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Competence Centre for promot<strong>in</strong>g and support<strong>in</strong>g thedistribution of research knowledge and advanced ITsolutions<strong>in</strong> the field of maritime applications establisheddur<strong>in</strong>g 5 th Framework IST project Baltports-IT No.33030“Simulation and IT-solutions: Applications <strong>in</strong> the BalticPorts` Areas of the Newly Associated States” (Bluemel etal. 2003). Today the collaboration with adjacent projectscont<strong>in</strong>ues to obta<strong>in</strong> and adapt the latest knowledge <strong>in</strong>Logistics In<strong>format</strong>ion <strong>Systems</strong> provided for vocationaltra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g needs.Figure 9. Knowledge check<strong>in</strong>g us<strong>in</strong>g WAP access to the Dictionary.DEMONSTRATOR FOR LOGISTICSOPERATIONS OPTIMISATION – ORIGIN OF M-WORK ENVIRONMENTMaritime transport is a rather fragmented sector witha significant number of different players <strong>in</strong>volved(Bluemel et. al. 2006). Dur<strong>in</strong>g recent years, substantialefforts have been made to overcome this fragmentedstructure and to build an <strong>in</strong>tegrated <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion system,which can improve logistics services for differentpartners along the selected maritime freight route(owners of cargo, buyers, shipp<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>es, term<strong>in</strong>aloperators, freight brokers etc.).Although some of the companies operat<strong>in</strong>g along theselected freight route are competitors, the advantages thatco-operation and <strong>in</strong><strong>format</strong>ion exchange could br<strong>in</strong>g realbenefits for different target groups are evident.Figure 10. Demonstrator of the collaborative work environment.Therefore major goal of the 6th Framework ISTproject eLogmar-M No.511285 “Web-based and MobileSolutions for Collaborative Work Environment withLogistics and Maritime Applications” was to create aAnnual <strong>Proceed<strong>in</strong>gs</strong> of Vidzeme University College “ICTE <strong>in</strong> Regional Development”, 200648

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