Friday 11th June - 11:00-12:30 GMT
The COVID-19 pandemic leaves the port & terminal community to yet again reassess its operational effectiveness. Further disruption has exerted even more pressure onto an already complex process. From a technical perspective, the transformation and acceleration towards digital has already begun and will only exponentially increase over the coming years. Cargo is still moving across the globe with up to 50% of the workforce operating remotely at times. Innovative digital technologies will radically re-shape the day-to-day working of the port & terminal.
The pandemic has also impacted the human element of port operations. Ports are having to try and minimise their workers exposure to COVID-19 which can be problematic in an environment where hundreds of people interact and move around during any given shift and also coping with a high number of absentee workers whilst still striving to deliver operational efficiency and move cargo through the port quickly to their final destination.
New rules will now be implemented, additional checks established, and further protections introduced to assist the frontline workers.
These are challenging and disruptive times but a somewhat forced shift into changing operational outlooks can also bring many benefits to the industry and done correctly, will radically re-shape and potentially improve future workings.
AI, Digital Twins & Automated Freight – how will they improve port operations?
Are you ready to accelerate your digital operational model?
What are the biggest concerns for a post COVID-19 port operation?
What additional checks and further protections have been introduced to assist frontline workers? Is more needed?
Stefan Wiech, Managing Partner, Bloog GmbH
Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director & COO, Port of Long Beach
Andrés Repetto, COO, Terminal Pacifico Sur Valparaíso S.A.
Mauricio Franco, Flexterm Simulation Emulation Manager, Moffatt & Nichol
Michael Houen, Director – Smart Port Strategy, Hatch
Sylvia Wong, Principal – Smart Ports, Hatch