Process Innovation through Digital Services for the Seaport of the Future

Logistics largely determines the globalization and has developed from a support function to a core function of economic activities. The optimization along value chains plays an important role for economic success in the international logistics process design. Logistics processes are found on the road, rail, water and in the air - logistics is omnipresent. The traditional logistics processes found in a seaport are subject for change. On the one hand the handling of standardized units such as containers is becoming increasingly important, on the other hand the harbors - especially on the North and Baltic sea - play a strategic role in fulfilling the national and European goals in offshore wind energy. A decisive factor for the competitiveness of the offshore wind industry is the increased industrialization in production and logistics. This paper discusses how such logistics processes can benefit from introducing digital services.