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.
Tanger Med takes step to digitalise agri-food export processes
Tanger Med, Morocco (Ports Europe) November 8, 2019 – As part of the digitalisation of Tanger Med’s service offering through the implementation of...
Circle S.p.A.: supports AdSP del Mar Tirreno Centro-Settentrionale (AdSP – Centre-North Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority) for BCLink project which links Civitavecchia & Barcelona
Circle S.p.A., a specialized company in the analysis of processes and in the development of automation solutions and for the digitalisation of the port sectors...
3rd LOOP-Ports internal meeting is held in the Port Authority of Ravenna
More than 20 different agents from Port Authorities and other stakeholders from several countries, have been interviewed to identify which system drivers...
“Smart Ports. Piers of the Future” to make Barcelona world capital of port innovation
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 3, 2019 – The “Smart Ports. Piers of the Future” event, to be held November 19-21 locally, will make...
Customs and Monopoly Agency modernizes digitalisation at the port systems of Western Ligurian Sea and Eastern Adriatic Sea
Genoa, Italy (PortSEurope) November 1, 2019 – L’Agenzia Dogane e Monopoli (Customs and Monopolies Agency) has signed a protocol with AdSP del Mar...
Seville port leads a European innovation project to integrate maritime and land transport
Seville, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2019 –Â Autoridad Portuaria de Sevilla (APS – Port Authority of Seville) has launched the AIRIS II-Synchro...
Barcelona Container Depot Service opens new automated access
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2019 -Barcelona Container Depot Service has inaugurated a new automated access with the objective of improving the...
Valenciaport Cluster Innovation Committee active through working groups
Fundación Valenciaport (Valenciaport Foundation) – October 24, 2019 This week the meetings of two of the three working groups created within the...
Cartagena port joins second edition of the Blockchain Spain Forum
Cartagena, Spain, October 22, 2019 Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena), together with Repsol and Ilboc, was present at...
Valenciaport to set up Center of Excellence in innovation & entrepreneurship in climate change for port sector
APV, the Valenciaport Foundation and EIT Climate-KIC today inaugurated the #SuperLabPorts in the port of Valencia to lead the action against climate change in...
Revolution 4.0: Interconnectivity and cybersecurity, the main challenges of Spanish ports
Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia – October 18, 2019 The process of digitization and the need to adapt to the digital revolution currently presents...
Representatives of Spanish ports debate cybersecurity in Valenciaport
VÃctor Giner, head of information technology at the APV has been in charge of opening the conference held today and tomorrow in the Clock Building of the port...
Barcelona port to present sustainability projects in Smart Ports event
Barcelona port to present four sustainability projects in Smart Ports – October 15, 2019 The Port of Barcelona will present four environmental...
TIC 4.0 Association will facilitate digital transformation of ports sector
Valencia, October 10, 2019 Last Tuesday, the meeting took place in Marseille to formalize the creation of the Terminal Industry Committtee 4.0 (ICT 4.)...
Tarragona port aims to be among the first to adapt to the blockchain
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona (APT – Port Authority of Tarragona) wants to be one of the first...
Barcelona port explains its smart model in the 2nd day ‘Digital Automation Port’
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 3, 2019 – Deputy Director General of Organization and Internal Resources, Port of Barcelona, ​​Catalina...
MeRS Driver: the marriage of blockchain and logistics on the Mediterranean-Rhône-Saône axis
Marseille, France (PortSEurope) October 2, 2019 – The port of Marseille Fos has hosted the meeting regarding the development of a blockchain pilot for...
Cartagena port to test and develop blockchain technology
Cartagena, Spain (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Cartagena (APC – Port Authority of Cartagena) has identified the process of...
Greece hosts Cyber-MAR project start-up meeting
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) September 30, 2019 – Porto Cheli, Greece, has hosted the start-up meeting of the European Cyber-MAR (Cyber...
Italy present “Logistics of the future in Sustainable Smart Ports” in New York
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) September 27, 2019 – The project “Logistics of the future in Sustainable Smart Ports”, realized thanks to...