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5G VISION CONNECTING EVERYTHING TO EVERYTHING, THE PORT OF TYNE WILL HARNESS THE POWER OF 5G TO USHER IN A NEW ERA ENHANCING MARITIME S A F E T Y, S E C U R I T Y, E F F I C I E N C Y, A N D D R I V I N G I N N O V AT I O N .

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PORT OF TYNE 5G VISION

“OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH BT AND ERICSSON TO CREATE OUR OWN PRIVATE 5G NETWORK WILL UNLOCK OUR POTENTIAL AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE IN THE INDUSTRY AND A DRIVER OF GROWTH IN OUR REGION.” Matthew Beeton Chief Executive Officer, Port of Tyne

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INTRODUCTION

OUR 5G VISION...

When we launched our Tyne 2050 strategy we set out our intentionally ambitious vision as a major logistics hub and a thriving offshore and manufacturing cluster. Technology is, of course, key to delivering this vision and Tyne 2050 has always had innovation and technology at its heart. Our partnership with BT and Ericsson to create our own private 5G network - a first for the UK ports sector - is another major step forward and one which will unlock our potential as a catalyst for change in the industry and a driver of growth in our region.

We’re already working hard to exploit this potential as we make the Port a safer, smarter, more efficient and more sustainable operation for all our colleagues. With wireless connectivity across the site our communication and collaboration will be better and faster, whilst technologies such as automated container inspections are helping us to develop even safer and more efficient workflows. The digitisation that 5G is enabling across the Port is providing some fantastic opportunities for colleagues to learn new technologies and skills, whilst also allowing them to explore new ways of working as we tackle some of the key challenges across our business.

5G is also helping us to deliver for our customers. Ultra fast connectivity means that we can monitor operations and gather data more quickly, allowing us to track vessels and cargo in real-time and increasing our ability to streamline and improve our operations.

This will not only make us more efficient, but also lower emissions and energy consumption and reduce our carbon footprint, in line with our Tyne 2050 sustainability goals.

Our investment in 5G also has the potential to revolutionise the way that we think about our business in future with autonomous vessels, asset tracking, predictive maintenance, connected sensors, real-time data processing, automation and robotics just some of the exciting developments on the horizon. With a network 100 times faster than 4G and nearly instantaneous latency, 5G can also facilitate greater collaboration across the industry, seamlessly connecting shipping companies, logistics providers and other stakeholders, as we work together to tackle global issues such as climate change and cybersecurity.

As we look to the future, it’s clear that this major investment in our infrastructure will deliver entirely new possibilities both for the Port and for the maritime industry, facilitating our drive for innovation and growth and cementing our vision to be a safer, smarter and more sustainable business – truly a ‘Port for the Future’.

Matthew Beeton Chief Executive Officer August 2023

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OUR PA R T N E R S

ERICSSON The partnership between BT, Ericsson and the Port of Tyne signifies a groundbreaking vision for the maritime industry’s future with 5G technology. This collaboration envisions a seamless integration of cutting-edge 5G infrastructure, fostering unprecedented operational efficiencies and safety measures within the port’s activities.

5G: THE FOUNDATION FOR BUILDING A NEXT-GENERATION PORT As the UK’s Maritime 2050 strategy acknowledges the importance of achieving sustainable growth in maritime activities, enhancing port efficiency, and embracing digitalization the significance of connectivity cannot be overstated. It stands as the vital essence of modern port functionality, facilitating seamless communication and driving technological advancement. Serving as the fundamental cornerstone, 5G connectivity plays an vital role in enabling efficient, intelligent, and secure port activities.

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OUR MISSION: EFFICIENT, SUSTAINABLE, END-TO-END MARITIME SERVICES Amidst the ever-changing market conditions in recent years, the Port of Tyne has strategically positioned itself for continued success by keeping its focus on providing efficient, sustainable, and comprehensive logistics services, while supporting the talent and technology required to deliver them.

Recognizing that a seamless and dependable network forms the bedrock of integrated port operations, establishing a robust wireless framework became imperative, and in this regard, 5G technology perfectly aligned.

Collaborating alongside BT and Ericsson, the Port of Tyne will gain expanded digital capabilities through an independent cellular network and open new opportunities to lead maritime innovation. To keep offering worldclass service to its customers and a safe, modern workplace to its employees, the Port of Tyne has invested in a private 5G network as the foundation of its digital infrastructure.

OUR PARTNERS

BT We’re one of the world’s leading communications services companies.

The solutions we sell are integral to modern life. Our purpose is as simple as it is ambitious: we connect for good. There are no limits to what people can do when they connect. And as technology changes our world, connections are becoming even more important to everyday life. Today, that’s truer than ever.

The connections we make are helping solve the world’s biggest challenges such as the global pandemic, climate change and cyber security.

Through the power of technology, we’re supporting customers to live, work and play together better.

supply chain and shipping, as well as boosting productivity through the smooth running of the port’s operations.

