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WWW.AIVP.ORG Dock ISSUE 110, MAY 2018 infos THE WORLDWIDE NETWORK OF PORT CITIES editorial Human capital This somewhat surprising concept, which links economic value to human beings, is the subject of much debate and is beco- ming a major consideration for all modern business strategies. In Rotterdam, we discussed the concept’s importance to the sustainable development of ports and port cities. We will return to it in Quebec, in our work on the “Next Generation” . Here, perhaps, is where the key to the future success of our port cities lies. The challenge is to learn to see individuals as more than merely an economic resource of short-term use for an entrepreneurial project. I believe that, on the contrary, it is vital to invest in individuals’ career paths and personal development, to make them a full part of each company’s growth. By investing in lifelong education and trai- ning, for example through Port Centers, many port cities are showing the way. They are also working to improve living environments, health, and leisure in port cities, capitalising on their strong identity. And we are creating a new partnership – a win-win pact – between our economic objectives and young talents. City, ports, businesses… let us coordinate our efforts to ensure that our port cities are welco- ming places for the Next Generation! Our future depends upon it. Philippe Matthis AIVP President Editorial director Olivier Lemaire FOCUS The metamorphosis of port cities into world cities Gaetan SIEW, member of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat and former President of the International Union of Architects, will be a keynote speaker at AIVP’s 16 th World Conference. He will talk about the worldwide context of port cities, global trends and their implications for our future. [EXTRACTS] [...] Today’s cities are the eco- nomic engines of all challenges and strategies. Ports in particular are stepping up connectivity and becoming veritable digital and air-sea-land hubs with the power to influence the future of territo- ries, countries and even whole continents. By 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Today, some cities are already bigger, in terms of land, economy and population, than certain countries (Tokyo’s GDP is equivalent to that of Australia). Some cities are already competing with their central government, and sometimes even with other cities in the same country. This is true of Barcelona and Madrid, Beijing and Shanghai, or Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. Our world is all about movement: of people, trade, services, capital and information. Personal mobi- lity is the response to the search for a better future, better quality of life, or leisure. Meanwhile, air, sea and land transport have reached record levels with the growth in world trade and the expansion of the middle classes. Tourism now generates 3.4 billion US dollars a day. China is reinventing the Silk Route with its pearl necklace of ports. Maritime shipping now accounts for 80% of global trans- port (over 400% in 30 years). All of these factors pose a challenge for port cities, which are both land- and sea-facing. Capital flows are going virtual, with the cloud challenging taxation, and the volume of fund transfers by African emigrants is surpassing the level of internatio- nal aid going to Africa. The GAFA big four internet giants have revenues higher than the national budgets of some countries. While this mobility is weakening nation States, it is a boost to the creative innovation of host cities. This is the new breeding ground from which the “world cities” are emerging. They are cleverly branding their advantages to attract the best creative talents and the inward investment that comes with them. This new category of expatriates has the luxury of choosing the cities with the best education and health- care, high living standards, health environment, and advantageous tax regime. Buoyed by the influx of new talent, the “world cities” are becoming the engines driving creativity and innovation. They are all socially diverse: there are 800 languages spoken in New York, and 300 in London; expa- triates make up 84% of the popu- lation of Dubai, and that figure is around 50% for Amsterdam, Marseille and Singapore. This class is also very demanding when it comes to international standards of culture. A good example is the Guggenheim in Bilbao. An icon of contemporary architectural aesthetics, and an indisputable symbol of the city, the Guggenheim Museum has transformed a declining old industrial city into a world-re- nowned tourist destination. One of the forerunners of this trend for “cultural acupuncture” was Sydney, which was effectively put on the map thanks to its opera house. Hong Kong is developing its cultural district in West Kowloon. Marseille built its MUCEM and Abu Dhabi has opened its own Louvre. Culture is becoming the soft power of cities with 2,900 million euros in annual income. The third generation of world cities is already on the march. The combination with information technology is enabling “lab-ci- ties” to test out real technological solutions, and devise new urban management systems for energy, water, traffic, and security. [...] FIND THE COMPLETE TEXT AT: WWW.AIVP.ORG GAETAN SIEW
