Dubai-based company seeks to revolutionize how ports operate

Dubai-based company seeks to revolutionize how ports operate

In Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, a new technology is being tested that aims to speed up, improve and automate the way shipping containers are stored, moved and shipped.

Typically, at major ports, shipping containers awaiting transport are simply piled up on top of each other six or seven high, waiting to be moved onto ships by cranes. As well as taking up a huge amount of space, this approach means locating and picking up the right box can be time consuming.

Dubai-based port operator DP World has developed an innovation that it says saves time and space.