Belfast Harbour is also an excellent example of where our solutions are driving real value. We have delivered a range of solutions including a public app helping those that work, live and play move about at transport peak times, while also informing executives as to the live Air Quality Index across the Titanic Quarter – seeing a direct impact of how the unloading of Coal and other dusty aggregates permeates across the quays allows for corrective measure to be implemented and measured all with the ultimate aim of improving Air Quality.

It’s useful to think of a UK port as a complex, layered, mechanical ecosystem. Like Amazonian rainforests, they support thousands of interconnected organisms and activities, with each layer supporting the next and vital to the overall health of the biotope, the wellbeing of fellow-inhabitants, and the sustainability of the wider environment. Every layer is driven by advanced digital capabilities, with security, surveillance and safety, our smart solutions at Belfast Harbour devices have delivered real-time intelligence enabling the smarter port to boost its own operations. That in turn attracts investment, builds impetus for expansion, creates new jobs and brings money into the local area. The ecosystem breathes, grows, and supports life outside of its physical boundaries.

Our solutions are bridging the gap between the knowledge of what is thought to be going on vs what is actually happening. Capturing and processing data help executives and operations teams make better, informed decisions about how to improve, optimise and maximise their operations leading to high efficiencies and improved operating profit margins. Technology is also positively impacting people by keeping them safer and removing them from dangerous operating environments, after all a machine is replaceable.

Port of Tyne is a perfect example of the way a port’s transformation is intimately connected to the regeneration of the wider area.

BT is working with the Port of Tyne and Ericsson to build a state-of-the art 5G ecosystem within the port. The immediate goal is to create operational efficiencies, optimising processes across transport, logistics, the

The UK Governments Maritime 2050 strategy published in 2019 has seven key themes including: Competitive Advantage, Environment, Infrastructure, People, Security, Technology and Trade. Our solutions have been developed to support this important strategy; we have something to offer in each category most of which have been answered at Port of Tyne and Belfast Harbour. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss your own business challenges…

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USE CASES

USE CASES The Port of Tyne will work with BT, Ericsson, and other innovative partners to develop new solutions for maritime. We will leverage the unlimited potential of our new 5G infrastructure to drive operational efficiencies and safety initiatives across the business and sharing our learning with other UK Ports through our industry leading 2050 Maritime Innovation Hub. ROBOTICS

AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES

Vision: We’ll be able to operate mobile robots

Vision: 5G’s precise positioning capability means

remotely. Combined with AI, they’ll assess their

we can use Autonomous Navigation Technology

own environment, carry out remote or hazardous

so that vehicles can move cargoes and equipment

tasks, learning how to do them more efficiently as

around the port without human intervention. Not

they do so.

only on the quayside, but on the water too, with

Benefits: Ideal for monotonous, remote or hazardous tasks, robots aren’t bothered by times of day, air or water quality. Health and safety risks

autonomous vessels and dredgers able to operate further offshore thanks to 5G links to satellite networks.

to our staff doing inspections, remote and night-

Benefits: RTGs and other port vehicles will be

time working will be will be minimised. Robots

able to safely work without the need for drivers

will let them see conditions and follow their

in their cabs. We’ll be able to monitor sensors

instructions remotely.

in critical assets off-shore and the coastguard,

Tech: ‘Robot dogs’ armed with cameras, environmental sensors and built with tools for

medical and other emergency responders will be able to connect via satellite.

specific jobs will patrol cargoes and areas of the

Tech: 5G’s high bandwidth, low latency, and

port. Marine robots will send information on

enhanced reliability means vehicles can share

vessel conditions and complete associated tasks.

rich, real-time data. Our private 5G’s managed

When: Long Term

quality of service and mobile edge computing capabilities means that vehicles have top priority connections and can share data with other devices locally without needing communications elsewhere.

When: Long Term

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REMOTE OPERATIONS

DRONES

Vision: Crane operators able to work shifts from

Vision: 5G will enable our control room based

simulated cabs in warm offices on-site instead of

staff to view what the land and sea drones are

climbing up into quayside cabs. RTGs and other

seeing and operate tech on them remotely.

quayside vehicles able to be operated remotely.

Combined with AI, we’ll be able to integrate and

Benefits: No longer will operators need to brave ladders and the elements of the North East to get to their place of work. They’ll enjoy a

manage swarms of different types of robotic devices (sea, land and air drones, automated mobile robots (AMR)) of varied capabilities.

safer, warmer environment with less time spent

Benefits: Devices will be able to work together

travelling to quayside.

autonomously to inspect cranes, quayside, buoys

Tech: Remote Operators will have precise location information, full HD+ video of their surroundings and even sensory information from haptic controls.

When: Long Term

and other physical infrastructure that’s hard to reach. Operators and remote experts will be able to direct, control and evaluate from remote locations.

