Port of Moerdijk is the fourth largest seaport in the Netherlands. The port ties together different types of logistics, serving both international sea freight and inland transport. Over twelve million freight tonnages and over ten thousand vessels annually keep the port busy. About four hundred companies occupy the port area, using the infrastructure for different…
“The digitalization of interactions and information-sharing has been critical to the continuity of maritime transport operations during the pandemic.” UNCTAD 2020. The newest Review of Maritime Transport by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has been published, evaluating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the maritime industry. The report includes statistics…
Many of us have lately stumbled on the fact that the information and tools used in our work need to be found easily, no matter where we work. In the port industry the working environment can be anything from the home office to the truck’s cabin, and the logistic industry is buzzing 24/7. This is…
Port of Pietarsaari is a seaport on the western coast of Finland. The port handles about 1,4 million tonnage of freight annually, serving for example timber and paper industries’ needs. The port is using GISGRO platform as a tool in digitizing the port’s infrastructure. We got a chance to interview Johanna Heinoja, Technical Manager of…
When gathering as-built data from the existing structures, the output is often a 3D point cloud. A point cloud consists of huge amounts of data points in three dimensions (with X, Y and Z coordinates). The point cloud gathering can be done with a laser or sonar scanner, for example. Usually point clouds are processed…
Dear diary, I wish there was an easier way to share information with the port’s personnel. Today I planned to use the workday for creating a list of all the fire hydrants which are in need of the annual checkup and send the list with coordinates to our subcontractor. But just when I started the…
Software is a part of modern asset management, though underused in many operations. There are still paper drawings, excel files and notebooks on many asset managers’ table, because quite often a software is either too expensive or difficult to use. What are the main things to look for in an infrastructure asset management software? 1…
Drones are nowadays often seen flying above cities, woodlands or construction fields. Their versatile usability ensures that more and more industries have an interest in drone surveys and the drone data. In this article we discuss how you can enhance the digital twin of your asset with drone data. The data is just data without…
The daily asset management tasks in a seaport require using a bunch of different software. There are GIS applications, CAD software and various databases to handle the vast amounts of asset data. But why waste time in searching information from different databases, when you have an opportunity to combine the needed information into one map-based…
Various GIS tools are in everyday use in ports and harbors. Typically, the information such as asset data, maps of the harbor, 3D models, and much more are in different databases and software. Most of the traditional GIS software are quite tricky to use, so you must get a comprehensive training to work with them….
