Resumen
Ports are a great example of heterogeneous information hubs. Multiple stakeholders operate inside and outside them
with different motivations and businesses. Although document and data interchange is already in place through Port
Community Systems (PCS), the interchange is limited to official documentation and services of the Port Authority,
such as custom declarations, import/export of cargo, and other formal documents. However, an effective integration of
operational data is far from optimal in most ports, and especially so in medium or small ports, where budget is limited
and IT services usually is outsourced.
In contrast, the available operational data (resources tracking, container status, vessel operations, surface or berth
available, air/water quality measurements,...) is constantly increasing and technology is getting inexpensive and
widely available. However, the application of such systems is still single-entity centric, since the information is
not shared, keeping the real potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0 hidden. The same holds for
geographic areas surrounding ports, where Smart Cities integrate various data systems and provide valuable services
to citizens and authorities.
PIXEL will enable a two-way collaboration of ports, multimodal transport agents and cities for optimal use of internal
and external resources, sustainable economic growth and environmental impact mitigation, towards the Ports of the
Future. PIXEL will leverage technological enablers to voluntary exchange data among ports and stakeholders, thus
ensuring a measurable benefit in this process. The main outcome of this technology will be efficient use of resources
in ports, sustainable development and green growth of ports and surrounding cities/regions.
Built on top of the state-of-the art interoperability technologies, PIXEL will centralise data from the different
information silos where internal and external stakeholders store their operational information.