Ship&Offshore | Issue GreenTech/2021
European alliance awarded almost EUR 25 million for smart port research
A European alliance, headed by the Port of Rotterdam, is to receive almost EUR 25 million in EU funding to develop projects in the field of sustainable and smart port logistics. The aim is to develop a “grand plan” that can provide a framework for transport to, from, and within ports to be made carbon-free by 2050. The research project is called MAGPIE, which is short for sMArt Green Ports as Integrated Efficient multimodal hubs. Other port partners are DeltaPort (Germany), Le Havre, Rouen and Paris (Haropa, France), and Sines in Portugal....