Maya BouchardChief Data Officer · Essays & perspective

Maya Bouchard / Chief Data Officer

Three arguments about the data a carrier sends to others

Perspectives from a life in leadership.

The archive.

Arrival forecasting

  1. Arrival forecasting5 min read

    An arrival time should come with the odds of missing it

    Carriers send shippers a single arrival time and leave them to discover how reliable it is. A forecast should arrive with a window, a published record of how often that window holds, and a trace of every occasion someone overrode it.

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Emissions data for shippers

  1. Emissions data for shippers5 min read

    A cargo's emissions figure should include the voyage home

    Shippers reporting transport emissions are often given a factor-based figure for the loaded voyage alone. Carriers that can measure fuel should report what was burnt, allocate the empty return by a published rule and show the uncertainty, even when the result is less flattering.

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Shipper data-sharing

  1. Shipper data-sharing5 min read

    Share the ship's position freely and guard the next cargo

    Carriers often refuse shippers data that is already public while letting slip, through informal channels, data that reveals other customers' business. Data-sharing should be designed around what a shipper could infer, not around which tables feel sensitive.

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