The security and fluidity of the movement of goods are strategic issues for the development of ports. The challenge requires continuous improvement to find digital solutions to simplify electronic processes, facilitate the development of international trade and secure the applications involved.
It is against this background and to accelerate its development that HAROPA – Port of Le Havre has adopted an industrial partnership approach with AIRBUS.
Today the two partners signed an industrial and distribution agreement relating to a solution combining their respective software systems, STYRIS (Radar-VTS) and S-WiNG (digital port management service). The objective is to provide a powerful, advanced solution capable of improving the monitoring of shipping and optimizing port operations and port calls. These agreements allow AIRBUS to export the know-how to other international ports and to promote HAROPA’s solutions.
A second agreement is part of the TIGA program and the Smart Port City project (*).
One of the challenges of the “Smart Port City” project is to promote the integration of cybersecurity in port digitization, the increasing use of the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to benefit the environment of the port community in Le Havre, while supporting the emergence of cybersecurity in a framework of mutual trust between citizens and companies in the surrounding region.
Against this background, AIRBUS, the LE HAVRE SHIPPING AND PORT CONFEDERATION (UMEP), HAROPA – PORT OF LE HAVRE and SOGET have joined forces to collectively contribute their technological and human resources to the design and development of the strategy for a cybersecurity platform for use in ports, shipping and industry.
In particular, as part of an experiment, they will work together to define a technical, legal, administrative and financial framework designed to offer the services of a Security Operations Center (SOC). These services, made available to the citizens and corporations, SMEs and VSBs forming the economic fabric of the port of Le Havre, should constitute an operational solution allowing them to innovate, connect and develop, while making cybersecurity an asset for their development rather than a regulatory constraint.
For Evert DUDOK, Head of Communications, Intelligence and Security at Airbus:
“Partnerships are in our nature. They fuel our growth and consolidate Airbus’ position as a leading player in the maritime sector. They allow us not only to expand our maritime portfolio and create new services that can be exported and implemented in any port on the planet, but also to ensure the cybersecurity of ports, enhance security on the oceans and, more importantly, support port authorities in managing their daily challenges.”
For Baptiste MAURAND, Managing Director HAROPA – Port of Le Havre: “These partnerships mean our existing solutions can more easily integrate major areas of innovation such as blockchains; they will also improve confidence in the quality of digital data and the traceability of upgrades. Our goal is to enhance our position as a major player in digitized, secure ports on the Seine corridor in France.”
For Hervé CORNEDE, President of the Executive Board of SOGET:
“Cybersecurity is a key focus for us, as we deploy S)ONE, our fourth-generation Port Community System (PCS), developed in partnership with Microsoft, on all the ports of the Seine corridor, as well as in Jamaica and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is crucial to partner with leading experts such as Airbus to take us to the highest level of cybersecurity and deliver the best technology to our customers.”
