Day: March 14, 2022

The MAGPIE project built a categorisation of ports, based on today’s energy transition efforts and capabilities. These categories assists future work of the MAGPIE Masterplan in developing energy transition pathways for ports. The three main themes identified as critical are: energy transition infrastructure and technologies, seagoing ships and hinterland transport, governance for energy transition. The categorisation was prepared on the basis of a detailed study of 15 sea and inland ports, which are considered pioneers in terms of energy transition and sustainability.

Andreas Stolte (DeltaPort), Miguel Castro (Portos de Sines), & Cédric Virciglio (HAROPA PORT), provide their insights on the ongoing MAGPIE project, on how the...

Could you introduce yourself? My name is Zenaida Mourão, and I represent INESC TEC as the leader Work Package 4 ‘DIGITAL TOOLS’ (WP4) in...

That was an intensive and exciting day - or in the 2 word summary: Boiling... AND Buzzing!

MAGPIE pitch “Towards the European Green Port of the future” by Maarten Flikkema, Port of Rotterdam, at the Transport Research Arena (TRA) Conference in Lisbon.

PIONEERS’ ambition is to implement green port innovation demonstrations in order to address the challenge for European ports of reducing GHG emissions while remaining...

Currently rail connections between the terminal and the shunting area is done using diesel locomotives as there is no overhead line in place for the last/first mile. 

More and more ports offer electrical shore connections for ships at berth. But how to provide electricity to ships at an anchorage or electrical...

From the 14th to 17th of November 2022, the “Transport Research Arena” (TRA) Conference took place in Lisbon, Portugal. This conference aimed at highlighting the efforts made by the European research & development in the transport sector. Our project contributes to this great European event.