Port of Kiel to be fund for digital test field

The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) of Germany will fund the establishment and operation of a digital test field in the seaport of Kiel.

As part of the D-Tech-Base project, port terminals for roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) traffic will become test fields for the new 5G terminal communication and traffic control for the first time, according to a statement.

The project amounting to nearly US$1.99 million (€1.75 million), which will be in effect for two and a half years...

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Port of Kiel aspires to fully reduce emissions by 2030

The Port of Kiel has launched a three-step plan that puts the port’s ‘Blue Port’ concept into concrete terms, as a framework of its effort to completely reduce all of its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2030.

“The port will be climate-neutral by the end of this decade,” noted Dr. Dirk Claus, Managing Director of Port of Kiel.

The port’s three-step plan envisages covering 60% of the energy requirements of ships calling at Kiel with green electricity as early as next year, according to a...

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