The Port of Rotterdam announced the beginning of a collaboration with IBM on a multi-year digitisation initiative to transform the port’s operational environment using Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in the cloud. The initiative will prepare the Port of Rotterdam’s to host connected ships in the future.
The new project will create a centralised dashboard application to collect and process real-time water (hydro), weather (meteo) sensor data and communications data, through the IBM IoT platform.
Sensors are being installed across the Port, gathering multiple data streams including water (hydro) and weather (meteo) data about tides and currents, temperature, wind speed and direction, water levels, berth availability and visibility.
This data will be analysed by IBM’s cloud-based IoT technologies in order to extract information that the Port of Rotterdam can use to reduce wait times and optimize operations in general. Port of Rotterdam operators will also be able to view the operations of all the different parties simultaneously.
“The Port of Rotterdam’s digital transformation project is enabled by IBM’s cloud-based IoT technologies and will see the Port of Rotterdam and IBM are working together long-term to uncover other innovative applications of IoT and artificial intelligence. Cisco and Axians are also involved in the project,” the Port of Rotterdam informed.
