Members of the community headed by a shipping line will include its major and known shippers, terminal operators, feeder operators, bunker suppliers, hauliers, participating banks and any other materials or services suppliers of the shipping line. Such an information loop can involve several members of the community, maintaining confidentiality of information. Such communities are also applicable to terminal operators, shipbrokers, ship yards, and other companies in the port, shipping and related industries. A community does not exist on its own. It exists among other communities in a bigger shipping universe.
Shipping lines can serve such users quite easily by making their standard rates more transparent.
The shipper can make the booking on-line and receive booking confirmation straight away. Similarly, other players outside the specific communities such as government agencies can receive from or provide information to members of the communities. Asiaship's vision is to realize this revolutionary change in IT solutions in the shipping and port industries. It is also a platform for fulfillment of shipping and port services for B to B Internet portals in Asia. Once a transaction is made in Asiaship, the shipper can be automatically linked to shipping lines or freight forwarders to ship his product to the buyer with paperless information and documentation flow.