Within the partnership between Tanger Med Port Authority and Wärtsilä Voyage, Tanger Med, Hapag-Lloyd, and Anglo-Eastern Ship Management enabled the world’s first digitally controlled port arrival.
Namely, the ‘Kobe Express’ docked safely and on-time at Tanger Med port in Morocco on June 25 using the Wärtsilä Navi-Port system, having sailed in from Cartagena in Colombia..
This is a digital platform that facilitates the exchange of real-time data between ships and their destination ports to allow accurate arrival times.
The system also exchanges required time of arrival digitally with the onboard navigation system and allows a ship’s speed schedule to be adjusted for a Just-in-Time (JiT) arrival by the clicking of one button,.
We have moved beyond pilot and testing projects to real-life applications, and we see this as kick-starting a trend that will make both shipping and port operations more efficient and less carbon intensive
stated Dmitry Rostopshin, General Manager for Ship Traffic Control at Wärtsilä Voyage.
Furthermore, Ralf Belusa, Managing Director Digital Business at Hapag-Lloyd, added that technology is moving forward quickly in the shipping industry, and this world-first achievement is evidence that the sector is entering an era of high efficiency and better environmental performance.
Currently, a number of similar projects are well underway, informs Bruce Mills, Business Development Manager for Ship Traffic Control at Wärtsilä Voyage.