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Latest Research & News
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Introducing ProGYS: a follow up to the developments in PortForward to promote the reach and impact of the GYS
ProGYS: Promoting the reach and impact of the Green Yard Scheduler ProGYS is a 14-month project (Aug 2023 – Sep 2024) with a £40k budget funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) [...]
New Paper published in »European Journal of Operational Research«
Ramin Raeesi, Navid Sahebjamnia and Afshin Mansouri are pleased to announce that their paper »The synergistic effect of operational research and big data analytics in greening container terminal operations: A review and future directions«, [...]
PortForward Publication in CORDIS »Results in Brief«
PortForward project has been selected for a publication in the »Results in Brief« section of the European Commission’s CORDIS website. CORDIS - the Community Research and Development Information Service - is the European Commission's [...]
Watch our new video »An introduction to The Green Yard Scheduler (GYS)«
Our project partners from the Brunel University London and Port of Vigo have produced a new video about the Green Yard Scheduler. The Green Yard Scheduler (GYS) is a decision support system for more efficient [...]
First demonstration of the Green Yard Scheduler
On 9 February 2021 Prof Afshin Mansouri, PI, Dr Cihan Butun and Dr Ran Wang, Research Fellows of the PortForward project team at Brunel University London, did a successful demonstration of the GYS (pre-beta [...]
Presentation of the Magdeburg Port use case by Fraunhofer IFF
Christian Blobner presents the work done in the Magdeburg Port. Fraunhofer IFF has developed and tested virtual port solutions and smart logistics technologies in collaboration with the inland port of Magdeburg. Please watch the [...]
PortForward In The Press
View and download the latest PortForward Project related videos, articles and publications.
MDR reports on the Fraunhofer IFF’s Elbedome and the PortForward project
MDR Fernsehen, German broadcasting company, aired a feature on the Fraunhofer IFF's Elbedome in Magdeburg in its invention magazine "Einfach Genial" on February 8th, 2022. With 450 square meters of projection surface, the Elbedome [...]
PortForward chosen for sommer series »otto is innovation« of the local newspaper »Magdeburger Volksstimme« and city marketing »Pro Magdeburg«
Under the motto »otto is innovation«, the local editorial team of Magdeburger Volksstimme and the city marketing »Pro Magdeburg« presents in a summer series innovations, projects and personalities which make Magdeburg well-known in many [...]
Deutsche Verkehrszeitung DVZ reports about the PortForward
On August 11, 2020 an article appeared in the Deutsche Verkehrszeitung, a German specialist journal for the transport and logistics industry, about the PortForward project, its goals, solutions and developments. In particular, the cooperation [...]
Christian Blobner, project coordination manager, gives an interview to RFID & Wireless IoT Global on PortForward
The article is published in RFID & Wireless IoT Global, the magazine for RFID, wireless IoT, and process optimization, providing a comprehensive overview of the PortForward project, its challenges and objectives, as well as [...]
PortForward in the magazine of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Magdeburg
The magazine of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce Magdeburg reports in its October 2019 edition on the PortForward project, underling the issue of digitization initiatives of the port Magdeburg and its cooperation with [...]
SWM Magdeburg reports about the port of the future
The Städtische Werke Magdeburg GmbH & Co. KG reports in the autumn edition 2019 of its in-house magazine »kontakt« on the issue of digitalization and the port of the future. The magazine is published [...]
Conferences & Meetings
Here you will learn about the upcoming and past conferences and meetings related to the PortForward Project.
Olaf Poenicke presents PortForward to the DocksTheFuture Network of Excellence
On January 15, 2024 Olaf Poenicke from the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation IFF is invited to present the use cases of the project PortForward titeled »The Virtual Twin – developments in [...]
PortForward at the webinar »Digital twin applications in ports and inland waterway transport«
On November 16, 2023 ALICE is organizing a webinar concerning the utilization of Digital Twins within the context of ports and inland waterway transport. Based on previously completed projects, this webinar will address the [...]
PortForward at the International Symposium on Locational Decisions XVI
Presentation at the International Symposium on Locational Decisions XVI Dr Cihan Butun presented his research based on the Green Yard Scheduler titled “Incorporating energy consumption into location decisions in container yards” at the International [...]
PortForward at the Smart Digital Ports of the Future Conference on May 16-17, 2023
On May 16-17, 2023 Prof. Afshin Mansouri attended the Smart Digital Ports of the Future Conference in Rotterdam, The Netherlands - the highly relevant industry forum for a wide range of stakeholders of ports, [...]
PortForward Final Demonstartion in Brussels on June 22nd, 2022
The final presentation of the PortForward project took place on 22 June in Brussels at The Representation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt to the European Union under the following address Boulevard Saint Michel 80 [...]
PortForward’s 5th Advisory Board Meeting
The 5th and final Advisory Board meeting of PortForward took place virtually in mid-May with 14 attendees in total. During the final meeting two Use Cases were presented: the dynamic storage space monitoring Use [...]