- Trade represented more than 60 percent of the global gross domestic product.
- Connected ports: A guide to make ports smarter with private cellular technology, outlines how challenges of equipment downtime, congested port yards for loading and unloading, worker safety, and environmental impact could be resolved with private cellular networks.
- Ericsson collaborated with leading sensor technology provider, ifm electronic, as well as researchers from management consultancy Arthur D.
- By year five, the report projects that the ROI would be 178 percent for our standard baseline port.
Ericsson report charts smarter ports with 5G private networks to increase worker safety and sustainability, says a press release published on their website.
Ericsson’s new Connected Ports report outlines smart use cases that can:
- optimize port operations,
- create new cost reductions,
- increase worker safety and sustainability using private cellular technology.
In this article, we give the highlights of the same.
Vital for a well-functioning global economy
Ports and shipping are vital for a well-functioning global economy. According to the World Bank, in 2019, trade represented more than 60 percent of the global gross domestic product (GDP).
Shipping role in world’s trade
Data from The International Chamber of Shipping reveals that shipping plays by far the largest part in this, facilitating roughly 90 percent of the world’s trading. The ports of the world literally keep its goods flowing.
The comprehensive report, Connected Ports: A guide to making ports smarter with private cellular technology, outlines how challenges of equipment downtime, congested port yards for loading and unloading, worker safety, and environmental impact could be resolved with private cellular networks.
The comprehensive report, Connected Ports
A guide to making ports smarter with private cellular technology, outlines how below listed challenges could be resolved with private cellular networks.
- Equipment downtime,
- congested port yards for loading and unloading,
- worker safety, and
- environmental impact.
About 5G-ready private cellular networks
5G-ready private cellular networks provide fast, reliable, and secure connectivity required by a smart port’s network infrastructure to handle the large amounts of data generated by cranes, vehicles, equipment, and workers.
Ericsson’s collaboration
In the maritime report findings, Ericsson collaborated with leading sensor technology provider, ifm electronic, as well as researchers from management consultancy Arthur D. Little.
They examine and quantify five use cases with the most beneficial applications for smart port technologies:
- Remote-controlled ship-to-shore cranes load and unload container ships, moving containers between the ship and the dock with precision and maneuverability.
- Automated rubber tired gantry cranes stack containers at terminals, crucial for when high-capacity stacking and good maneuverability are needed.
- Automated guided vehicles(AGVs) navigate through the port using smart 3D sensors, handling all port materials, reducing energy costs and risk of accidents.
- Condition monitoring detects faults before they occur, reducing unplanned downtime and maximizing asset productivity.
- Drones deliver documents from ship to shore, reducing costs and environmental impact of crewed boats while also conducting security surveillance of ports.
Complete payback in 2 years
The report projects that if all of the five use cases are deployed together, complete payback can be achieved in less than two years. By year five, the report projects that the ROI would be 178 percent for our standard baseline port.
Port with smart technologies
One port that is already deploying these types of smart technologies is Italy’s Port of Livorno – for example, by leveraging 5G technologies to enhance the exchange of real-time information among actors in the port’s terminal process.
Reduce CO2 emissions
These applications have the potential to reduce CO2 emissions by 8.2 percent for one terminal operation.
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Source: Ericsson.com
