All aboard
In order to research and apply the best solutions, we enter into cooperation agreements: in the ports and beyond our ports.
The task of making port management sustainable can only be accomplished together. Globalisation, digitalisation, climate protection and the working world of the future: the big picture is determined by many coordinates. In order to research and apply the best solutions, we enter into cooperation agreements: in the ports and beyond our ports.
Already in 2008 NPorts joined forces with the Hamburg Port Authority and Brunsbüttel Ports to form a joint platform for the five ports on the Lower Elbe Brunsbüttel, Cuxhaven, Glückstadt, Hamburg and Stade.
Even though we are competitors, we face the same challenges. Under the ElbeSeaports label, we have created a joint location marketing campaign to promote the regular exchange of information and knowledge. For almost as long we have been working together with the port companies in Bremen and Hamburg as the German Bight Working Group. At management level, both cooperation projects involve the exchange of port and transport issues, nautical issues, economic developments, construction and permit issues and environmental perspectives.
Concentrated port power for climate protection
How do we reduce the CO₂ footprint in the ports? Every port company is currently facing this task. In the DUAL Ports cooperation, in which NPorts is involved in the North Sea region within the framework of the Interreg support programme, seven ports from the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Scotland and Germany are working together on cross-border Green Port approaches. Together with scientific institutions and companies in the port industry, various research projects have been launched, with a different focus in each port. NPorts is involved with the seaport of Emden, among others, in the development of intelligent port lighting.
Sharing more knowledge together
The transnational cooperation of the North Sea seaports brings great added value for all parties involved: projects are made possible which cannot be carried out by individual ports, results are shared and checked and made applicable to regional conditions. With bundled know-how, the greatest possible contribution to CO₂ reduction is thus created. Today, we are also increasingly solving other research topics related to sustainability in cooperation with science and the port industry. These include, for example, WASh2Emden to explore the potential of hydrogen from wind power for use in our ports, and our new "3D HydroMapper" project, in which we are testing an innovative 3D scanner method in collaboration with scientific and planning partners in order to better assess the condition of port structures under water.