Gothenburg Port Authority launches Bunkering app
The Gothenburg Port Authority's newly developed bunkering app makes bunkering operations easier and more efficient, the company said in its release. Last week, The Gothenburg Port Authority launched a digital solution designed to make bunkering at the energy port easier and more efficient. The new ‘bunkering app’ is one of the first in the world to offer this range of functionality.
The Port of Gothenburg Energy Port is the largest open access energy port in the Nordic region, handling over 2,500 calls and more than 23 million tonnes of energy products each year.
The Energy Port is also one of the world's larger bunkering hubs. In an effort to make the bunkering procedures easier and more efficient, the Gothenburg Port Authority has developed the new ‘Bunkering App’. The app is available to all bunkering operators at the Energy Port. Instead of reporting manually via email and phone, they submit advance bunkering notification using the app. The app also shows available collection points for loading marine fuel onto bunker vessels. The app also compiles bunkering statistics, facilitating the work of the Swedish Maritime Administration Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) and other organisations at the port.
The idea behind the app is to make it simpler for bunker operators to plan and carry out their work effectively. Development in partnership with users In January, a test period began with selected users contributing valuable input in the lead-up to the official rollout last week. The bunkering company Bunker One is one of the participating companies that now uses the app as part of its regular operations.
The app is also of benefit to the Energy Port's security coordinators, who save valuable time by no longer needing to act as intermediaries between the different parties. As the bunker operators administer quay bookings independently, all that is required is process verification.
The bunkering app is a further key step in the endeavour to enhance digitalisation and automation at the Energy Port. An earlier example of this development is the new digital process control system (link for further details), which has streamlined pumping via the extensive pipeline network at the Energy Port. Development of digitalised work permits is currently under way, making coordination of operations at the Energy Port even more effective.
PORT OF GOTHENBURG
The Port of Gothenburg is the largest port in the Nordic region. 30 per cent of Swedish foreign trade passes through the Port of Gothenburg as well as half of all container traffic. The Port of Gothenburg is the only port in Sweden with the capacity to receive the world's largest container vessels and has the broadest range of shipping routes within and outside Europe. The 25 rail shuttles that depart each day mean that companies throughout Sweden and Norway have a direct, environmentally smart link to the largest port in the Nordic region. The Port of Gothenburg has terminals for oil, cars, ro-ro, containers and passengers.