The Greentech for Ports and Terminals Conference took place the day before yesterday in Hamburg, organised by IAPH associate member Port Technology International. Several IAPH members took part and spoke at the event, including the opening keynote by Hamburg Port Authority’s (HPA) CCO Friedrich Stuhrman and a closing key discussion on the role of ports in establishing green corridors which included HPA CEO and IAPH vice-president Jens Meier and Halifax Port Authority CEO Captain Allan Gray together with senior executives from the Port of Gothenburg and Valenciaport Foundation. Other panel sessions included the Port of Rotterdam and PortXchange on digitalisation, the Port of Bilbao and new associate member NextPort by Moffatt & Nichol on electrification of port equipment, the Port of Barcelona’s energy transition plan, and Artificial Intelligence with HPA, DP World and NextPort. IAPH’s communications director Victor Shieh attended the event as well and met with HPA colleagues Ingrid Boqué and Phanthian Zuesongdham. The day before, delegates were offered a tour of homePORT, Hamburg Port Authority’s innovation hub. They witnessed demonstrations of an in-use inspection drone which is used to inspect port infrastructure, a 3D printing and construction lab which offers open-source designs to developing countries, a window projection solution for ship bridges and a battery-fuelled truck for containers.
