{"id":5528,"date":"2017-11-16T12:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T12:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/coastlink\/2017\/11\/16\/taskforce-for-automation-development-launched\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:48:33","slug":"taskforce-for-automation-development-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/2017\/11\/16\/taskforce-for-automation-development-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"Taskforce for automation development launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Navis, Microsoft China, ZPMC and global infrastructure advisory firm Moffatt &amp; Nichol, aim to deliver a single, integrated solution to initiate future terminal automation projects, as well as optimise and\/or automate existing terminal infrastructures and systems to provide faster pathways to improved productivity, safety and sustainability.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Welles, VP and general manager, Asia Pacific at Navis, said: \u201cThe joint taskforce\u2026has the potential to further extend Navis\u2019 footprint and involvement in a majority of the world\u2019s automated projects, including sites that are just getting started, as well as those like QQCTN on the cutting edge of terminal innovation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile much has been achieved to date, our experience tells us that the collective industry as a whole still faces challenges ahead in order to achieve the full potential offered by automation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The taskforce met to outline its working approach at ZPMC\u2019s Smart Terminal Solutions Forum in Shanghai.<\/p>\n<p>The global automated container terminal market is expected to grow 25% by 2021, according to Technavio, indicating there is a significant need to support terminals as they work to perform in various phases of automation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new joint taskforce will explore opportunities and turnkey automation solutions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5529,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-5528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-equipment","category-products-services"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5530,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5528\/revisions\/5530"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5528"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/coastlink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=5528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}