# Smart Ports

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/smart-ports/59310>\
**Category:** Maritime News\
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/smart-ports/59310 "2021-04-29T13:11:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/smart-ports/59310/1 "2021-04-29T13:11:52Z")

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The competition to develop the smartest ports are on:

> **[Digital perception radar technology touted as next smart port innovation -...](https://www.porttechnology.org/news/digital-perception-radar-technology-touted-as-next-smart-port-innovation/)**
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> Digital perception radar technology could be the next major smart port innovation and help stakeholders across the maritime industry increase efficiency

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/smart-ports/59310/2 "2021-07-05T13:33:25Z")

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Smart ship arriving in smart port using smart technology:

> **[Hapag-Lloyd vessel completes digitally controlled port arrival](https://thedigitalship.com/news/electronics-navigation/item/7378-hapag-lloyd-vessel-completes-digitally-controlled-port-arrival)**
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> Tanger Med, Hapag-Lloyd, and Anglo-Eastern Ship Management have successfully enabled the world’s first digitally controlled port arrival. The Kobe Exp...

No longer; “Congratulation on you accurate ETA Captain”. Nobody congratulates a software program on it’s arrival predictions.

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**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 8:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/smart-ports/59310/3 "2021-10-14T20:55:56Z")

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First port in Middle East tests 5G Smart Port concept:

> **[Hutchison Ports wraps up first 5G smart port demo in Middle East - Offshore...](https://www.offshore-energy.biz/hutchison-ports-wraps-up-first-5g-smart-port-demo-in-middle-east/)**
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> Hutchison Ports Sohar, together with Oman's telecommunication service provider Omantel and Chinese technology corporation Huawei, has held a 5G smart port proof of concept (PoC) demonstration to improve the port's overall operational efficiency.

Will the Stevedores protest??