24.09.2024
On the 24th of September, Mr Maarten Boot, Senior Policy Advisor of FEPORT participated in a panel discussion organised in the context of the SDP conference entitled: Green Digital Ports: the twin objectives of digitalisation and decarbonisation.
The panel featured contributions from academia, consulting, port authorities as well as the perspective of private terminal operators which was provided by FEPORT. The panel was moderated by Mr Kaj de Groot, Director of Automation Projects at Portwise.
Mr Afshin Mansouri, Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management shared his vision for digitising container terminals by using the Green Yard Scheduler (GYS) to enhance productivity and sustainability.
Mr Matteo Boschian Cuch, PhD Student in Transport and Mobility at CENIT/Port of Barcelona emphasised the critical role of digitalisation in enabling sustainable port operations, in particular through the application of 5G.
In his presentation, Mr Maarten Boot explained how various pieces of EU legislation incentivise port operators and other transport sector stakeholders in their efforts to decarbonise and digitalise their operations. Commenting on the Fit for 55 package, he stressed that when it comes to implementing the rollout of alternative fuels infrastructure it is not only important to focus on availability requirements in the ports, but that also the demand side should be considered. In addition, when designing legislation applying to shipping, impacts on port stakeholders should not be overlooked.