{"id":11306,"date":"2017-11-20T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portstrategy.nfdtesting.uk\/greenport\/2017\/11\/20\/automation-taskforce-to-look-at-sustainability\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:06:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:06:36","slug":"automation-taskforce-to-look-at-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/news\/projects-initiatives-greenport\/automation-taskforce-to-look-at-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Automation taskforce to look at sustainability"},"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 to help operators become more efficient and sustainable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"sponsor":[],"class_list":["post-11306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-projects-initiatives-greenport"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11308,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11306\/revisions\/11308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11306"},{"taxonomy":"sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.portstrategy.com\/greenport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sponsor?post=11306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}