Promoting Smart Containers to Tackle Societal Challenges
In response to the growing challenges related to illicit trade, supply chain security, and regulatory complexity, the Smart Container Alliance has been established to support the adoption of advanced IoT technologies in containerized transport, particularly along sensitive trade routes. This joint initiative brings together industry leaders with a shared objective: to enhance cargo traceability, reinforce the security and resilience of maritime trade, and support public authorities and enforcement agencies in addressing increasingly sophisticated criminal networks.
A Forum for the Next Ecosystem Steps
The Smart Container Alliance will organise in Brussels on 12 November its first Smart Container Alliance Forum. This high-level public event will bring together stakeholders from across the entire maritime and trade value chain, with interventions from shipping lines, EU institutions, customs authorities, the World Customs Organization (WCO), the World Shipping Council (WSC), traders, freight and logistics operators, port authorities and industry federations. It will provide a unique platform to discuss concrete and scalable solutions supporting the security and integrity of global maritime trade operations.
Our Objectives
Offer a neutral and collaborative forum for industry stakeholders and standards bodies to exchange knowledge, identify operational challenges, and support the adoption of best practices across the sector.
Promote the secure, sustainable, and interoperable deployment of smart container technologies in Europe and worldwide, in order to improve the integrity, efficiency, transparency, and environmental performance of global supply chains.
Provide independent, evidence-based expertise to European and international institutions involved in transport, digitalisation, cybersecurity, customs, and environmental regulation, including technical contributions to the development of harmonised standards, data exchange frameworks, and relevant public policies.
