Ports strengthen ties

chainPORT has just concluded its 8th Annual Meeting on 13 – 14 October at the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden.

Elvir Dzanic, chief executive, Port of Gothenburg welcomed delegates. “I look forward to the opportunity to further develop our ambitious agendas on digitalisation and innovation, as well as decarbonisation,” he said.

The agenda covered topics addressing green corridors, digitalisation and innovation as well as decarbonisation and the current barriers to achieving carbon reduction.

The meeting welcomed those in other industries such as experts from the retail sector discussing how businesses are overcoming the current logistical challenges.

“This year’s chainPORT annual meeting has been instrumental in showcasing how the collaboration between port authorities and their customers contributes to closing the gaps resulting from continuously disrupted supply chains,” said Jens Meier, chief executive of Hamburg Port Authority.

A top priority on this year’s agenda was energy transition and shipping line executives offered valuable insights on how digital infrastructure may be used to integrate ships and ports to reach the decarbonisation goals.

The chief executive of Stena, Carl-Johan Hagman, called for a collaborative approach. “The joint challenge between shipping companies and ports is to reduce the one billion tonnes of CO2 that the ocean transportation industry emits,” he said. “Expanding the electrical grid and increasing the supply of electricity in ports is the best and quickest way to meaningfully reduce our emissions.”