Visakhapatnam port logs into AI-led operations

The management of Visakhapatnam port is geared up to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) solutions over the next six months, as the port attempts to match steps with some of its technologically advanced counterparts globally.“To better manage allotment of land and effective land utilisation, a transparent AI-based land management system with a dashboard is being planned. This will go live by the end of June 2025,” says Madhaiyaan Angamuthu, Chairperson, Visakhapatnam Port Authority (VPA).

The port is on its way to becoming ‘smart’ with a slew of digital initiatives, including the introduction of a new port operations software, SAP HANA project, electronic measurement book, and dashboard analytics, together with AI and machine learning systems with a command control centre, according to the VPA chairperson.

The existing port operations software, in use since 2012, has turned obsolete, with no scope to integrate new features of the National Logistics Portal Marine (NLP–Marine), weigh bridges, RFD gate management system, Unified Logistics Portal (ULIP), and PPP terminal operations.