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Human capitalThis somewhat surprising concept, which links economic value to human beings, is the subject of much debate and is beco-ming a major consideration for all modern business strategies. In Rotterdam, we discussed the concept’s importance to the sustainable development of ports and port cities. We will return to it in Quebec, in our work on the “Next Generation”. Here, perhaps, is where the key to the future success of our port cities lies. The challenge is to learn to see individuals as more than merely an economic resource of short-term use for an entrepreneurial project. I believe that, on the contrary, it is vital to invest in individuals’ career paths and personal development, to make them a full part of each company’s growth. By investing in lifelong education and trai-ning, for example through Port Centers, many port cities are showing the way. They are also working to improve living environments, health, and leisure in port cities, capitalising on their strong identity. And we are creating a new partnership – a win-win pact – between our economic objectives and young talents. City, ports, businesses… let us coordinate our efforts to ensure that our port cities are welco-ming places for the Next Generation! Our future depends upon it.
Philippe MatthisAIVP President
Editorial director Olivier Lemaire
FOCUS
The metamorphosis of port cities into world citiesGaetan SIEW, member of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat and former President of the International Union of Architects, will be a keynote speaker at AIVP’s 16th World Conference. He will talk about the worldwide context of port cities, global trends and their implications for our future. [EXTRACTS]
[...] Today’s cities are the eco-nomic engines of all challenges and strategies. Ports in particular are stepping up connectivity and becoming veritable digital and air-sea-land hubs with the power to influence the future of territo-ries, countries and even whole continents. By 2050, two thirds of the world’s population will live in cities. Today, some cities are already bigger, in terms of land, economy and population, than certain countries (Tokyo’s GDP is equivalent to that of Australia). Some cities are already competing with their central government, and sometimes even with other cities in the same country. This is true of Barcelona and Madrid, Beijing and Shanghai, or Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.Our world is all about movement: of people, trade, services, capital and information. Personal mobi-lity is the response to the search for a better future, better quality of life, or leisure. Meanwhile, air, sea and land transport have reached record levels with the growth in world trade and the expansion of the middle classes. Tourism now generates 3.4 billion US dollars a day. China is reinventing the Silk Route with its pearl necklace of ports. Maritime shipping now accounts for 80% of global trans-port (over 400% in 30 years). All of these factors pose a challenge for port cities, which are both
land- and sea-facing.Capital flows are going virtual, with the cloud challenging taxation, and the volume of fund transfers by African emigrants is surpassing the level of internatio-nal aid going to Africa. The GAFA big four internet giants have revenues higher than the national budgets of some countries. While this mobility is weakening nation States, it is a boost to the creative innovation of host cities. This is the new breeding ground from which the “world cities” are emerging. They are cleverly branding their advantages to attract the best creative talents and the inward investment that comes with them. This new category of expatriates has the luxury of choosing the cities with the best education and health-care, high living standards, health environment, and advantageous tax regime. Buoyed by the influx of new talent, the “world cities” are becoming the engines driving creativity and innovation. They are all socially diverse: there are 800 languages spoken in New York, and 300 in London; expa-triates make up 84% of the popu-lation of Dubai, and that figure is around 50% for Amsterdam, Marseille and Singapore. This class is also very demanding when it comes to international standards of culture. A good example is the Guggenheim in Bilbao. An icon of contemporary
architectural aesthetics, and an indisputable symbol of the city, the Guggenheim Museum has transformed a declining old industrial city into a world-re-nowned tourist destination. One of the forerunners of this trend for “cultural acupuncture” was Sydney, which was effectively put on the map thanks to its opera house. Hong Kong is developing its cultural district in West Kowloon. Marseille built its MUCEM and Abu Dhabi has opened its own Louvre. Culture is becoming the soft power of cities with 2,900 million euros in annual income.The third generation of world cities is already on the march. The combination with information technology is enabling “lab-ci-ties” to test out real technological solutions, and devise new urban management systems for energy, water, traffic, and security. [...]
