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.
Siemens presents Siharbour, a port energy supply system, at Lisbon port
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 7, 2018 – The German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG has presented its Siharbor system in Lisbon, a system...
Venice port tests real time weather conditions info system
Venice, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2018 – Venice port has started trialling a system that will provide additional information in real-time on...
Ravenna port to test experimental dredging technology
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – The University of Bologna and Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mare Adriatico Centro-Settentrionale...
Livorno port to host autonomous vehicle test project
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Livorno port will become the second pilot site in Europe together with Tampere, in Finland, to test the...
Valencia port to use blockchain technologies in its smart port strategy
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2018 – Valencia port has taken advantage of its participation in the “Smart Ports & Supply Chain...
Portugal working on the launch of a space port in Azores
Santa Cruz das Flores, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 3, 2018 – The Azores Islands regional government stressed today that a future space port on...
Ericsson to create 5G model of Livorno port
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 28, 2018 – The cooperation project between Ericsson, Livorno port and the National Inter-university...
Viana do Castelo port wants to join Port Tech Cluster Network
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) October 2, 2018 –Â Viana do Castelo, in northern Portugal, is planning to create an “intelligent”...
Valenciaport Foundation hosts Corealis meeting
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 –Â A meeting of the COREALIS project was held with partners involved in the Living Lab of Valencia...
La Méridionale experiments LNG electrical supply for its ships at Corsican ports
Ajaccio, Corsica, France (Ports Europe) September 21, 2018 РMarseille-based La M̩ridionale SA, a French passenger and freight shipping company, is...
Belike wins contract to build Amazon-based technical architecture for Valenciaport
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia)Â has awarded...
TransformingTransport holds first review meeting in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 –Â The TransformingTransport first review meeting took place on September 6-7, 2018, in Valencia. The...
Memorandum of cooperation between Thessaloniki Port Authority and Rutgers University
Thessaloniki, Greece (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Thessaloniki Port Authority SA (ThPA) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Rutgers...
Barcelona port presents PierNext initiative
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – Barcelona port has presented its PierNext initiative to bring the technological and digital...
AdSP Livorno meets with CS Group spa and Zhidou Electric Vehicle
Livorno, Italy (Ports Europe) September 14, 2018 – President of Autorita’ di Sistema Portuale del Mar Tirreno Settentrionale (AdSP – North...
Piraeus port hosts security in the Mediterranean event
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 –Â Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has organised an event which takes place at the port today...
Fraunhofer carries out first meeting of “Port Forward” project
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 – German technology organisation Fraunhofer, specialised in the application of augmented reality and 3D in the...
DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe
Press release: DocksTheFuture: 50 initiatives selected to shape the Port of the Future in Europe, July 12, 2018 DocksTheFuture finished its first rounds of...
Consenza hosts “Smart port management & efficiency” event
Gioia Tauro, Italy (Ports Europe) July 12, 2018 –Â Making the ports “greener” during the stop of the ships and other issues will be discussed...
Livorno port is the first Italian test bench of 5G telecommunications
Livorno, Italy (PortSEurope) July 7, 2018 – The technologies for cellular communications evolve over time in response to the new needs of society in...