UK port joins data-sharing partnership

Port of Tyne is now a partner of Connected Ports, which aims to transform the way ports operate through pooling data and resources.

Matt Beeton, CEO at the Port of Tyne, said: “We are excited to join this innovative, world-leading and collaborative initiative. We look forward to learning from each other and being the first in the UK to work towards co-creating a global hub of connected ports by extending important maritime developments such as data standardisation.”

Connected Ports partners include the ports of Rotterdam, Gdansk, Helsinki, Hamburg and Los Angeles.

The first step in joining the Connected Ports Partnership will see the Port of Tyne advance data sharing practise by adopting shared technology to co-develop a mutual platform for monitoring shipping and environmental data.

Since launching the UK’s first Maritime 2050 Innovation Hub in July last year, the Port of Tyne has been collaborating to develop solutions to technological challenges facing the maritime sector and the wider logistics industry.

Joyce Bliek, director of digital business solutions at Port of Rotterdam, said: “The Connected Ports Partnership is about co-creating new models of data exchange, and collaboration is vital for sustainable development across international gateways. Ports have a major role to play in using smart technology that can improve global logistics.”