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Durban: a sustainable cruise terminalThe terminal will use the latest green technologies and will be required to dovetail with existing plans for the Durban Point Waterfront, notably resolving traffic management and congestion issues. Secure public access and viewing points will be created in the building, which will also host conferences and a MSC training centre. If needed, a second storey may be added in the future. The terminal will meet the needs of a highly dynamic sector, which saw 22% growth between 2015 and 2016, with 1.3 million passengers expected by 2040. Transnet sees Durban and Cape Town as the two main ports for the cruise business, but developments could be extended to other ports in South Africa if required.
Genoa: circular economyThe City and the Chamber of Commerce are supporting a pro-ject for a circular economy. Smart Materials, the research team of the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), presented a project for a circular economy in Berlin. The concept is to convert all plant waste into bio-plastics to help reduce the threat posed to the oceans by pollution with plastic packaging.
Singapore: human capital Professional workers will also have to plan for the future by spending more time with teaching establish-ments to tell them about the varied, interesting and enriching careers which the industry can offer. Learning is a permanent, life-long process for employees and should be an integral part of a company’s culture. Moreover, companies will have to make themselves visible and attractive to talented young people who will be able to develop the digital world of the future.
The Port of Bilbao opens its Port CenterBased at the Maritime Museum, the Port Center occupies all of the building’s second floor, around 418 m². The Port Center showcases new technologies in a fun way, explaining the realities of ports today. The new display cost 400,000 euros, and is intended to complete the maritime museum’s existing exhibits. The development sees Bilbao become the latest of AIVP’s port city members to adopt the Port Center as a key resource for City-Port-Citizen mediation.
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France: #MerLittoral 2030What does the future hold for the sea and the coastline? The State has set up a participative platform for members of the public to obtain information and submit their views on the future vision proposed for each of the country’s coastlines, in order to ensure the right ecological balance and maximise economic and social benefits from the sea and coast.
Smart Port : Hamburg and 5G Smart Port: Hamburg launches a platform to test 5G at an 8,000 hectare area of the port. One of the key aims will be to ensure infras-tructures can be used more reliably and securely by boosting real-time management capabilities. The project will see Hamburg become one of the first test sites in Europe to confirm the protocols for 5G applications. Logistics is one of the sectors where the new technology, which combines both terrestrial and mobile network support, could provide much-needed flexibility.
Los Angeles / Long Beach: fluidityA container staging hub - Le Harbor Performance Enhancement Centre - will occupy a site of more than 4 hectares close to the 14 terminals in San Pedro Bay. The US$130 million facility will be capable of processing 3500 truckloads per day. The aim is to boost productivity by 10% and reduce emissions by cutting waiting times and simplifying container drop-off and collection.
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Guayaquil: Port and education Agreement between the Port and Department of Education to create a Technological Institute: according to the government, a trained technical workforce is crucial to the future of port cities in the 21st century. Guayaquil, home to the country’s biggest port, will host the new institute, providing an environment conducive to training, innovation and study of future challenges, with the construction of a deep water port and the decision to retain the naval yards.
Sydney: Glebe Island Maintaining and expanding the Glebe Island terminal in the heart of the city is crucial to the local area. Over the next 30 years, between 6 and 8 Mt of bulk construction mate-rials will pass through the terminal to supply urban building projects! One of those projects will be the Bays Precinct redevelopment designed to kick-start innovation for the maritime industry.
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Port Zayed: three major projects Plans for a port, a media city, and a creativity zone have just been approved by Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed. Abu Dhabi has attracted the world’s biggest producers in recent years, and the new Media Production City will reinforce that trend, covering 300,000 m2 and housing a variety of studios of different sizes. The development is part of a wider plan to convert warehouses into a creativity zone, providing housing and services for innovators, while warehouse 421 and the surrounding area will be turned into recreational and leisure areas.
