Ports are taking significant strides with digital transformation and are starting to declare themselves as “smart.” The result is impressive gains in operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction. Smart ports have the opportunity to establish themselves as logistics information exchange hubs serving their regional transport ecosystem. As ports digitalize their processes, they establish foundations… Read more »
Posts By: Valeria Burlando
The European Green Deal: New Opportunities for Port Cities?
20 Apr 2020 Stephan Hauser With the European Green Deal made public last December, the new European Commission took the first steps to transforming Europe into the first climate neutral continent by 2050. The Green Deal offers a wide range of climate policies and measures that directly affect European cities and citizens. Whereas port cities are high… Read more »
How international business can move beyond travel amid the Coronavirus(COVID19) epidemia?
Spinview: Amidst the stockpiling from supermarkets and the fast adoption of face worn air filters, much has been written about how people are defending themselves against the spread of Coronavirus, the latest respiratory threat making its way across the globe. Few, however, are questioning how the international business will be affected by government travel warnings… Read more »
Spinview: Putting your world in their hands by virtual reality
Virtual reality (VR) The availability of a wide range of big data applications will lead to opportunities for port operators, logistics firms, and service providers to take advantage of simulation software. In this respect, different port operations could be modelled to analyze operational flows, identify the possible barriers, and evaluate various scenarios of design and… Read more »
The meeting of the project’s partners of DocksTheFuture was held in Genova during 5-6 Feb 2020
As DocksThe Future enters the last stretch of the project, the partners met in Genova, to work on the project’s upcoming results. The meeting of the project’s partners was held in Genova 5-6 Feb 2020. Minutes of the Meeting for the first day – 5th February 2020 – are summarised as per below: At the beginning… Read more »
The Conference & Expo “Driving the Change in Shipping & Logistics: Towards the EU Green Deal”
SAVE THE DATE La Spezia Navy Base | 25th June 2020 The conference&expo “Driving The Change in Shipping & Logistics: Towards the EU Green Deal “ is one of the key moments of the prestigious event SEAFUTURE, the business convention for maritime and dual use technologies attended by 10.000 participants, with 200 exhibiting companies in the 9.000… Read more »
Docks The Future project participates at the Transport Research Arena 2020 in Helsinki 27-30 April
TRA, the Transport Research Arena, is the largest European research and technology conference on transport and mobility. In 2020, TRA takes place in Helsinki, Finland. Themed Rethinking transport – towards clean and inclusive mobility, TRA2020 brings together experts from around the world to discuss the newest innovations and future of mobility and transport. Registration… Read more »
European Port Cities in Transition: Moving Towards More Sustainable Sea Transport Hubs
Seaports, as part of urban centers, play a major role in the cultural, social and economic life of the cities in which they are located, and through the links, they provide to the outside world. Port-cities in Europe have faced significant change, first with the loss of heavy industry, emergence of Eastern European democracies, and the widening of… Read more »
Safeguarding Mediterranean biodiversity: Medsealitter Project
The Medsealitter project, funded by the European Union with over € 2 million, aims to create a collaborative network of marine protected areas – with the support of scientific organizations and NGOs – in order to develop and apply common protocols to manage the impact of plastic waste in the sea, considered among the most… Read more »
Save-The-Date – ESPO Conference 2020: A Green Deal for European Ports, their Cities and their Citizens
ESPO is organising its 17th Annual Conference on 28-29 May 2020. This 17th edition of the ESPO Conference is kindly hosted by the Port of Oslo. On 11 December, the European Commission published the European Green Deal, laying out a commitment for Europe to become the world’s first net zero emission continent by 2050. The Green Deal also refers to increased emission… Read more »