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January 26, 2024
In this interview, we explore how the Port of Virginia is actively adopting technology to elevate efficiency, sustainability, and safety.
CTAC North America 2023: Transforming Port Operations at The Port of Virginia
Margherita Bruno, Editor, Port Technology International, interviewing Rich Ceci, Senior Vice President Technology and Projects, Virginia International Terminals
Edition: Port Development and Investment
January 26, 2024
Today, most container terminals worldwide still have a fully manual operation for the yard, quay and transport. However, labour shortages and environmental considerations have made automation increasingly attractive. Container terminals would also like to increase their capacity and efficiency on the existing footprint. This means operators are looking into automation to increase their throughput capacity and to be less affected by labour shortages.
Brownfield Terminal Automation. Five Major Pitfalls
Kaj de Groot, Director of Automation Projects, Portwise, and Pim van Leeuwen, Simulation Consultant, Portwise
Edition: Port Development and Investment
January 26, 2024
As the maritime industry adapts to the era of automation, the horizontal transport component of port operations becomes a focal point. Efficient container handling is crucial for port operations and development, yet the complexity of both quayside and landside operations presents unique challenges for automation.
Human-assisted Autonomy: Pioneering the Future of Port Automation Today
Martin Isik, CCO, FERNRIDE, and Peter Szelei, Director Business Development, FERNRIDE
Edition: Port Development and Investment
December 7, 2023
SIBRE: Transforming Port Operations with Innovative Technology
Jose García, CTO, SIBRE Brakes Spain
Edition: SDP North America 2023
November 2, 2023
Automatic guided vehicles (AGVs) are a proven automated transport system for container terminals. Since the introduction in 1993 at ECT in the Port of Rotterdam, AGVs have been used at more than 10 sites across the world. Currently, AGVs are there with the most successful automated transport system in container terminals. AGVs are reliable and can support high Quay Crane (QC) productivity In addition, battery AGVs have been available since 2012, supporting zero-emission terminals.
Jeroen Kats, Project Director, Portwise
Jeroen Kats, Project Director, Portwise
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
November 2, 2023
Port terminal operators are using digitalisation to become more flexible and resilient so they can respond to volatile market demands, shifting transport routes, and growing vessel sizes with greater speed, agility, coordination, and collaboration. To succeed, they need digital-ready connectivity platforms that can enable and optimise advanced Port 4.0 use cases such as autonomous operations, wireless data, worker collaboration, computer vision, and environmental monitoring.
Building a Digitalization Foundation for Port 4.0
Todd Nate, Head of Private Wireless Sales, North America, Nokia
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
November 2, 2023
In today's fast-evolving container shipping industry, the challenge is not a lack of available data but the huge amount of unstructured data sources. In the past, the container shipping industry might have faced challenges due to low digitisation and limited data availability. However, in today's modern supply chain, each stakeholder is both dependent on multiple data sources and generating crucial information for others in the ecosystem.
Navigating Seas of Data
Dr. Jasper Boessenkool, Senior Director Sales, Portchain
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
November 2, 2023
Container terminals are living ecosystems built over complex and large infrastructures with several parties interacting in a coordinated way to offer highly complex logistic services under strict operational planning and tight cost controls. Due to the port and shipping industry’s competitiveness, challenging requirements, and demanding needs, operations within a container terminal must be accurately carried out to achieve high operational efficiency, while also ensuring safety, sustainability, reliability, and profitability.
A Digitalization Journey for Complex Problem Solving in Dynamic Environments to Achieve Ill-Defined Goals
Ángel Martínez, Head of Products Terminal Solutions, Prodevelop, Francisco Blanquer, R&D Senior Manager, CMA CGM and Chair Operations Council, Terminal Industry Committee 4.0, Ben Othman Nasser, R&D Digitalization for Terminals, CMA CGM
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
November 2, 2023
Increasingly, participants in supply chains are digitising their operations and looking to new technologies for the future of continuous optimisation. With so many different components in motion within the supply chain, real-time data sharing is integral for ports to maintain big-picture vision while keeping an eye on day-to-day movements to identify where problems are occurring.
Speeding up the Supply Chain: A Guide for Real-Time Truck Data Collection and Sharing
Lucy Lai, Director of Product Marketing, SMATS Traffic Solutions
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
November 2, 2023
In 2020, INFORM’s Dr. Eva Savelsberg sat down for an interview with Matthew Wittemeier to share her perspective on global trends, technology, society, and environmental issues that were pushing and pulling the global supply chain. At the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the trends discussed were accurate. In INFORM’s latest article, Eva and Matthew have once again sat down for an in-depth discussion of the state of the industry.
The ‘A-Word’. And Other Trends Shaping Maritime
Dr. Eva Savelsberg, Senior Vice President, INFORM, and Matthew Wittemeier, Director of Marketing and Sales, INFORM
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
November 2, 2023
Industrial automation and control systems have a direct effect on the physical world, while cybersecurity incidents can lead to financial, health, safety, and environmental impacts. Potential threat scenarios range from data security breaches and ransomware attacks to the theft of goods and even shutting down the operations of the entire port.
Kalmar Leads the Way in Cybersecurity Certification for the Terminal Industry
Timo Alho, Director, Product Management Automation, Kalmar
Edition: CTAC North America 2023
August 9, 2023
Decarbonising our operations is a priority at APM Terminals and to succeed in that, we must overcome some of the main roadblocks for our industry, with fragmentation being one of the most challenging. In decarbonisation, speed and scale are not just the name of the game (and that of a great book by John Doerr), they're imperatives in the battle to protect our planet.
Sahar Rashidbeigi, Head of Decarbonisation, APM Terminals
Sahar Rashidbeigi, Head of Decarbonisation, APM Terminals
Edition: Sustainable Developments

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