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Marseilles: city-port combinationThe presentation of the year’s balance and the perspectives for 2018 was used to announce the launch of a study on the redevelopment of the 400 hectares of the East Docks. The object is to combine industrial and urban activities on the site. This strategy follows the same line as the Port-City Capillarity Charter signed in 2013 between the Port, the City and Euroméditerranée, or the Terrasses du Port which brings a passenger terminal into the same building as commercial facilities run by the city.
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In June, the Port of Quebec will host AIVP’s 16th World Conference. At AIVP’s World Conference in 2012, Mario Girard, President & CEO of the Port of Quebec and Vice-President of AIVP, already emphasised the importance of developing port projects in complete transparency, involving citizens and the local community. The four projects described here perfectly illustrate this commitment to building the future of the port city of Quebec together, as part of an inclusive approach. Our 16th World Conference will no doubt afford an opportunity for a first-hand look at this strategy for a Next Generation port city.[EXTRACTS]
Beauport 2020, Quebec as an essential gateway to the North American conti-nentWith a natural harbour depth of 15 metres at low tide, its location at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence / Great Lakes corridor, and its multimodal capabilities, the Port of Quebec is a strategic gateway between the rest of the world and the industrial and agricultural heartlands of North America. The port has seen sustained growth over the last decade, and is now operating at close to full capacity.
The Beauport project were submitted to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency in August 2015, and a number of studies and environmental assessments have since been carried out. In addition, a wide-ranging public consultation was launched in January 2015, and is currently on-going. This process, and the various discussions held with the CEAA in 2017, allowed the port authorities to put forward a revised project in December 2017:
� The new facility will be devoted exclusively to container traffic capacity of 500,000 TEUs.
� The breakwater will now not be built, and the beach adjoining the new terminal will not be reconfigured using the dredged sediment. This solution will ensure a minimal impact on natural habitats. It also addresses concerns expressed by the Bay of Beauport Users’ Forum.
� An existing bank will be extended and a wall of containers installed and covered with a green plant screen to reduce aesthetic impact and noise.
The Louise Basin: a port district for residents The Louise Basin district is the historic heart of the Port of Quebec. In 1983, the district and adjacent land were redeveloped to take their current form: the Port of Quebec marina, the promenade areas, parks, a cycling track, a vast car park, etc.
The aim of the Port of Quebec is to maintain the existing port activities (cereal trans-shipments, concrete and construction materials handling, and cruise industry), while integrating them harmoniously into a new, high quality living environment designed both for local residents and international visitors
The quality of the public spaces will be guaranteed by developing a promenade and new green spaces, an urban beach, urban artworks, a market, and open meeting spaces, etc. A fun museum for children will also be created, reinforcing the commitment to ensuring the new district is lively and convivial. The vision also includes plans for residential offering, offices, a hotel, retail spaces, a marina and a conference centre. The project has been presented to the local population via the Port’s website.
Cruise industry: expanding a dynamic sectorSince 2000, the number of cruise passengers visiting has risen from 34,000 to reach 202,000 in 2017, when they were estimated to have spent some CAN$ 30M. That trend is continuing: In 2017 the Port was expected to host some 200,000 cruise passengers, an increase of 30% on the previous year, when Québec was named “Best Destination Experience” of the year by Cruise Insight magazine.
The port has set itself a target capacity of 400,000 passengers by 2025 to support this growth and optimise the economic and tourist benefits for the City. Infrastructure development plans are also being studied.
The port PromenadeDeveloped in 1927, the port district of Anse au Foulon was historically dedicated to naval construction and trans-shipment of wood. It was also home to an oil terminal and a passenger ferry terminal. In 2013, the Port decided to refocus bulk activities in the sector and make greater use of covered handling of goods. The idea is to promote intermodality with a low carbon footprint.
