BEIJING (XINHUA) – After a year of trial operations, China has officially launched the Yangtze River shipping data centre, marking a significant advancement in using information technology to manage one of the country’s busiest waterways.
As a key informatisation initiative for Yangtze River shipping management, the data centre integrates big data from the Ministry of Transport, the Changjiang River Administration of Navigational Affairs (CRANA), and various shipping management organisations along the river, the CRANA told Xinhua yesterday.
It functions as the ‘smart brain’ of Yangtze River shipping management, serving as the central hub for data exchange and integration across the river’s various information systems.
By the end of December, the data centre had established a comprehensive resource database covering key elements such as vessels, crew, shipping companies, ports, cargo, waterways, hydrology, and shipping infrastructure. The database contains 1.967 billion records, with an average daily addition of over 600,000 basic data entries and more than 30 million dynamic Automatic Identification System (AIS) data entries, according to the CRANA.
Data has become a vital driver of productivity in the shipping industry, said director of the CRANA Liu Liang, adding that the new data centre will play an important role in accelerating the digital transformation of the entire sector.
In the future, the centre will collaborate with shipping management departments, ports and shipping enterprises along the river to enhance data coverage, promote data sharing and foster mutual benefits across provinces and cities.
