Roadmap for implementing smart practices at seaports and terminals

Maritime transportation represents a significant part of international cargo transportation and ports need to be in constant evolution to remain competitive. Applying intelligence to the port's sectors turns possible to increase their efficiency. To facilitate the process of intelligence application in ports and terminals, a roadmap was structured. Through a literature review 9 steps for the roadmap were defined: definition of the elements, survey of smart practices, establishment of the desired state of smartness, analysis of the current state, selection of the tools, characterization of the intelligence levels, delimitation of the deadlines, cost analysis, and selection of the actors involved.