Project description
Advanced technology for efficient resource use in ports
Inside and outside ports, a wide range of stakeholders are involved in various operations. While Port Community Systems facilitate document and data interchange, this is limited to official documentation and services. However, in many ports, there is a lack of effective operational data integration. Furthermore, the utilisation of operational data remains primarily focused on individual entities. In this context, the EU-funded PIXEL project aims to leverage technological advancements to enable voluntary data exchange between ports and stakeholders. This initiative seeks to centralise operational information from different information silos where internal and external stakeholders store their data. The project’s technology will promote efficient resource utilisation in ports, support sustainable development, and green growth in ports and surrounding cities/regions.
Objective
Ports are a great example of heterogeneous information hubs. Multiple stakeholders operate inside and outside them with different motivations and businesses. Although document and data interchange is already in place through Port Community Systems (PCS), the interchange is limited to official documentation and services of the Port Authority, such as custom declarations, import/export of cargo, and other formal documents. However, an effective integration of operational data is far from optimal in most ports, and especially so in medium or small ports, where budget is limited and IT services usually is outsourced.
In contrast, the available operational data (resources tracking, container status, vessel operations, surface or berth available, air/water quality measurements,...) is constantly increasing and technology is getting inexpensive and widely available. However, the application of such systems is still single-entity centric, since the information is not shared, keeping the real potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 hidden. The same holds for geographic areas surrounding ports, where Smart Cities integrate various data systems and provide valuable services to citizens and authorities.
PIXEL will enable a two-way collaboration of ports, multimodal transport agents and cities for optimal use of internal and external resources, sustainable economic growth and environmental impact mitigation, towards the Ports of the Future. PIXEL will leverage technological enablers to voluntary exchange data among ports and stakeholders, thus ensuring a measurable benefit in this process. The main outcome of this technology will be efficient use of resources in ports, sustainable development and green growth of ports and surrounding cities/regions.
Built on top of the state-of-the art interoperability technologies, PIXEL will centralise data from the different information silos where internal and external stakeholders store their operational information.
Fields of science
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringurban engineeringsmart cities
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesinternetinternet of things
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrology
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorssmart sensors
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46022 Valencia
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46001 Valencia
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1000 Ljubljana
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34133 Trieste
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33400 Talence
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92130 Issy Les Moulineaux
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75018 PARIS
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38330 MONTBONNOT-SAINT-MARTIN
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22300 Lannion
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17000 La Rochelle
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51000 Rijeka
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34170 GORIZIA
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54110 Thessaloniki
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18538 Piraeus
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34170 MONFALCONE
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33082 Bordeaux
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W1S 1HS LONDON
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57001 Thermi Thessaloniki
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34143 Trieste
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