Research/Innovation
A category of news covering the use of research and innovation by ports and the port community. This includes research into new technology to improve performance in port activities. It is prominent in the sector of technology to address environmental issues.
EU: Digital Single Market: Global blockchain association launched
Press Release – European Commission – Digital Single Market: Global blockchain association launched A new international association with the aim of...
Innsomnia, KPMG to establish startup incubator in Spanish port system
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – A consortium of Valencia-based company Innsomnia and consultancy KPMG has been awarded a contract to...
EC approves financing for Ancona’s smart port project
Ancona, Italy (Ports Europe) March 29, 2019 – The European Commission has approved the extension of financing for the smart port project of...
La Spezia Container Terminal upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity
News – Contship Italia – La Spezia Container Terminal (LSCT) upgrades to Fluidmesh for TOS Connectivity – March 27, 2019 With the aim of...
Eni starts wave power energy generation at the Ravenna offshore site
Ravenna, Italy (Ports Europe) March 28, 2019 – The Italian energy company Eni SpA has installed and activated the Inertial Sea Wave Energy Converter...
Portugal launched Bluetech Accelerator – new technology for ports and shipping
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – The Portuguese Ministry of the Sea and FLAD (Luso-American Development Foundation), have jointly...
Carbon4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery
Press Release – Marseille Fos – CARBON4PUR Project: 14 partners experiment with industrial CO2 recovery – March 21, 2019 In a context of...
Barcelona port hopes to benefit from SmartCAT Challenge
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 19, 2019 – The Catalan government and Barcelona’s port authority have joined forces to find innovative...
Brexit: Ports in the Hauts-de-France region innovate with Channel Pass
Press Release – Brexit: Ports in the Hauts-de-France region innovate with Channel Pass – March 6, 2019 In 2018, the company responsible for...
DocksTheFuture will stage the Midterm Conference on April 4, 2019
Press release – DocksTheFuture will stage the Midterm Conference on April 4th 2019 in Trieste, Italy Circle S.p.A. (Italy) and Magellan Association –...
MGI and Marseille-Fos Port win the Digital Transformation Award with Ci5
On 13 March, MGI and the Marseille-Fos Port Authority (GPMM) received the award in the logistics category at the Digital Transformation Awards in Paris for the...
Ceuta port joins SAMOA 2 project
Ceuta, Spain (Ports Europe) March 14, 2019 – Ceuta port has joined the project for the start-up of an innovative system of prediction of oceanic...
LogChain completes first international blockchain shipment
Press Release – Israeli Blockchain Start-Up LogChain Completes Its First International Blockchain Shipment – March 11, 2018 Israeli-based LogChain...
GNV, ABB launch energy efficiency project for ships
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 7, 2019 – Italian ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) and Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation ABB have started a...
The European INTER-IoT project ends successfully with the pilot of Valencia
Valencia, Spain, March 4, 2019 – The final meeting of the “INTER-IoT – Interoperability of Heterogeneous Platforms with Internet of...
ValenciaportPCS will connect in real time to the Noatum Valencia terminal
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2019 – As of March 4, the electronic platform of the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), ValenciaportPCS, will...
Balearic port authority launches drone control programme
Alcúdia, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2019 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has initiated a pilot...