Harbor of the Future

Planning the Harbor of the Future is not an easy task. Not only does it mean starting with the planning today by analyzing processes and observing current tendencies, but also anticipating developments and detecting upcoming trends. Here it seems as though the sizes of the container ships have no measurable boundaries. With the growing sizes of container ships, harbors have to handle increased amounts of cargo in shorter time frames. But how will the harbors cope with this challenge? Which strategy will be used if surface increase is not an option? – Digitalization.

The digitalized era has finally infiltrated the harbors. We will show you how, with autonomous vehicles, cargo can be delivered to storage independent of drivers, and containers can be unloaded in the comfort of the office. But wouldn't an automated harbor make workers obsolete? Here we will visit the biggest terminals of the world, namely those in Hamburg, Rotterdam, and Dubai, to find out how the Harbor of the Future works.