DIGITALIZATION AND SUSTAINABILITY: THE CHALLENGES OF THE MARITIME PORT INDUSTRY

Given the strategic nature of the maritime port industry, whose activities contribute to the development of the economies of the countries of the region, the GL events Chile group has scheduled the VII International Maritime-Port Industry Exhibition and Congress for Latin America, Trans-Port Santiago 2021, entitled “Digitalization and Sustainability: the Challenges of the Maritime Port Industry”, to be held between August 31 and September 2, 2021.

For 2021, we will use a hybrid format, face to face and virtual, using more and better technologies, having as main objective to comply with the highest sanitary standards issued by the national and international authority.

The Trans-Port international congress will last three days and the main topics to be developed will be: 

  • Digitalization and Logistics 4.0;
  • Automation; 
  • Smart Port – Autonomous Ships; 
  • Cyber security; 
  • Community Builder; and
  • Application of IMO standards and results achieved to date.

Likewise, we will have the presentation of the progress of the most important projects to be developed in Chile, such as the San Antonio Outer Harbor project and Terminal 2 of the Port of Valparaiso, among others. At the same time, we have considered a technical visit to the port of San Antonio to the facilities of DP World and San Antonio International Terminal (STI).

The event considers the realization of business rounds tables, technical conferences and workshops. The latter related to cyber security in the maritime port industry and MARPOL 2020.

The objective of Trans-Port 2021, is to find the biggest spaces of collaboration that serve to the purposes of the development of the Industry, summoning and gathering businessmen, suppliers and national, Latin American and world authorities, with the purpose of exchanging knowledge, experiences, technologies for the equipment and of solutions that the maritime-port operation requires.

Trans-Port brings together the main companies in the maritime port sector, and gives visitors the opportunity to be updated on the main trends and solutions in the sector.

They will also be able to participate in the only meeting in Chile that convenes and brings together the public and private sectors and will be able to find an extensive program of activities that set the agenda for the sector.

ACTIVITIES

➤ TECHNICAL CONFERENCES

This is an opportunity for companies present at TRANS-PORT 2021 to participate actively in the program. Your company will have 20 minutes to present the technical talk. The room
is delivered equipped for 30 persons and you can invite your target market as a part of your marketing activities in the exhibition.

➤ BUSINESS ROUNDTABLE

Meetings planned to promote contacts between businessmen, institutions, and organizations to develop partner relationships or strategic alliances.

TRANS-PORT 2021 will feature a meetings program between companies that demands technologies and solutions with exhibitor companies, as counterparts for business contacts.

➤TECHNICAL VISIT

This activity will take place on the third day of the event. The visit consists in knowing the operation, logistics and project of a port terminal in Chile. It considers transportation. The schedule will be informed. This visit will be through registration.

➤RECEPTION

Social event aimed at participants of the international congress and exhibitors, in which they can establish and strengthen networks