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HaFoLa 

Research Lab for Innovative Port Technologies

Establishing and initial setup of a research and testing environment for innovative port and cargo handling technologies

In Germany, and especially in North Rhine-Westphalia, logistics is an important industrial sector in which many companies operate and many people are employed, and which is regarded as a benchmark in terms of performance and efficiency in a global comparison. The infrastructure is of central importance here. In order to maintain and even expand the excellent starting position, continuous innovation and constant progress are required.

DST and the Department of Mechatronics at the University of Duisburg-Essen have joined forces to advance research on the logistics infrastructure of the future with the construction and commissioning of the Port Research Lab. The new research infrastructure essentially focuses on the research areas of port logistics and land-based activities in inland navigation.

The Research Lab has a test hall in which the topography of a port is mapped. In addition, the associated crane and transhipment infrastructure are set up for use in trials, and the necessary container and ship models are provided. HaFoLa also includes a model warehouse for weather-protected storage of the models as well as the Living Lab “Digital Port”, an experimentation and interaction room for hardware and software developments in the context of future digitisation projects. Both spatially and thematically, the Research Lab for Innovative Port Technologies has a proximity to the already existing Test and Control Centre for Autonomous Inland Vessels (VeLABi).

The following video gives an impression of the equipment of HaFoLa:

 

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Project duration:

  • July 2020 – December 2022

Funding framework:

  • Ministry of Transport of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

 

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Funding notice:

The HaFoLa infrastructure project was funded by the Ministry of Environment, Nature and Transport of the German federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia under Grant Agreement no. 03BIN0002.

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