Port of Rotterdam

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Connecting the World. Building Tomorrow’s Sustainable Port

  • The Port of Rotterdam integrates the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals into its core operations.
  • Committed to a climate-neutral future, prioritizing both sustainability and safety.

Climate Neutral and Circular

  • Leading the energy and resources transition by fostering innovation in logistics, energy, and production.
  • Aims to transform the port into a hub for clean energy and circular raw materials.

Energy Transition Leadership

  • Driving green hydrogen production, biofuels, and recycling initiatives.
  • Investing in heat, hydrogen, and CO₂ pipelines to enable sustainable maritime shipping.

Biodiversity Action Plan

  • Targeting a 5% biodiversity increase by 2027 through green infrastructure projects.
  • Expanding monitoring networks and collaborating with industry partners to restore ecosystems.

CLARION Demonstrators in the Port

 

PD1 – Smart & sustainable climate resilient quay walls

PD5 – Dredged sediment reuse

PD6 – Nature Based Solutions for maritime ports

PD7 – Hinterland transport resilience

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The Port of Rotterdam is the largest in Europe, a vital hub for global trade and industry. We manage, operate, and develop the port and industrial area while ensuring safe and efficient shipping services. Proud of our achievements, we work closely with partners to shape the port of the future. Our goal is to create a sustainable, inclusive, and secure port that can adapt to an ever-changing world. Today, we face significant challenges, particularly in climate resilience and safety. We are committed to innovation and collaboration, investing in new technologies and sustainable solutions to meet these challenges. By fostering strong partnerships and embracing forward-thinking strategies, we aim to ensure Rotterdam remains a leading port, ready for the future.

Port of Antwerp-Bruges

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Connectivity

  • Direct maritime connections to more than 1,200 destinations
  • Multimodal gateway to the European hinterland (rail, inland navigation, road, shortsea, pipeline)

Energy transition & Digital transformation

  • More sustainable fleet and vessels
  • Innovation open platform for drones and autonomous ships
  • Port of Antwerp-Bruges has the ambition to be the most important European hydrogen import hub

Transport

  • 20,195 seagoing vessels/year
  • 60k barges/year
  • 187 cruise vessels -1 mio passenger movements

Belgium’s most important economic driver

  • The port accounts for 4.5% of national GDP
  • Added value: 20.8 € billion
  • 164,000 direct and indirect jobs

CLARION Demonstrators in the Port

 

PD2 – Monitoring and management system for the corrosion of port infrastructure

PD3 – Shore tension for Roll-On-Roll-Off and Container Roll-On-roll-Off terminals

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Port of Antwerp-Bruges, established in 2022 through the merger of the ports of Antwerp and Zeebrugge, is Europe’s second-largest seaport and a pivotal global maritime hub. It offers over 300 liner services connecting to 800 destinations worldwide. Strategically located, the port provides seamless access to Europe’s hinterland via extensive rail, road, and inland waterway networks. Committed to environmental sustainability, Port of Antwerp-Bruges aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Innovative projects, such as the introduction of Hydrotug 1—the world’s first hydrogen-powered tugboat—underscore its dedication to green initiatives. The port also serves as a key center for industrial and logistics activities, bolstering its role as a vital gateway for international trade.

Port of Hamburg

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Logistics management – from truck to train

  • The Port of Hamburg relies on over 140 km of roads and 60 street bridges, plus advanced IT systems, for efficient transportation.
  • It manages rail traffic on around 300 km of tracks with transPORT rail, gearing up for rising cargo.
  • The HPA aims to become a “digital port”, utilizing virtual and augmented reality for better infrastructure planning.

Managing the port

  • The Vessel Traffic Service Centre at HPA ensures safety and smooth transport flow in Hamburg Port, monitoring with radar, AIS transponders, and sensors. It coordinates procedures using advanced technology and Port Monitor software.
  • The harbour master’s office handles compliance, nautical information, and advises on infrastructure projects.

A gateway to the world

  • HPA manages commercial space and property in Hamburg, renting out various facilities around the harbour to companies. It supports industry diversity and innovation, and with Cruise Gate Hamburg, strengthens the cruise ship segment.
  • The new Cruise Center HafenCity will further enhance Hamburg’s attractiveness as a cruise ship destination.

Employees and Community

  • HPA employs around 1,900 workers
  • HPA maintains recreational areas, supports alternative energy in shipping, and builds shore power facilities for environmental sustainability.

CLARION Demonstrators in the Port

 

PD4 – Flood Impact Control

PD8 – DT for Extreme Weather Forecasting

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Hamburg Port Authority AöR (HPA) is the hub of the Port of Hamburg, the place where everything comes together. We are a skilled port manager, a public agency and a modern service provider. Across the approx. 7,000-hectare-large port area, we keep goods flowing and put people in motion – on water, on roads and on railways. Together with our subsidiaries, Flotte Hamburg GmbH & Co. KG, Cruise Gate Hamburg GmbH (CGH) and the HPA Polder Hamburg GmbH, we rely on innovative technology and intelligent solutions to provide a pioneering port concept offering more safety, ease and efficiency for all modes of transport. As a property manager and commissioner of significant infrastructure construction projects, we contribute to shaping Hamburg’s cityscape, and make the port an important economic engine across the entire value-added chain and the entire country.

Port of Constanta

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Core areas

  • Drawing up of development plans for the maritime ports according to the policy and development programs elaborated by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure
  • Providing operational, administration, repair and maintenance services for maintaining minimal technical characteristics of the naval transport infrastructure that have been given under concession or administration

Turnover

  • The turnover of the National Company “Maritime Ports Administration” SA Constanta (MPAC) is approximately 109 million euros.

Structure and shareholders

  • Joint stock company
  • Shareholders of MPAC: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure (80%) and Fondul Proprietatea (20%)

Employees

  • Approximately 990 employees

CLARION Demonstrators in the Port

 

D9 – Federated learning for cadastral measurements and inland water level forecasting

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The port of Constanta is the main EU port in the Black Sea, which connects Central and Eastern Europe with the Caspian region, Central Asia, Mediterranean Sea, Middle East and the far East. It is also a transit node for the landlocked countries in the Central and South-East Europe. There are 156 berths in the port, of which 140 berths are operational. The total quay length is 32 km and the operational natural depths range between 7 and 19 meters.

MPAC has the role of port authority for the Romanian port of Constanta (formed by the following zones: Constanta, Midia and Mangalia). From its position, it aims to provide quality and competitive services to the port’s customers, to offer a developed transport infrastructure, as well as security, safety and environmental port conditions.