Achieving a faster, cleaner and leaner port.
Read more about the project here.
Achieving a faster, cleaner and leaner port.
Read more about the project here.
Using sensors helps increasing the sustainability of the port area: “The port wants to be faster, cleaner and leaner and sensors contribute to this goal. The management and maintenance of these asses take less time. Mainly because we don’t have to visit the location to see if everything is going well. The data gives us the information we need. Moreover, this technique improves business, since ships make better use of the site so the chance of distortion decreases further”. --Joost Zuidema, project leader Sensors New Business at the Port of Amsterdam
Wireless sensors have been installed on top of industrial scale mooring posts (IJ-palen) in the Port of Amsterdam. 30MHz, an Amsterdam-based industrial IoT company, provides the technology to measure the impact of mooring bulk carriers and monitor the condition of the piles in real-time, 24/7. The Port of Amsterdam’s aim is to further improve the management of their assets. 30MHz foresees a strong increase in the use of wireless sensors in port areas.
In the Dutch port city of IJmuiden, on the North Sea, bulk carriers that lie too deep to get through the locks, transfer their load onto smaller vessels. During the unshipping process, the bulk carriers are attached to two very large mooring posts, known in Dutch as the IJ-palen. Recently mounted sensors record all movements, which are visualized real-time in a 3D graph. The department of management and maintenance of the Port of Amsterdam receives immediate notifications in the case of unusual movement.
In the preparatory phase of the project, 30MHz worked with the innovation experts at the Port of Amsterdam to overcome various challenges with. For example, the mooring posts are positioned in open and often raw water and aren’t equipped with any kind of AC or internet access. To resolve this, 30MHz applied a wireless form of communication in combination with a rechargeable power supply that lasts for a year.
It was also a challenge to ensure optimal availability of the information gathered by the sensors. 30MHz placed a gateway on top of the port’s control center in IJmuiden that communicates with the sensors across the sea canal. Next to that, special antennas were installed on two buoys close to the location and the IJ-palen themselves resulting in an optimal signal, even when a bulk carrier is moored in the line of sight. To deal with the harsh nautic conditions (wind, salt, gull droppings, dust and sun), reliable industrial materials were used for the casing of the sensors.
The sensors measure the extent to which a rubber bumper that is fixed to the posts is pressed in and to what extent the vessel is pushing the poles sideways or backward. These actionable insights are then personally translated into decisions whether to adjust, repair or replace parts of the IJ-palen. The latter is very important because of long delivery times.
Jurg van Vliet, CEO of 30MHz, foresees plenty of opportunities for the rapidly developing sensor technology, both inside and outside the maritime sector: “Sensors are also useful in the realization of so-called quay monitoring. Using this technology, barges know if a berth is available and are able to book it well before they reach the port. Sensor technology enables companies to interpret data from the physical world in an efficient and sustainable way. The information it gives you lets you improve business operations.”
Port of Amsterdam, 30MHz
The Port of Amsterdam and 30MHz are partners in innovation, continuously exploring new possibilities for industrial IoT.
Sensory data can serve as a tool to improve efficiency, enable predictive maintenance and drive sustainable productivity across sectors. Beyond maritime, 30MHz technology is used in industries including agriculture, smart city, commercial insurance and space utilization.
We zijn trots bij de Hogeschool van Amsterdam met de benoeming van lector Nanda Piersma tot kroonlid van de Sociaal-Economische Raad (SER). De ministerraad stemde vrijdag in met haar benoeming. Het is de eerste keer dat een lector kroonlid wordt van de SER.
Piersma is benaderd vanwege haar expertise op het gebied van digitalisering. Volgens de SER is digitalisering in steeds meer kwesties actueel. Piersma is lector Responsible IT bij de HvA. Ook is zij wetenschappelijk directeur van het HvA Centre of Expertise Applied Artificial Intelligence. Daarnaast is Piersma betrokken bij verschillende landelijke netwerken rondom datawetenschap zoals het platform Praktijkgericht ICT-onderzoek (Prio) en de Nederlandse AI coalitie (NLAIC). Lees meer.
The fifth and final ICC City Lab will take place June 14 - 23. This special edition will focus on Local Ecosystems Mobilisation and Urban Innovation following feedback received from cities and experts on previous ICC City Labs.
The City Lab will launch on June 14th with sessions open to the ICC community and the public. Week 1 will be dedicated to mentor led Thematic Network sessions, where the ICC Mentor Cities will present successful solutions and good practices implemented in their cities. During week 2, the Peer Reviews sessions and Transversal Network sessions on Open Data and Public Procurement will be in the limelight. The closing event is scheduled for June 23rd.
As ICC mentor, the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region will contribute to the following sessions:
Joining a session
Are you a stakeholder from the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region and would like to participate in any of the sessions dedicated to ICC community? Please send a short email to Cornelia Dinca via cornelia@amsterdamsmartcity.com indicating which session(s) you would like to join in order to receive the relevant calendar invite(s).
For more information and the complete program please visit: https://www.intelligentcitieschallenge.eu/events/5th-icc-city-lab
IoT has a fluid state now; as we live and interact in an increasingly connected reality. We also see this evolving into new extremes, such as the discussions about Web3, the metaverse, and digital twins. At ThingsCon we feel the need to extend this discourse into understanding more about what is the real//real and what is virtual//real. 9 & 10 June the ThingsCon will meet again in person after two online editions in Rotterdam to exchange the latest insights and mark this new reality.