The holistic approach to a smarter, greener and more sustainable port ecosystem
PortForward Stakeholder Survey
PortForward carries out a survey to gather the needs and expectations from all types of port stakeholders, and how these needs and expectations can be satisfied through the implementation of a ‘Port of the Future’ vision.
The Port of the Future
Smart through ICT solutions, enhancing the exchange of information
Concept
An IoT concept for port assets and the socio-economic analysis of the port interface with its surrounding area.
Approach
A holistic approach
towards a smarter,
greener and more
sustainable port ecosystem.
Objectives
Smart Port Solutions
Green Port Solutions
Interconnected Port Solutions
Impact
Reduction of environmental impact, port’s operational costs as well as improvement of logistics efficiency.
The Port of the Future
Interconnected with the use of a combination of different modes of transport
and the integration of different technologies
The Port of the Future
Green through the adoption of green technologies
Participant Ports
In the PortForward Project participate a number of port authorities that reflect the European ports diversity in size, type, operations and locations.
The Port of Vigo, Spain
The Port Authority of Vigo is a Public Entity, with competences related to navigation, port services and works in [...]
The Port of Kristiansand, Norway
Kristiansand city was founded in 1641, and soon developed into a booming city of trade and commerce. The close [...]
Port of Magdeburg, Germany
The first parts of the inland port of Magdeburg date back to the year 1893. Since 1992 the several [...]
Port Authority of Baleares, Spain
Law 27/1992 of Ports of the State and the Merchant Marine establishes a model for the management of the [...]
North Tyrrhenian Sea Port System, Italy
The Northern Tyrrhenian Sea Port Authority System has been established with Decree no. 169/2016, regrouping the commercial ports of [...]
Latest News
Learn more about the latest PortForward publications and project meetings
Virtual Fort Knox – a platform for service oriented port management systems
Introduction and integration of cyber-physical systems or Internet of Things (IoT) technology in common lead to disruptive changes and increasing complexity for IT solutions in the field of production and logistics. The use of [...]
Visit to the Port of Vigo, Spain on June 17-21, 2019: defining the scope of the Green Yard Scheduler
Partners of the PortForward consortium from Brunel and Leitat visited the Port of Vigo from 17 to 21 June 2019. The extended visit was mainly aimed at defining the scope of the Green Yard [...]
PortForward presented to the Federal association of the German Inland Shipping during transport logistic
On the second day of the transport logistic fair in Munich Tobias Kutzler of the Fraunhofer IFF presented the PortForward project to the Bundesverband der Deutschen Binnenschifffahrt e.V. (Federal association of the German Inland [...]
The PortForward Project Consortium
An excellent network of top-level EU research organizations, key ports,
industry and educational partners.
