Concerns that China is gaining control of shipping data around the world



One of the most important transportation routes in a global logistics system is sea shipping by ship, and the port logistics information network for managing that logistics is very complicated. ' LOGINK (National Transport Logistics Public Information Flatbed) ' provided by the Chinese government for non-profit is a shipping data system for international visualization of this port logistics information. However, there are concerns that it may be used commercially or strategically. '

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The logistics industry is slow to digitize globally, physical paperwork is still in place, and sea shipping documents are frequently exchanged by airmail. The processing method differs depending on the country, there are innumerable carriers, and the information systems used by each are infinite.

Developed in 2007, LOGINK is a non-profit freight data system managed by the Ministry of Transport of China, a digital network that connects shippers internationally. LOGINK uses a combination of a public database and information entered by more than 450,000 users in China and a huge port, and is promoting the 'One Belt, One Road ' initiative as an international infrastructure project on the scale of 100 trillion yen. It is also used as part of a project called ' Digital Silk Road '.



Digitization of cargo data has been a dream for shippers for many years, and LOGINK, which aimed at digitization and unification, is spreading internationally, and Europe and the United States lag behind China in fields important to the world economy. That is highlighted. China is spending $ 20 billion on port upgrades around the world, with 14 of the 20 giant ports around the world LOGINK, according to Telegraph, a leading British media outlet. He said he is using it.

However, Michael Wessel, chairman of the U.S.-China Economic Security Investigation Commission of the U.S. Congress, said, 'LOGINK's access to world trade could give the Chinese government information on national security and economic interests. There is, 'he said, and said it was a problem that should be of greater interest.

It is not clear who is accessing the data collected by LOGINK and how much information is being collected. For example, the US Department of Defense transports munitions via commercial ports around the world. The Wall Street Journal of the US economic newspaper points out that 'China's LOGINK may become the default, and US munitions logistics may be lost to China.'

The Hill, an American political magazine, said, 'International logistics information and systems are fragmented, so users use LOGINK all over for the same reasons we use Facebook and Gmail. However, LOGINK is controlled by an authoritative government and explicitly supports China's international strategy, 'said LOGINK as a strategic threat to the Chinese government.



Emily de La Bruyère, founder of Horizon Advisory, a consulting firm familiar with Chinese business and politics, said, 'LOGINK is a system that allows users to connect and share information like Facebook. Also, Amazon.com Just as the Chinese government can control LOGINK to keep track of commerce on the platform, it can keep track of the data on the network. '

According to The Wall Street Journal, LOGINK has not responded to any questions regarding the collection and use of data by LOGINK and the people involved in the collection or the Ministry of Transport of China.

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