Dutch shipbuilder De Hoop has come up with some innovative ways to overcome challenges to the construction of its ships during the coronavirus pandemic by resorting to technology. Namely, the shipyard was faced with numerous challenges due to the country-wide lockdown including workforce shortages a
On Monday morning an automated driverless truck for containers delivered containers to load a containership and collected unloaded containers from the vessel at the Port of Xiamen, passing a trial run as part of a project aimed at developing 5G smart ports! The project is being developed by terminal
Amsterdam-based Deep BV will upgrade one of its survey vessels with US-based Sea Machines Robotics SM300 autonomous control system. The Sea Machines system enables remote command of the vessel, including navigation and positioning, the control of on-board auxiliaries and sensors, as well as ship-to-
Two new deep-sea quay cranes arrived at Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG). They will be commissioned in the coming months and are expected to be operational in the second half of 2020. The new cranes, the largest of their kind, were built by ZPMC in China. They have a lifting height of 56 meters and are
EMEC recently embarked on a project with OceanWise to further improve geographic information system and data management capabilities. OceanWise delivered training in data management, QGIS and supported EMEC to convert its existing diverse datasets into a geospatial database. They also linked QGIS to
By Hanane Becha, TRAXENS & UN/CEFACT, Mikael Lind, RISE (Research institutes of Sweden), André Simha, MSC (Mediterranean Shipping Company SA), and Francois Bottin, CMA CGM Ports are taking significant strides with digital transformation and starting to declare themselves as “smart”. Processes are di
Turkish port operator Yilport Holdings has implemented Navis Smart Compass, a visual workflow management application, at five terminals, following a pilot program in May of last year. The application, developed by Cargotec’s Navis brand, is used to digitize the planning process and standardize the w
Dutch gas and LNG carrier operator Anthony Veder and classification society Bureau Veritas have completed a pilot for “live remote class surveys” using a wearable device and augmented reality technology. The companies said in a statement that success of this pilot opens up the way for fully remote c
Stockholm Norvik Port is preparing for its debut scheduled to take place later this year.
