Maritime AI Topic
Just-in-Time Arrival and Port Call AI
Ships still hurry to wait at anchor. AI berth planning and just-in-time arrival aim to fix that, and terminals are automating fast. These are the port stories we have covered.
Latest stories on port calls and just-in-time arrival
From the AI at Sea weekly digest. This list updates with every new issue.
11 October 2026
A Busan Terminal Teaches Its Cranes to Watch for People on FootAt Busan New Container Terminal in South Korea, the software company CyberLogitec has installed a system that warns the drivers of yard machines…
4 October 2026
A Port Operator and a Government Put Money Behind the Next ToolsTwo funding announcements came in the same week. Neither is about a product you can buy today. Both show who is paying for the next ones. Singapore…
27 September 2026
Huawei Turns China's Port AI Into Products, With Numbers Nobody Outside Has CheckedOn 16 September, at its Huawei Connect event in Shanghai, Huawei launched two port products built around AI agents: a Port Intelligent Planning…
20 September 2026
Yilport Gets 21% More From Cranes It Already OwnsYilport says rubber-tyred gantry crane productivity at its Gebze terminal in Turkey has risen by 21% after it deployed Kaleris' RTG Optimization…
20 September 2026
India's Biggest Container Port Made the Supplier Prove It FirstIndia's Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) has awarded SoftTech Engineers a Rs929.5m ($9.7m) multi-year contract to build an AI and…
23 August 2026
X-Press Feeders Plugs Into the Berth Planning NetworkFeeder operator X-Press Feeders is implementing Portchain Connect, joining a platform that already links more than 200 container terminals and six…
2 August 2026
Korea Puts a Spade in the Ground: Gwangyang Becomes the First Physical AI PortLast week we reported Korea's national "Physical AI" port strategy and told you to watch Gwangyang. Seven days later, on 30 July, the Ministry of…
2 August 2026
CyberLogitec Takes the Mediterranean's First Semi-Automated Terminal — With a Digital Twin AttachedCyberLogitec has won the contract to supply the terminal operating system and digital twin for the B1 expansion at TTI Algeciras, and the pairing is…
26 July 2026
HHLA Cuts Its Profit Outlook — and Names Automation as a ReasonHamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) lowered its 2026 earnings guidance on 21 July, cutting group EBIT expectations to €150–170m from €175–195m and…
26 July 2026
Korea Commits to "Physical AI" Ports as Shanghai Ships an AI-Native Terminal OSTwo state-scale port-AI moves landed within four days of each other, and together they mark the point where smart-port competition stopped being…
19 July 2026
Felixstowe Finishes What It Started — 100 Autonomous Trucks in Live Terminal TrafficThe Port of Felixstowe has ordered its third and final batch of autonomous Q-Trucks from Westwell, completing a 100-vehicle fully electric…
12 July 2026
Adani Ports Puts Up to $100m Behind AI — Across Fifteen TerminalsAdani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India's largest port operator, has expanded its partnership with US supply-chain software firm…
5 July 2026
China Merchants Port Turns Berth and Crane Planning Over to AIChina Merchants Port (CMP), one of the world's largest terminal operators, is rolling out a "Smart Logistics Suite" that pulls berth planning, crane…
21 June 2026
Ofiniti Buys Teqplay — A Bunkering Platform Reaches for the Whole Operational PictureOfiniti, the Oslo-based fuel-operations platform that spun out of classification society DNV in 2024, has acquired Rotterdam maritime-intelligence…
21 June 2026
Pole Star Turns Berth Congestion Into a Data ProductPole Star Global has added a berth-intelligence capability to its Meridia platform — a new "Berths" view that consolidates berth activity and…
24 May 2026
ABB Goes After the Quay Crane — The Last Manual Bottleneck in Container TerminalsFor more than a decade, container terminals have automated almost everything except the part of the operation that sits directly over the ship. This…
26 April 2026
AD Ports Group and NYU Abu Dhabi Partner to Build High-Fidelity AI Intelligence Engine for Port OperationsAD Ports Group, the Abu Dhabi-based global trade and logistics enabler, has entered into a multi-year strategic research partnership with NYU Abu…
19 April 2026
Kpler: AI Can't Fix Bad Data — Proprietary Intelligence Is the Real Moat in MaritimeKpler, the commodity and maritime data intelligence provider, has published a forceful argument that proprietary, curated data — not model…
12 April 2026
Qavach.AI — Autonomous AI Platform Detects and Responds to Port Terminal Safety Incidents in Real TimeSingapore-based maritime consultancy Quantum BSO has launched Qavach.AI, an autonomous terminal safety intelligence platform that replaces the…
12 April 2026
