New trends in port managing: towards the e-port

Abstract

Nowadays it is becoming more and more difficult to gain land in sea water, due to greater environmental concern and port-city relationship.

Besides, a port should not fall into the trap of simply benchmarking against league tables, or falling for the common misconception that "by getting bigger we get better". Terminal performance and productivity are essential. Therefore we cannot forget technology´s helping hand in order to synchronise container handling from the quay to the yard.

Taking into account which was above mentioned, ports are continuously keeping its drive to operate a paperless port. However, all administrative procedures and ISPS Code requirements for compliance are met.

In order to achieve that every transaction between a company belonging to the port community and the port is done electronically, not with hard copy documents, thus coordination among all ports is critical.

In the paper, the case study of the Port of Vigo is also presented.