As the U.S. member body to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) seeks comments by December 6 on a draft proposal for a new ISO technical committee (TC) on ports and terminals, submitted by the Standardization Administration of China (SAC), China's member body to ISO.
Over 80% of the global trade is made through ports and terminals. However, some ports and terminals perform better than others, particularly when facing increasingly rising freight volume demands, environmental challenges, and unnecessary running costs, the proposal asserts. The proposal seeks to address this, with the following scope statement:
“Standardization in the field of ports and terminals, covering planning, implementation, operation, upgrading, demolition and repurposing stages. It will include scheduling, design, controlling, monitoring and inspection, optimization of resource allocating, and integrated state-of-the-art technology solutions, regardless of scales, types, or transitioning of goods or passengers, whether located on the coastline or inland rivers, aiming to improve efficiency, effectiveness, coordination, working conditions, and professions, towards achieving sustainable development of ports and terminals.”
Excluded from the scope is relevant work within the scopes of the following committees:
• ISO TC 8, Ships and marine technology
• ISO TC 67, SC 9, Production, transport and storage facilities for cryogenic liquefied gases
• ISO TC 96, Cranes
• ISO TC 110, Industrial Trucks
• ISO TC 228, Tourism and related services
• ISO TC 268, Sustainable cities and communities
• ISO TC 344, Innovative logistics
Read the proposal and submit comments to Steven Cornish, ANSI senior director of international policy and strategy, at [email protected] by close of business on Friday, December 6. All input that ANSI receives will be used to develop a recommended ANSI position and comments that will be sent to the ANSI ISO Council for approval before submittal to ISO by the January 18, 2024, voting deadline.