Harbor Pilots Real-Time Berth Synchronisation at Valencia — No Hardware, No Integration, Just DataSpanish maritime technology startup Harbor is running a live data pilot at the Port of Valencia — one of Europe's largest container ports — with a…
5 April 2026
Maersk Opens Fully Automated World Gateway II — $200M Singapore Logistics Hub Runs on RobotsA.P. Møller–Maersk officially opened World Gateway II on March 18, 2026, a 1.1 million square foot fully automated distribution centre in Singapore…
15 February 2026
Germany's PortSkill 4.0 Concludes Landmark €3.2M Digital Workforce Transformation ProgrammeGermany's PortSkill 4.0 programme concluded its four-year, €3.2 million initiative in early February 2026, funded by the Federal Ministry for…
8 February 2026
Seadronix, Stolt Tankers, and Radio Holland Complete Europe's First Port-to-Port AI TrialSouth Korea's Seadronix launched its Port-to-Port AI Platform in Europe on February 5, 2026, completing a successful trial with chemical tanker…
8 February 2026
Peel Ports Invests £4 Million in Digital Transformation to Halve Stock LossesPeel Ports Group, the UK's second-largest port operator, launched a £4 million digital transformation programme across its dry bulk terminals in…
21 December 2025
Trelleborg SafeTug Achieves First Large-Scale Deployment at World's Largest Iron Ore PortTrelleborg's SafeTug real-time positioning system achieved its first large-scale commercial deployment during December 17-19, 2025, digitizing the…
16 November 2025
Mediterranean Port Study Quantifies Automation Efficiency Impact Across 20 TerminalsPeer-reviewed academic research published November 1, 2025 in MDPI's Sustainability journal provides quantifiable evidence of automation's impact on…
26 October 2025
China's 52 Automated Ports Demonstrate Commercial Viability at ScaleChina's network of 52 fully automated port terminals achieved 100% domestic technology independence while setting multiple efficiency records…
19 October 2025
Qingdao Port Sets 12th World Record with AI-Powered AutomationQingdao Port achieved its 12th world record for automated container terminal efficiency between January and April 2025, demonstrating China's…
19 October 2025
European Ports Accelerate Smart Operations with AI DeploymentMajor European ports have accelerated artificial intelligence deployments for smart operational management from June through September 2025…
12 October 2025
Cyprus Emerges as Europe's Maritime AI Testing Ground for Compliance-Driven InnovationCyprus, Europe's largest third-party ship management center, is rapidly evolving into a practical testbed for maritime AI deployment as the…
5 October 2025
Rotterdam EV Fleet Summit Unveils Autonomous Terminal Tractor Charging RevolutionThe September 30, 2025 Ampcontrol EV Fleet Summit in Rotterdam showcased Rocsys' hands-free charging technology enabling 24/7 autonomous terminal…
5 October 2025
Singapore Launches digitalPort@SG Platform for Comprehensive AI Port OperationsThe Port of Singapore is developing digitalPort@SG, a comprehensive AI communication tool designed to maximize productivity through AI data analysis…
7 September 2025
Smart Ports Achieve Fully Unmanned Automated OperationsLeading maritime ports worldwide have achieved breakthrough automation milestones with fully unmanned operations where all processes from loading…
31 August 2025
Smart Ports Achieve Operational Breakthroughs Across Global TerminalsLeading smart ports worldwide have achieved significant operational breakthroughs through AI integration, digital twin technology, and automated…
17 August 2025
Smart Port Cranes Market Reaches $911M with Full AutomationThe global Ship-to-Shore Smart Port Crane market valued at $744M in 2024 is projected to reach $911.1M by 2030, growing at 3.4% CAGR as ports…
2 July 2025
Global Port Congestion Crisis Accelerates Digital Twin AdoptionJune 2025 witnessed an unprecedented port congestion crisis with 96% of major container ports reporting operational disruptions and vessel delays…
25 June 2025
Global Port Congestion Crisis: 96% of Terminals Face Severe DelaysJune 2025 has witnessed an unprecedented port congestion crisis, with 96% of major container ports reporting operational disruptions and vessel…
11 June 2025
Smart Ports Achieve Breakthrough Efficiency GainsSingapore's implementation of MarineM AI systems at Tanjung Priok demonstrates smart port potential, reducing vessel travel distances by 20% and…
23 May 2025
StormGeo JIT‑Arrival Platform Scales to 1.5 M VoyagesStormGeo and Awake.AI pushed just‑in‑time arrival analytics to an unprecedented 1.5 million voyages per day, integrating live port‑call data with…
16 May 2025
Digital‑Twin Standardisation Gets a BoostNextPort became an official endorser of the International Taskforce Port Call Optimisation (ITPCO) on 5 May. Its AI‑powered terminal twin ingests…