Data processing and telematic work and projects in Western Mediterranean ports

This report which is the object of this summary is the result of Western Mediterranean cooperation both in origin and in execution, during which interviews with over 100 people working in port areas in seven countries were carried out. This has led to a working group involving several professions to promote data processing and electronic data interchange in transport within the area.

CETMO which takes part in these cooperative tasks as an international centre of the United Nations, has drawn up the report. The aim is to provide the group of interested companies and institutions with data on the realities, projects or intentions to develop data processing and telematic systems in the ports of Algiers, Barcelona, Casablanca, Genoa, Lisbon, Marseilles, Tunis and Valencia.

The report presents the results seen from the point of view of the user; the transport operator. Emphasis is therefore placed on system functions and on organizational aspects in order to point out the leaders in port computerization and also the obstacles encountered. The data collected refer to the last nine months of 1988.