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.
Freeway Trieste project to combine efficient logistics, innovation
Trieste, Italy (Ports Europe) October 10, 2018 – The Freeway Trieste project, promoted by public and private entities operating in Trieste port, aims...
Port Authority of the Balearic Islands hosts meeting of “Port Forward” project
Palma, Mallorca, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Balears (APB – Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) is part of...
Port communities of Marseille-Fos and Lyon to install the next-generation Cargo Community System, Ci5
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) October 8, 2018 Press Release – mgi, October 1, 2018 From 16 October, the port communities of Marseille-Fos and Lyon in...
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...
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 – Viana do Castelo, in northern Portugal, is planning to create an “intelligent”...
Valenciaport Foundation hosts Corealis meeting
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 29, 2018 – 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 – Marseille-based La Méridionale 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) has awarded...
TransformingTransport holds first review meeting in Valencia
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – 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...
Piraeus port hosts security in the Mediterranean event
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Piraeus Port Authority SA (PPA) has organised an event which takes place at the port today...