Research/Innovation
A category of news covering the use of research and innovation by ports and the port community to improve performance in port activities. This includes research, artificial intelligence (AI), digitalisation and new technology. It is often employed to address environmental issues. This often comprise cooperation wirth other ports and EU-sponsored projects.
Reference: The status of seaport automation
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) November 11, 2024 – Seaport automation enhances port operations through the use of advanced technology, including...
Public-private company to manage Trieste port digital system
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – Port Community System (PCS), a new publicly controlled company, with the participation of an industrial...
PSA Singapore’s trial of SST technology for electric fleet
Singapore (Ports Europe) November 4, 2024 – PSA unboXed – the corporate venture capital arm of PSA International – has signed an agreement...
Argentine SmartportLab joined Port Innovators Network
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 31, 2024 – Argentine innovation hub of the Port of Bahia Blanca SmartportLab has joined the Port Innovators...
HHLA presents hydrogen projects at Hydrogen Technology Expo Europe
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) presented its hydrogen projects at this year’s Hydrogen...
Ploče Port Authority to implement 5G connectivity
Ploce, Croatia (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Ploče Port Authority is to implement 5G connectivity with a programme called...
Antwerp and Rotterdam fight the “PIN code fraud”
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Europe’s two largest container ports – Netherlands’ Rotterdam and Belgium’s Antwerp...
Hiab unveils technology for autonomous load handling
Malmö, Sweden (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Hiab, part of Cargotec, unveiled a new autonomous load handling capability for MULTILIFT demountable...
Consortium team delivers specification for Port Community System to Constanta port
Constanta, Romania (Ports Europe) October 15, 2024 – The Romanian IT company Critical Technologies SRL, the German port consultancy HPC Hamburg Port...
Webinar: Maritime Single Window and Port Community System
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) October 13, 2024 – A free one-hour webinar on Maritime Single Window: How a PCS improves efficiency in...
Russia wants submarine LNG carrier for the Arctic
Moscow, Russia (Ports Europe) October 12, 2024 – A model of a nuclear-powered underwater liquified natural gas (LNG) gas carrier has been demonstrated by...
Fundación Valenciaport supports AENEAS project
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 8, 2024 – A delegation from Fundación Valenciaport has attended a follow-up meeting of...
Port of Antwerp drones have carried out at least 7,000 operations
Antwerp, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 3, 2024 – The Port of Antwerp-Bruges drones network has already carried out at least 7,000 operations in recent...
Ports of Livorno and Piombino to receive cyber security funding
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 30, 2024 – The National Cybersecurity Agency (ACN) has allocated 1.5 million euros to the Port System...
Port of Augusta – world’s largest CO2 removal plant
Augusta, Sicily, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – The Port of Augusta is now home to the world’s largest plant for removal of Co2 from the...
Ports in Sardinia receive funds to invest in cybersecurity
Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – Approximately 1.5 million euros will be allocated to the AdSP del Mare di Sardegna for the...
Italy’s National Cyber Security Agency allocates funding
Rome, Italy (Ports Europe) September 27, 2024 – Italy’s National Cyber Security Agency will allocate funding to 81 projects, under its Notice 8, to...
Rotterdam: 500,000 containers handled via Secure Chain
Rotterdam, Netherlands (Ports Europe) September 18, 2024 – The Port Authority of Rotterdam has reported that the 500,000th container has been handled by...
SEA Europe urges stronger support for sustainable, digitalised inland waterways fleet
SEA Europe urges stronger support for sustainable and digitalised inland waterways fleet under new State aid rules – September 16, 2024 SEA Europe, the...
Port of Taranto digitalises free customs zone
Taranto, Italy (Ports Europe) September 6, 2024 – The Port of Taranto has completed the digitalisation of the Free Customs Zone of Taranto (Zona Franca...