The effectiveness of the smart sea ports operations within smart cities

Abstract

Global population growth encourages the coordination between urban city planning and other stakeholders in order to maximize logistics utilization of Technologies4.0, many  researchers investigated the different factors affecting the implementation of smart cities, these factors includes  technological and social factors that considerably affect the transformation toward a  smart environment , for instance ,smart cities can’t run properly without smart logistics solutions , the Implementation of advanced  technologies solutions in the smart cities will facilitate the flow of goods and the transportation as well , in this respect , Smart logistics is a necessary condition to efficiently provide mobility to the transportation and flow of goods within smart cities , respectively, sustainable sea ports entails to integrate the  business strategies and operations in way that meets the present and projected needs of the port and its stakeholders while safeguarding and protecting the marine environment , this paper aims to present the role of smart sea ports in the transformation of coastal cities in to smart cities   .