Research On Port Logistics Information Platform Construction

The concept of logistics was first introduced into China in as early as late 1970s, yet logistics made substantial progress in the country only recent years at the turn of the new century. With rapid development for a decade, modern logistics in China has expanded its overall scale, speeded up its pace and raised its operation efficiency, showing a bigger role in supporting and facilitating the economic growth. At the same time, port as the window of opening up is the main channel for import and export. Port logistics has been on a fast track driven by the growing foreign trade volume recent years, and has become an important component of logistics industry in China. Port logistics therefore is a major field worthy of study in modern logistics.Port logistics is a special logistics system with multiple functions integrated. Information of this system is the key element stimulating its steady improvement. The establishment of the public port logistics information platform is the key project of port logistics. On this platform, commercial distribution, material flow and information flow interact with each other under the support of logistics information system, which allows the provision of accurate and timely logistics information, enhancement of social logistics efficiency and the creation of information channels and an enabling environment for the government regulation of logistics industry.Against this background, this article starts from the actual demand of port logistics for the logistics information platform, analyzes in a full and systematic manner the port logistics information platform and system, discusses about relevant problems in the planning and building of the...