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Can Digitalisation Deliver ‘Smart’ Port Operations?
without co‐incidence therefore that in the UK, The Department for Transport (DfT) published its draft Maritime 2050 Strategy in 2018 [2] which frames the shape of the future for ports and harbours. This strategy requires that the maritime sector becomes more automated, more efficient, effective and productive. The UKMPG’s ‘Port 2050’ [3] vision mirrors this with augmentation, automation and digitalisation highlighted as key emerging trends. With global trade very much in the limelight, ports have a major role to play in the UK’s economy with over 95% of our interna‐ tional goods imported and exported by sea.
Katriona Eades OceanWise
John Pepper OceanWise
The World Economic Forum stated in 2016 that “the world was standing on the brink of a technological revolution that will fundamentally alter the way we live, work, and relate to one another.
In its scale, scope, and complexity, this transformation will be unlike anything humankind has experienced before”. [1] It is not
Major UK ports are now responding with many seeking out progressive changes that can support economic growth as well as safe and efficient operations. Ports are not only now investing in automated machinery and advanced technology like facial recognition and CCTV systems, there are signs that they are waking up to the pressing requirement for better data governance and the implementation of a data management infrastructure. John Pepper comments “We need to increasingly challenge the way data is collected and stored, shared and exchanged in the innovative applications being developed. Treating data as ‘infrastructure’ is vitally important and in doing so, we can then appreciate data as an asset, which forms a vital part of a port’s operational structure”.
OWL ABP Southampton
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