Tech: We’ll be able to operate Search & Rescue drones to pinpoint locations of emergencies and automatically call for life-jackets or other kit to be immediately delivered by a fellow drone. Mobile robots can investigate potentially hazardous cargoes and be remotely operated to take action to deal with them.

When: Medium Term

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USE CASES

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IOT DEVICES

DATA ANALYTICS

Vision: Our Private 5G can support a dense

Vision: Port of Tyne’s operating dashboard will

network of thousands of low power devices that

be the digital window to the beating heart of the

have even longer battery lifespans. We’ll connect

port. Fed by data from cameras, sensors, business

everything and have real-time information about

systems and 3rd parties like the Met Office

what’s going on so we can make the port safer and

and logistics services, we’ll see how activity and

more efficient.

conditions make business operations tick.

Benefits: Monitoring our assets and the

Benefits: We’ll run continuous data analytics

environment means that we can pre-empt

to get intelligence on performance and what’s

and manage situations before they impact us.

affected it – and we’ll be able to run a ‘digital

Combining sensors with 5G spatial and geofence

twin’ to try out new scenarios and understand the

technology means we can monitor ‘near misses’,

impact of changes. Business improvement, fast !

issue safety alerts and automatically trigger machinery to take avoiding action.

Tech: Sensors, video and data analytics combined with links or integrated data feeds will exchange

Tech: Air & water quality, noise, temperature,

data, be visualised and feed in to AI to generate

movement, event counting, traffic, people – fixed,

new business intelligence for PoT.

mobile and wearable sensors will provide real-time alerts.

When: Long Term

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When: Long Term

USE CASES

5G PUSH TO TALK Vision: We’ll be able to communicate with our staff both on site and remote as a next generation voice application running on ruggedised smartphones and multiple users can be reached simultaneously, in real-time, with both voice and data communication, cuts the lead time to get the work done.

Benefits: This replaces our old walkie-talkie with high definition, encrypted voice including GPS positioning and dispatch management from a centralised system. We can also have different groups to focus the right conversations to the right teams ensuring quality of communication is maintained at all times.

Tech: With site-wide 5G coverage our teams use the same smartphone that will be used for other applications for next generation voice communications. Built in GPS allows us to manage staff especially lone-works and with built in panic alarms this increases the safety of our people.

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AR/VR/XR

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Vision: Wearable technology and devices like

Vision: What’s all the data telling us ? How

augmented reality glasses will be used for

can we do more of this ? What’s the best berth

immersive training. Diagrams and notes will

allocation ? How to eliminate congestion ? AI will

be available to remote maintenance engineers

be our trusted advisor that’s continually learning,

individually and as a collaborative team working on

adapting and offering interventions to streamline

each job.

port operations.

Benefits: Being connected to each other or to a

Benefits: The complex puzzles of running

remote expert who can see and advise means that

integrated PoT operations will addressed with

specialist jobs and inspections can be completed

powerful, data-evidenced intelligence. Choices

really efficiently. Being able to work hands-free

affecting emissions targets, tug & pilot boat

will make jobs safer and quicker to complete.

allocations, shift patterns, loading/unloading

Experience. And training will feel like the real

plans and more will be optimised.

world – the ‘gamification’ of training is coming.

Tech: A connected eco-system of sensors, video

Tech: 5G Advanced is bringing major

and data sources from inside and outside the

enhancements in the areas of AI, XR and media

Port will combine to generate new business

that enables highly intelligent networks to

intelligence to run the Port.

support a variety of use cases with machinelearning-based techniques.

When: Medium Term

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When: Medium Term

USE CASES

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USE CASE M AT R I X Public / Private Handoff

5G EVOLUTION

INNOVATION

HSEQ BUSINESS PROCESS IMPROVEMENT BUSINESS INSIGHT

SECURITY

Accurate Positioning / Tracking

Innovation Sandpit / Lab

Immersive Classroom Tele-Operated Cranes

AR Wayfinding

PPE Monitoring

Level Crossing Management

Traffic Control

Safety Area Tracking

Level Crossing Management

Road Speed Checks

Transition All Devices to Private Network

Energy Monitoring

LiDAR Surveys Infra Condition Monitoring

Container Management

Carbon Management & Sustainability

Vehicles, Tools, Machinery Monitoring

Weather Monitoring

Digital Twin

Air Quality Mgmt

Autonomous Air Surveys

Asset Tracking

Body Worn Video

Water Q Monito

Jarrow Road Automation ISPS Gate Automation

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Time C Ultra R

Drone D Secu

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USE CASES

Recommended Achievable Today Could Do By Date

Critical Reliable

NBIOT/CatM1 Support

6G Availability

mmWave& Mid Band Integration xRSmart Hands & Eyes

SIP Based Calls

Mission Critical Push to Talk

Resource Optimisation

Autonomous Surveys

Crane Automation

Berth Optimisation

Automated Port Wide Systems Refer Monitoring Integration

RTG Intro and Automation

Automated Guided Vehicles

Quality oring Unified Comms & Radios

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