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just log into the website (www.ldb.co.in) LDB’s journey embarks upon new-age integration of devices from other
or mobile application using the 11 digit technologies such as IoT, Big data and vendors.
container number only. blockchain. LDB platform is an IoT,  Enhanced security for IoT devices:
In addition to this, monthly analytical Big data and Cloud-based solution With FIWARE, LDB’s 1500+ RFID devices
reports on congestion analysis and that uses RFID technology to provide deployed across India are now securely
performance benchmarking are near real-time visibility of container connected to the central system using
provided to all stakeholders to identify movement in the country. RFID readers  Authentic mechanism, ensuring
bottlenecks during transit and improve are set up across all the entry and exit higher data security
the system more holistically. LDB gates of the ICD’s, CFS, Toll plazas, for
system is already integrated with the capturing the container information What is the future of NLDS?
Terminal Operating System (TOS) of while in transit. We are planning for extensive coverage
Ports, FOIS system of Railways and Port LDB analytics reports which are in the coming years—connecting
Community System. designed using Data Platform for hinterlands with all ports of India to
Hadoop (DPH) and IoT solutions maximise visibility, and reduce logistics
How your solutions are helping your are published every month which cost. Going forward, we intend to cover
clients and other stakeholders. provide insights into the stakeholders’ 150+ toll plazas and maximise coverage
Shippers and consignees have been performance across the competitive across CFSs and ICDs. We are further
facing a lot of trouble when it comes to landscape. planning to track bulk cargo and extend
tracking the freight movement due to NLDS coverage to all major SEZs of
lack of visibility and transparency and The technology platforms we use: India in years to come. chain systems.
unavailability of a common integrated  BMC Remedy: used for Intelligent & After success in containerised
system, which led to poor workforce predictive service management. cargo, we are now focusing on inter-
planning and inefficient operations  Hadoop Platform: used for storing connecting all the stakeholders of
eventually causing delays in the and distributing large data sets across Indian logistics in a single virtual data
container movement. servers. gateway by integrating Vahan, Sarathi,
LDB has helped in bridging the gap  TABLEAU: helping us in IEC, Air-cargo management system
between the various stakeholders in the simplifying raw data into a very easily etc. to digitally share data on a unified
supply chain by providing a common understandable format. logistics platform. The end-users soon
platform for everybody’s needs. It has  NAGIOUS: for server application and can have a unified view of multi-modal
generated visibility for containers during data flow monitoring. logistics which intern will increase our
their transition, which in turn has logistics competitiveness.
created transparency and opened up We have recently introduced FIWARE
competition amongst logistics operators Technologies usage for LDB portal
to provide better services to end- which will help to improve overall
customers i.e. export/import related supply chain visibility through:
companies and thus reducing lead-time  Real-time data processing: RFID/
and transaction cost. Container information will be captured
Use of LDB services has begun and processed in real-time through the
reflecting in the performance of FIWARE subsystem in LDB, earlier it
the logistics chain, with shipment, was done at a frequency of 15 minutes.
warehousing and cargo consolidation  Better performance & capability:
witnessing improved dwell time after the Current LDB with FIWARE can support
launch of LDB services. This initiative ~6 million transactions per hour (LDB
has streamlined the container logistics performance requirement was ~10,000
operations at all the major ports in India. transaction per hour peak load).
Tracking cargo, container as well as  Multiple IoT data format /device
bulk, is essential to reduce logistics cost protocol support: With the FIWARE
from the present 14 percent of the GDP subsystem LDB can now support
to international standards of 8 percent to multiple IoT data protocols like LWM2M,
become competitive in the export market. Lora-WAN, UltraLight2.0 (UL) over
After digital tracking, container handling HTTP /MQTT etc.
time at JNPT came down from 97 hours  No device vendor lock-in: With
to 47 hours adding to Ease of Doing FIWARE, LDB can now
Business and reducing logistics cost. support any IoT Device
which works on
How intelligent is the technology used standard IoT
by NLDS? What is your vision about protocols to
improving those technologies? simplify the

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