by Ewa Kochańska

Leaving aside various marketing & sales shenanigans that attach the word "smart" to virtually anything these days to beef up the price and con consumers, genuine digital solutions give ports of all sizes and purposes the opportunity to do more with less.

At the same time, this can have a positive impact on the environment, not to mention providing the investors with a new source of revenue and a tool for cutting down the costs.

According to the report To get smart, ports go digital produced by The Boston Consulting Group, the adaptation of such technologies like Artificial Intelligence, big data, and the Internet of Things can result in better and more efficient data processing, cargo handling, customer service, and pollution management, to name a few.

The paper maintains that these and other smart technologies help port authorities and terminal operators become more resourceful and improve functionality without major infrastructure and equipment investments.

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