PHP or WML) WiFi GPRS Bluetooth WAP or HTTP Mobile Access

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Web-services Special Web-service Freightrates (three functions) was created to communicate with railway portal and to integrate the calculation of Block Trains freight prices on eLOGMAR-M tariffs calculating algorithm. Cargo group 1 DB of Transportation Group Services 4 Freight Forwarder 2 Transportation group 3 Block Train Operator Shipping Line Road carrier Railway DB External IS Web service

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Demonstration Scenarios Ocean / Feeder Transportation Port of Departure Port as the Point of destination Railway Transportation Point of Departure Point of destination Road Transportation Point of Departure Point of destination Railway Transportation Port of Departure Point of destination Ocean / Feeder Transportation Port of Departure Ocean / Feeder Transportation Road Transportation Point of destination Unimodal Transport Intermodal Transport 1. Ocean / Feeder transportation 2. Railway transportation 3. Road transportation 4. Ocean /Feeder & Railway transportation 5. Ocean / Feeder & Road transportation

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Live presentation of eLOGMAR-M follows… DEMONSTRATION OF THE eLOGMAR-M WEB-PORTAL Ms. Svetlana Vinichenko (Logitrans Consult, Estonia) Mr. Kestutis Staniulis (SONEX, Lithuania)

eLOGMAR-M Chinese – European Forum on eLogistics Shenzhen, P.R. China, 29-31/03/06 Thank you for your Attention!