Singapore, 3rd August 2021 – Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) announces that JETRO awarded IHI Jet Service Co., Ltd (IJS), subsidiary of IHI CORPORATION [TSE7013] a leading global comprehensive heavy-industry manufacturer, and HAKOVO to Asia Digital Transformation (ADX) Promotion Project. They will work together to innovate and transform the future of digital cross-border supply chain, improving visibility and traceability for container market around the world.
IJS and HAKOVO are exploring the development of visibility and traceability solutions. HAKOVO intends to use IJS’s Satellite Data – “AIS LinerViewer” that integrates the schedule information and location information of containers shipped by IJS through API, providing real time container vessel location for better prediction.
Leveraging Satellite Data, HAKOVO can provide full visibility and traceability with more milestones of cross boarder supply chain, results in visualized care, including import customs clearance tracking event that is currently invisible up to a few weeks or even months in the industry. All import-related documents will be digitized using AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology to streamline customs clearance work, help accelerate the HAKOVO SMART CLEAR Solutions and expand deeper into digital world.
HAKOVO AI and ML (Machine Learning) technology capabilities, and new analytic algorithms further improve our industry leading efforts, and bring more insightful data to help our customer to achieve better import customs experience and positive outcomes.
IJS and HAKOVO are now collaborating to bring together the strengths of both companies to innovate and transform future supply chain. This collaboration provides an exciting a POC (Proof of Concept) opportunity to leverage IJS’s leading AIS data, and HAKOVO’s expertise of digital customs clearance product in customs platforms.
IHI Jet Service Co., Ltd CEO, Shunji Sugai, shared “By enabling HAKOVO to connect and manage key supply chain event and satellite data using our AIS LinerViewer API, we are getting one step closer to this goal. Together, we have the opportunity to deliver up-to-date information to providers, enhancing their ability to follow and manage the cross-border supply chain”.
“At HAKOVO, our vision is to transform the way digitalization is organized and made useful in cross-border supply chain”, said Takayuki Akahodani, Founder and CEO of HAKOVO.
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Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
JETRO : Japan External Trade Organization
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About IHI Jet Service
On October 2, 1978, our company was founded as a service company under the name of Ishikawajima Jet servicing Co., Ltd. to maintain gas turbine for power generation and gas turbine for marine vessels that have been diverted from airline jet engine.
Since its establishment, the company has gradually expanded its business to include technical support for aero engines and space equipment, aero engine manufacturing and manufacturing-related operations, logistics support, standard materials and parts sales, and temporary staffing, and has grown along with the development of IHI’s aerospace and gas turbine businesses as a member of the IHI Group.
In 2008, the company was renamed IHI Jet Service (IJS), and in recent years, with the aim of achieving further growth, it has taken on the challenges of calibration and inspection services for measuring instruments, design and manufacture of aircraft washrack system, manufacture of gas turbine power generation equipment and gas turbine mobile power supply vehicles, and various information services using vessel information acquired by satellites.
As the name “Jet Service” implies, we provide speedy service and high quality products, and have earned the trust and satisfaction of our customers.
About HAKOVO
The HAKOVO international digital platform – the uNIFIED CUSTOMS CLEARING HOUSE (uCCH) – enables an ASEAN+ Regional Centralized Trade Compliance and Operations for Customs. We digitally connect the world with ASEAN the 12 members Association of Southeast Asian countries. This is made possible through our close collaboration with the ASEAN Single Window and National Single Windows of key ASEAN member states.