Our last regional Harbor Café session of the year was held last Friday. Led by vice-presidents Jens Meier and Michael Luguje of the IAPH Europe and Africa regions, it focused on overcoming surface water and debris pollution through robotics and automation in a port. There were some fascinating examples and insights from the ports of Antwerp-Bruges and Rotterdam on using drone technology, Hamburg Port Authority on its joint underwater SEACLEAR robotics project with European partners and the start-up company RanMarine with its Waste Shark solution. There was also an intervention by two representatives from the EU-funded IRA-MAR project which aims at improving the integrated response to pollution accident at sea and chemical risk in port, supporting the countries bordering the western Mediterranean basin and the Atlantic (Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Morocco, Portugal and Tunisia). The next IAPH regional Harbor Café to kickoff 2023 for Africa and Europe will take place on 16 February between 0900 and 1030 AM CET. You can revisit the last IAPH Harbor Cafe of 2022 session below.
