The ports of Singapore, Hamburg, Rotterdam, Antwerp, Barcelona, Gothenburg, and Montreal came together at Tanger Med to intensify close collaboration and discuss common projects related to port operations topics and innovations.
Addressing the challenges
The meeting succeeded in elevating the ongoing, fruitful dialogue to the next level. The participants focused on a range of common port issues, such as new technologies and innovations that drive daily port operations.
These included digitalisation processes that shape the digital culture of ports, corporate social responsibility, and projects relating to renewable energy and sustainability. The meeting also looked at several initiatives aimed at promoting the development of the maritime sector.
Two-day programme
The programme included tours of Tanger Med Port, the Logistics Free Zone, and the industrial platform
Designed to simultaneously combine both meeting sessions and site visits, the two-day programme included tours of Tanger Med Port, the Logistics Free Zone, and the industrial platform backed by the port. The participants visited facilities such as the Renault Tanger Med, the largest automobile factory in Africa.
The tour finished with a visit to the Tanger Med innovation cluster, including the third campus of the coding school 1337 MED, which is part of the global IT-education network 42.
Improving supply chain efficiency
Mr. Mehdi Tazi Riffi, CEO of Tanger Med, stated, “Tanger Med is delighted to host its chainPORT partner ports to collectively address the common challenges ahead and to reassert the vital and growing role that ports play in improving the efficiency of global supply chains."
"The meeting represented an excellent starting point to design joint projects in the fields of digitalisation and decarbonisation."
Security, connectivity, and efficiency
Tanger Med is a sign that smart ports are willing to transparently drive supply chain optimisation"
“We are very pleased that Tanger Med has opened its doors to chainPORT members by providing such a comprehensive overview of its operational, strategic and social projects," said Mr. Jens Meier, CEO of the Hamburg Port Authority.
"This is a sign that smart ports are willing to transparently drive supply chain optimisation in order to achieve greater security, connectivity, and efficiency."
Collaboration
"The case study trip is a new gathering that complements the intense debates that take place at our Annual General Meetings, Academy programmes, and regular working-group meetings.”
At the conclusion of the meeting, the chainPORT member ports pointed out their willingness to continue this global maritime dialogue and to substantiate the discussions in the form of concrete collaboration projects.