Frank Kho, ceo of Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 The global shipping terminal industry is urged to work on standardisation in order to create interoperability amidst a need to incorporate the use of new technologies and standardised data, according to a webinar panel of leading industry executives. At the Seatrade Maritime News webinar on Digital Transformation held last Thursday, a panel of three industry executives saw an urgent need for standards to be drawn up and executed as terminal operators grapple with a growing volume and variety of data. “The global terminal industry is coming together for the first time – big terminal operators and major suppliers have found that it is necessary to work together on standards,” said Frank Kho, ceo of Terminal Industry Committee 4.0 (TIC 4.0).