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.
Innovation: ENEA and Fincantieri team up for energy, environment, and circular economy
27 JANUARY 2022 Rome/Trieste, Jan. 27, 2022 – Fincantieri (BIT: FCT) and ENEA signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at identifying areas of common...
Baleària builds the first electric ship to have zero-emissions during port stays
Baleària presented the construction of the first electric passenger and cargo ferry that will be pollution free during port stays and approaches –...
Enel X and Grimaldi join forces for the sustainability of ships in port
The Enel Group’s global business line and the Neapolitan group’s maritime transport and logistics company sign a memorandum of understanding for...
Maersk Supply Service launches Stillstrom – an offshore vessel charging venture
Copenhagen, Denmark (Ports Europe) January 25, 2022 – Maersk Supply Service, part of giant Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk, has created a new...
The hydrogen Terminal Tractor within H2PORTS project is in full development – Port of Valencia
The hydrogen Terminal Tractor within the framework of the H2PORTS project is already under development by Atena – January 25, 2022 This Yard Tractor,...
Bilbao PortLab will participate in the B Accelerator Tower (BAT)
Bilbao, Spain (Ports Europe) January 24, 2022 – Bilbao PortLab , the initiative to position the Port of Bilbao in the entrepreneurship and innovation...
Edison enters Hydrogen Park in Marghera, Port of Venice
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) January 14, 2022 – Energy company Edison SpA has purchased a 9.732% stake in Hydrogen Park, the Porto Marghera hydrogen...
500 Global to recruit about ten startups for Ashdod Port technology Accelerator program
Ashdod, Israel, (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – Venture capital firm 500 Global will operate the Accelerator program and recruit about ten startups in...
Telefónica and NTT DATA use 5G to increase the security of the Port of Malaga
Telefónica and NTT DATA, the sixth largest IT services company in the world, collaborate to develop a technologically cutting-edge solution for the Port of...
Valenciaport to place Valencia as a Living Lab for the logistics and port sector
València, December 14, 2021 – The Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) wants to place the city of Valencia in a Living-Lab of the port and logistics sector,...
DP World installs TOS+ solution in the Port of Limassol
Limassol, Cyprus (PortSEurope) December 9, 2021 – DP World has completed the implementation of its TOS+ solution in the Port of Limassol, Cyprus. It also...
Port of Barcelona validates its Innovation Plan
The Innovation Plan is the document that establishes the Port’s own innovation model to respond to the current and future needs of the Barcelona Port...
Puerto de Sevilla, University and GoHub track innovative solutions for the smart and sustainable ports of the future
The three entities join forces to launch the first challenges of their new Technological Entrepreneurship Program in terms of sustainability and predictive...
Navimeteo and Trieste Marine Terminal to produce innovative marine weather forecast
Trieste, Italy (PortSEurope) December 2, 2021 – Navimeteo, a marine weather services, and Trieste Marine Terminal (TMT) are working together to launch an...
Thessaloniki Port Authority is the first Greek port to adopt blockchain technology
Thessaloniki Port Authority, Thessaloniki, December 2 2021 Thessaloniki Port Authority (ThPA) S.A.-Port of Thessaloniki is the first Greek Port to adopt...
Port of Huelva advances digital transformation
The Port of Huelva continues to advance in a pioneering way in the Spanish port system in digital transformation with the implementation of different...
Delo Group presents digitalization strategy
Delo Group presented its Digitalization Strategy at the TAdviser SummIT 2021 conference that took place on November 23, 2021. The Strategy is based on goals of...
LNG equipment conversion pilot at APM Terminals Barcelona delivers environmental benefits
In a project co-financed by the European Union, the Port of Barcelona, APM Terminals Barcelona, HAM and Naturgy recently concluded a pilot which tested the...
Valenciaport presents its Smart Ports 2030 strategy in London
València, November 21, 2021 – The Head of Strategic Planning and Innovation of the Valencia Port Authority (APV), Juan Manuel Díez Orejas, has...
The Port of Barcelona presents the second call for applications for the Ports 4.0 Fund
The Port of Barcelona has presented the grants for innovative ideas and projects of Ports 4.0, the corporate open innovation model of Puertos del Estado and...