Page 33 - Port of Hamburg Magazine - 03.18

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Inland waterway shipping on course for a new age
Increasing digitalization is opening up new opportunities and far-reaching changes for inland waterway shipping. Which innovations will shape the working world on tomorrow’s rivers?
In Hamburg the Elbe stands for the port. Stretching 1,100 kilometres it is one of Europe’s longest rivers, and is also of great importance for hinterland trans- port. And yet, with its frequent low water level, it also presents something of a challenge. Digitalization of- fers a wide range of options to come to terms with this. The master plan for the Elbe drawn up in January 2017 aims to improve the infrastructure for inland wa- terway shipping, meaning the digital infrastructure too. In April last year, the ‘Digitalization of the Elbe Corridor – Elbe 4.0’ study identified potential meas-
ures. It was commissioned by the states of Hamburg, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
WITH ELBA ON THE ELBE
The Port of Hamburg is one of Europe’s major inland waterway ports. Since the end of June, the ELBA on- line portal has been available for all inland waterway craft. With its introduction, the Hamburg Port Author- ity (HPA) is providing a new efficient registration pro- cedure: The obligatory registering and deregistering of some 10,000 calls annually by inland waterway
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