Automation and Optimization Technical Papers
- 15 April 2020
The recent realignment across all sectors of the supply chain that was set in motion by the wave of consolidation in…

Dr Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director and COO, Port of Long Beach
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 13 April 2020
With automation being broadly implemented, this article provides a foreseen perspective about some of the key technology components the marketplace offers…

Dr Oscar Pernia, Director of Automation & Process Engineering, Terminal Investment Limited
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 6 April 2020
The opportunities and challenges of autonomous vehicles in passenger and freight traffic have become a major issue in the discussions about…

Claudia Bosse, Senior Scientist and Ralf Fiedler, Group Leader, Ports and Transport Markets at Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML)
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 2 April 2020
The transition to automation has been a steep learning curve and port operators, analysts and executives have begun to understand the…

Dr Yvo Saanen, Commercial Director and Founder, TBA
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 1 April 2020
TMEIC Corporation (TMEIC) has managed to meet the ever-increasing demands of customers globally by delivering over 600 auto stacking cranes.

Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 1 April 2020
We cannot consider automation just a possibility when designing a new terminal or when we need to improve performance on existing…

Francisco J. Grau Cavanillas, Managing Director, Orbita Ports&Terminals
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 31 March 2020
Improvements in equipment reliability and new technologies are persuading terminal operators from all regions of the world to invest in automation.

Johannes Leholm, Automation Architect, Navis
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 31 March 2020
Data is the digital screw, figuratively speaking. Data has moved from being a simple by-product of the application of technology to…

Dr. Eva Savelsberg and Matthew Wittemeier, INFORM
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 30 March 2020
Examples of automation are all around us alleviating the mundane, elevating levels of safety and freeing up precious time on a…

Dr Rafiq Swash, Founder, Aidrivers
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 30 March 2020
There being no shortage of articles written on the subject of AI in general, in the following we will simply shed…

Dr Hanna Grönqvist, Data Scientist, Data Driven Services; and Pekka Mikkola, Director, Data Driven Services, Cargotec
Edition:
Automation’s Next Step
- 4 March 2020
The paper explores new business models and approaches that ports and terminals should explore as we enter a new technology era.

Dr. Eva Savelsberg, Alex Van Winckel, and Matthew Wittemeier at Inform
Edition:
E-commerce Evolution