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TIC 4.0 Association has established the Operation Council to manage the standardization work of TIC 4.0

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The TIC 4.0 General Assembly has established the Operation Council, whose mandate is to manage the standardization process of TIC 4.0.

The Operation Council will structure and plan the work, set-up new working groups with resources and expertise from the members organization and review the results from these group, before filing them for approval by the General Assembly.

The members of the Operation Council, who will be re-elected annually by the GA, are: 

Frank Kho (TIC 4.0 CEO - Chair) 
Luisa Kempf (Eurogate)
Francisco Blanquer (Terminal Link)
Norbert Klettner (RBS)
Alex Duca (APMT)
Gerry Bunyan (Liebherr)
Jari Hämäläinen (Kalmar) 
Jeppe Strandby (PSA) 
Hannu Oja (KoneCranes)
Jan-Willem vd Brand (Hyster-Yale)

With this team as the driving force, TIC 4.0 will finalize the first batch of definitions in Q3 and Q4 of 2020.

TIC 4.0 was established in 2018 with the aim to ensure that the terminal industry will be prepared for the 4th industrial revolution and to advance and accelerate digitalization.

TOC Events Worldwide is delighted to be partnering with TIC 4.0 and supporting the association in publishing and delivering its vitally important work to the wider Port & Terminal community.

Alongside these publications, TOC Events will be hosting TIC 4.0 live webinars in the second half of 2020 and live conference sessions at TOC Europe 2021.

Sean Deane, Business Development Manager, TOC Events Worldwide commented “I was delighted to be invited to attend the TIC 4.0 Committee Meeting in London earlier this year. Informative, insightful and important information was exchanged, and TOC Events Worldwide was delighted to have been asked to join the Digi-Book Committee to help facilitate TIC 4.0 work”

“We look forward to supporting Frank, Boris and the whole association by formalizing this relationship over the coming weeks and helping to play a small role in bringing together leading terminal operators, equipment manufacturers and solutions providers to promote, define and adopt standards”

For further information, please contact:

Frank Kho, CEO, TIC 4.0: [email protected]

Sean Deane, Business Development Manager, TOC Events Worldwide: [email protected]