The sector is very close to residential zones. The Port of Quebec saw an opportunity to create a new green interface between the port and city. It was also keen to use the project to showcase the existing port, by creating observation points viewing towers, and by the lighting of the facilities. The port’s history and heritage are also showcased. The initial project was presented to the local community via the website in 2014. Work began in 2016.
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AIVP participates in the Contship Italia’s Portolab Academy for the second timeGreta Marini, responsible for the integration of ports with society in AIVP, spoke at the Portolab Academy (Marina di Carrara, Italy, 22 and 23 February 2018) about the new relations that need to be constructed between ports, cities and their citizens to ensure the sustainable development of tomor-row’s port cites. This project, run by Contship Italia, illustrates good practices in terms of education on the port.The PortoLab project created twelve years ago by Contship Italia allows youngsters aged between 9 and 12 to learn about the terminals in various Italian port cities. The Workshop this year was organised at Marina di Carrara in cooperation with the Port Authority System of the Eastern Ligurian Sea – AIVP member since 2004 – which includes the Ports of La Spezia and Carrara. Although the Portolab Academy is normally restricted to training for Contship employees, this year it was opened to citizens and the local population.
The workshop was organised as part of the implementation of the Portolab programme by another private operator which has been installed in the port of Carrara for the last year. “Grendi”, which is a family company, operates various marine routes in Italy and has run into strong citizen opposition due to the nuisance generated by its ever-increasing heavy truck traffic. In response, Grendi wants to make the population, and especially young people, aware of the realities of port operations. The Portolab programme has been set up. It has been an instant success in schools: 400 pupils have already visited the terminal and met employees.
Two AIVP members sign a partnership agreement
The Port of Brussels and the Port of Quebec, both AIVP active members, signed a partnership agreement this Friday, 16 March in Montreal (Quebec, Canada), which will allow them to jointly apprehend issues that are common to both ports.Both maritime and river ports, Brussels and Quebec ports are located in urban areas and are, as AIVP is advocating, convinced of the need to integrate better in this landscape, with a view to fruitful and sustainable cohabitation with the various surrounding stakeholders. Finally, even if the scales are very different, the two ports have in common some similar development projects, such
as the construction of a terminal for cruise ships.This partnership revolves (among others) around several elements:
� A sharing of good practices for a better urban integration of the two ports, among others in connection with good governance.
� Both port entities are signatories of the Missions Charter of a Port Center by AIVP. The two port organizations will pool their respective experiences in the creation of these Port Centers.
AIVP is glad to see bridges that are being created between its members for a better city-port dialogue.
Lorient’s Port Center website goes onlineHaving signed the Port Center Missions Charter in 2016, port com-munity stakeholders in Lorient have now opened a digital Port Center, in the form of a website explaining and highlighting the port. The website, at www.lorientportcenter.com, carries the official “Port Center By AIVP” label.Since 2016, a large Port Center working group has been actively implementing the project, led by Audélor and bringing together the main stakeholders in the port territory. The website is merely a start, and will be followed by a newsletter designed to maintain links with users. Hopefully, a physical space will also be created in due course,
to welcome members of the public and act as the starting point for port tours, host exhibitions, and so on. AIVP, which has given its full backing to this project, is delighted to see it successfully brought to fruition and congratulates the partners involved.
8 new members join the network!AIVP is very happy to welcome 8 new members to its network, which will certainly enrich the exchange of port-city best practices!Local authorities
� Citydev.Brussels (Belgium) – urban and economic develop-ment
� Euromediterranée (France) – urban planning and economic development in Marseilles
� City of Port Saint-Louis du Rhône (France)
Port authorities � Port of Dublin (Ireland) � CCI Ille et Vilaine (France) � CCI Morbihan (France)
Professionals � Citysurfing (France) – Smart Floating Solutions
� RTSYS (France) – underwater drones
