Tyne is first UK port to join Connected Ports Partnership

The Port of Tyne will become the first UK port to join the Connected Ports Partnership (CPP), it has announced. CPP is a collaboration between several major operators and ports, including Rotterdam, Los Angeles and Hamburg. 

The UK’s new maritime minister Kelly Tolhurst MP welcomed the news, the Port of Tyne said in a statement. 

Through the CPP, the Port of Tyne will have access to a shared logistics system, through which participants can pool data and resources.

It’s designed to increase efficiencies and cut costs in the world’s busiest ports and trade lanes, as well as reduce emissions.

Matt Beeton, Port of Tyne’s CEO, said: “We are excited to join this innovative, world-leading and collaborative initiative. We look forward to learning from each other and being the first in the UK to work towards co-creating a global hub of connected ports by extending important maritime developments such as data standardisation.”

The first step in joining the CPP will see the Port of Tyne “advance the seamless trade in sharing data by adopting shared technology to co-develop a mutual platform for monitoring shipping and environmental data”, it said. 

For more information visit www.portoftyne.co.uk

9th March 2020