Connectivity for ports
Getting millions of containers to their destinations is a connectivity challenge.
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Ninety percent of the world’s trade moves through ports. These vital nodes in the global economy have a complex infrastructure, moving cargo of all kinds across global industries and supply chains.
Connecting assets is essential
Ports are dynamic environments. Physical infrastructure is frequently changed to keep up with new customer requirements and growth in capacity. Assets and people are continually on the move. Port operators need the flexibility to quickly deploy new technologies, including an increasing reliance on autonomous machines that are best controlled via private 5G.
Wires don’t move
Without wireless solutions, ports are a particularly difficult environment in which to keep everyone and everything connected. Hard-wired connections are slow to deploy, inflexible, and do not work with moving pieces of equipment. Conventional Wi-Fi is often spotty in highly metallic environments where millions of containers are handled and may not provide sufficient coverage to effectively reach the full footprint of a large outdoor port.
Private 5G is the perfect wireless solution for the connectivity needs of ports today and the challenges of the ports of tomorrow.
Delivering results for ports
Supporting agile ports
Ericsson Private 5G allows ports to reconfigure facilities and equipment with no loss of connectivity.
Increased efficiency
With real-time data readily at hand port managers can increase efficiency and improve safety and security.
Enable greater automation
Reliable, secure, high-speed connectivity is required to remotely control heavy equipment.
Digital transformation of ports
Ports around the world are in a digital transformation. Improving efficiency in the face of ever-increasing volume while meeting sustainability goals requires new ways of doing things that rely on reliable connectivity. The digital transformation for ports will drive several changes:
Increased use of remote-operated machinery
With connected technology 90% of the work can be performed autonomously.
Process automation
Many important processes including identifying containers and routing within the terminal can benefit from greater automation supported by wireless connectivity.
Process monitoring
Using data aggregation and analytics enabled by private 5G for operational visibility allows port operators to have real-time information.
Reduced downtime for maintenance
Being able to monitor equipment remotely allows maintenance teams to monitor business-critical equipment and schedule maintenance when needed, prior to a failure causing a problem.
Remote access
Maintenance teams will have remote access to manuals, technical drawings, and remote assistance from OEMs and other third parties.
Continued learning
See our article “Accelerating ‘smart’ ports with 5G connectivity” for more information.
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