Technical Papers - Global Issues
Smart Ports or Smart People: An SPSCT Event Review
PTI Editor Richard Joy review the Smart Ports & Supply Chain Technologies Conference 2018 in Rotterdam
The Future of Dry Bulk: Beyond the Trade War
This paper offers a review the bulk sector in 2018, and looks to what 2019 holds
Digital Twin and Capacity Planning: Next Generation Ports
As the scale and complexity of container ports operations grow, more sophisticated and accurate methods are required to derive precise planning for next generation ports.
Statecraft in The Age of Connectivity: The Case of Kazakhstan’s Diversified Railways Diplomacy
In a world increasingly shaped by infrastructure initiatives – spearheaded by, but not limited to, the China-sponsored Belt and Road Initiative– connectivity is fast becoming a key area of statecraft.
Ports in the New Manufacturing Landscape
The association between ports and manufacturing has constantly evolved through technological and economic changes. Prior to containerization, there were strong linkages between ports and heavy industrial activities, and indirectly with lighter forms of manufacturing.
Eco-efficiency in Terminal Operations
Over the years, the cargo handling industry has made tremendous strides in developing the eco-efficiency of cargo and material handling through more efficient machines, optimization of cargo flows, as well as intelligent equipment and automation.
Supply Chain Partnerships: Countering Economic and Geopolitical Uncertainty
Long-standing trade routes are shifting and geopolitical events are driving economic uncertainty on a global scale.
42km of Connected Complexity: Operating in the Digital Future
This paper describes how Rotterdam is aiming to be the smartest port in the world, explaining some of its vision and activities in relation to digital technology. But what exactly is a smart port?
42km of Connected Complexity: Operating in the Digital Future
The Port of Rotterdam, one of the world's leading smart ports, answers what a smart port is and how to become one
Free Ports in Post-Brexit Britain
An exclusive paper from Aaron Nelson of top 100 UK law firm Bircham Dyson Bell focusing on the potential of free ports in post-Brexit Britain
#SPSC18 e-Book #3 Reconceptualizing The Port
The Reconceptualizing The Port e-Book features content from some of the top names in the port and terminal industry.
How Intelligent Data Systems Change the Way Companies Work
In 2016, Künz started designing the new Künz Informaton System (KIS), which is based on the Senseforce Software.
Review of INFORM’s Futuristic Smart Port Novella
INFORM's '2038: A Smart Port Story' by Dr. Eva Savelsberg and Matthew Wittemeier follows the events that unfold when 'Douglas', an upper-mid-level INTERPOL employee, is interrupted on his holiday in the Blue Lagoon geothermal spa of Iceland by a serious incident in the Port of Reykjavik.
Synchronization for Port Effectiveness
While recent political events including a potential Trade War prompted by the US President have focussed attention on customs and tariffs, a report to the World Economic Forum concluded that, ‘there are far more significant
impediments to trade than tariffs’.
Transhipment and Feedering: Trades and Operators, Ships and Hubs
Over the last ten years, indispensable feedering has kept true to the adage that the capability of a port decides the size of the feeder ship.
