Smart port
A smart port is brings together economy, climate and people. Smart technologies and digitisation play a key role in this. Together with public and private players we open up our port for these new technologies.
Port of the future
Port of Antwerp-Bruges has always been a testing ground and a place of innovation. Together with the port community and our partners, we turn today's challenges such as energy transition, digitalisation and mobility into solutions. This is how we prepare the port for the future and make it more efficient, safer and smarter.
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Mobile port
Port of Antwerp-Bruges is looking for ways to transport more goods in a sustainable way. To achieve this, we are jointly working on solutions such as autonomous inland navigation craft. Digital applications, such as smart asphalt and an inland navigation application, monitor and improve the traffic situation in and around the port.
Methatug: the first methanol-powered tugboat
Port of Antwerp-Bruges has built a tugboat with methanol propulsion – a world first.
Hydrotug: the first hydrogen-powered tug in the world
The hydrogen-powered tug is a world first.The internal combustion engines that drive this ‘Hydrotug’ run on hydrogen in combination with diesel and comply with the most stringent standard, the EU Stage V, making them the most emission-efficient engines on the market.
Sensors to measure air quality
In the Antwerp port area, there are no fewer than 70 virtual noses, called iNoses. These innovative iNoses identify harmful or nuisance-causing gasses at the port. On the one hand, they provide real-time information that allows us to act when unauthorised degassing or an incident occurs. On the other hand, we want to be able to warn local residents as soon as nuisance odours are carried in their direction by the wind. In the coming years, sensors will also be installed in the Zeebrugge port area to measure all kinds of emission parameters.
NextGen District
NextGen District invites innovators to bring their vision to life. To design, develop and execute projects that initiate real change. From linear to circular. From factories to networks. From using to reusing.
