The Port of Riga is leading a project tasked with creating an integrated platform for sharing information between various private & public logistics supply chain actors.

"The implementation of the project will significantly improve the speed of multimodal cargo circulation, reduce the administrative burden and impact on the environment," the Port of Riga wrote in a press release.

The authority also says the project will allow for the automation of port & logistics processes.

The Digital Transformation of Port Management, Improving the Processing and Analysis of Transport and Logistics Data project is part of the Digital Transformation of the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility.

The initiative is led by the Port of Riga, with the support of the ports of Ventspils and Liepāja (the Liepāja Special Economic Zone Authority), the Maritime Administration of Latvia, Latvian Railways, the Customs Administration of the State Revenue Service, and the State Border Guard.

The project's implementation financing amounts to €3.2m. The Latvian ports will carry out the maintenance and future development of the platform.

"We are working on the digital transformation of port processes in order to introduce the principles of the smart port into everyday life by integrating several information systems that make the port a multimodal transport hub and allow information to move faster than actual cargo carriers," Viesturs Zeps, Chairman of the Freeport of Riga Board, commented.

He furthered, "Digitalisation of the port not only facilitates the port's and the port companies' cluster operation, promoting their role among the logistics players of the region, but also provides data for new solutions aimed for linking the city, the city transport and other solutions."

Photo: Port of Riga