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Necessity of sustainable maritime logistics system

With the fluidity of the world economy and the expansion of the global division of labor, the international cargo volume has sharply increased in recent years in response to the shift of method of production from local production and local consumption to concentrated on production and procurement at lowest cost country. In marine logistics, which handles most of the volume of international freights, it is necessary to build a supply chain that meets the demands of industry and satisfies both agility and certainty.

Breaking away from the existing port management system

However, the number of workers engaged in ports is decreasing year by year, and drastic improvement of port operations is required from the aspect of workforce and physical setup. In the most recent example, under the influence of the spread of COVID-19 infection worldwide, some major ports have been forced to stop operations due to the shortfall of skilled workers. In addition, due to the nature of handling heavy objects such as containers, the workload / risk of port workers are maintained at a high level, securing highly skilled port workers is also an extremely difficult task. To avoid the potential risks caused by relying too much on "manpower",introducing new technologies provided by both hardware and software to improve the working environment of port workers are needed. While securing excellent workers, it is also necessary to shift to a robust and sustainable port management system that does not rely on the personal and empirical skills of such workers.

Realization of sustainable smart port

Pursuit Well-Being for the Port Workers

In order to complement the uncertainty of "manpower" mentioned above, it is necessary to improve workplace environment to increase the motivation of port workers to prevent them from leaving. In other words, it is important to continue innovation to make the port an attractive workplace that is guaranteed to be safe and secure. At the same time, it is also necessary to build a system that will not stagnate logistics operations even if human resources are deficient, and to establish a system that allows port workers to focus on higher-level and advanced work.

Building a sustainable port operating system

To improve current port operation method, by full use of IoT technology and DX transformation, it is important to systematize "Personal Know-how" which is currently owned by selected skilled workers. By utilizing such a systematized "Personal Know-how" it will be sublimated into a more sophisticated and efficient logistics system that could not be realized by the process that had been manually handled. Such actions will be required to realize a sustainable "Smart port".

Harmonious with peripheral communities and environment

In addition, to achieve a sustainable development of the port, it is required to maintain a good and win-win relationship with surrounding local communities which provide the port with transport infrastructure i.e. road and/or railways connected to the port, and indispensable workers who will work at port. The improvements of the working environment of the port workers and innovations of the port operations advocated above should eventually bring benefits to the surrounding communities and contribute to expansion of cooperative relationships with them.

Vision

The purpose of Co-Creation

We have contributed to the innovations that the port logistics industry has achieved so far with hardware (supply of hydraulic equipment / systems to transport equipment / vehicles). In the future, we would like to collaborate with a partner groups that have core capabilities in fields of software, achieve a sustainable "smart-port" that integrates hardware and software, and take on the challenge of solving social issues.

The "smart port" we aim for is to provide port workers with a safe and secure environment to free them from dangerous work, and to accelerate / automation personnel know-how in a digital form. At the same time, port workers could concentrate on more advanced tasks such as improvement and creation of new operational processes to create a new appearance for the port.

In addition, by working to reduce the environmental load by shifting energy to hydrogen and electricity, we will improve the safe and secure environment of the port, increase the well-being of port workers, and contribute to the economic development and conservation of the environment of the surrounding area and communities.

The ports targeted for this Co-creation will be set in a wide range of areas, from huge ports in developed countries that have already been streamlined, to emerging ports in developing countries where maritime logistics will increase in the future.

Intellectual Capital

Potentials for the future

Global customer & supplier network

Over the years, we have built relationships of trust in the fields of construction machinery, industrial machinery, and marine machinery by providing products and solutions to many of the world's leading manufacturers. In addition, in order to achieve this, we have a supply chain and a network of dealers that have closely cooperated in the design, SI, and sales of hydraulic equipment. It is possible to propose a solution that can be disseminated to the world by sublimating it into a concrete solution that incorporates innovative technology into hardware in housing development.

Achievements and know-how of manufacturing in a wide range of industrial machinery

We have a track record of working on high-pressure, large-capacity hydraulic systems that perform highly accurate speed, position, and pressure control in a wide range of fields such as electric power, steelmaking, and forging. It is possible to propose solutions from the viewpoint of hardware when manufacturing and processing new building materials in housing development.

Knowledge about robotics

By not only designing and manufacturing hydraulic systems that serve as power sources, but also by maximizing the technological development capabilities of hydraulic actuators for humanoid robots that we have been working on in recent years, we will pursue automation and robotics that link hydraulic equipment and data. We can make proposals for the realization of safe and secure smart port development sites.

Mass production technology boasting the highest level of quality in the world

We have cleared the strict requirements of Major industrial machinery manufacturers around the world, flexibly adjusted production volume to meet changing needs, and continued stable supply. We can propose solutions that lead to mass production of sustainable building materials required for housing development and machines required for their production with stable quality.

Mechanical and electrical engineering professional team

Since we have highly specialized human resources in both mechanical engineering and electrical engineering fields, we can consistently form a development team to handle everything from electrical signals from computers to mechanical design that moves all kinds of big things

Knowledge and achievements regarding hydrogen fuel control

Utilizing the knowledge of manufacturing hydraulic equipment related to high-pressure gas control valves, we develop and manufacture valves for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and supply them to major overseas automobile manufacturers. We have the knowledge to handle hydrogen fuel, which is expected as an energy source for the next generation energy services using high-pressure hydrogen gas together with co-creation partners in residential energy management.

Extensive Relationship Capital with Port Stakeholders

Good and multi-layered relationship with stakeholders in domestic and overseas shipping, transportation, land transportation, etc. It is possible to globally propose products / services that can be realized only by our company, which is a comprehensive heavy equipment manufacturer. In addition, the widespread adoption of our products in transportation equipment / devices that are directly connected to social infrastructure is largely due to our organizational culture, which has made the pursuit of safety and security through our products a corporate motto. This is an important organizational capital of our company, which is widely recognized by client companies and highly evaluated as the "Kawasaki brand" cultivated over 100 years.

Potential Partner

Partners expecting for Co-Creation

We are looking for co-creation partners, mainly overseas players who fall under the following (Japanese players are also acceptable).

Freight management companies / warehouse companies, port operating companies, government agencies, infrastructure companies, industrial machinery manufacturers that provide port equipment.

• Players currently have issues with the efficiency and durability of existing port facilities, the safety of workers and the environment, or the operation system that depends on people, but having technical constraints and lack of breakthroughs when solving the above issues.
• Players seeking new solutions to reduce the environmental burden at ports and revitalize the area around ports by utilizing sustainable energy such as hydrogen and electricity.

Players with technologies / ideas that can be used in ports

• Players who have ideas and systems to break through the current situation, but have no means of integrating with hardware and have problems connecting to concrete solutions.
• Players who wish to achieve port services and approaches to clients/customers through co-creation activities with Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. which were difficult to propose previously.
• System players (SIers involved in smart ports) that provide automation solutions in areas such as warehousing, land transportation, and port cargo handling etc.

All partners who sympathize with the above-mentioned objectives and issues and wish to co-create the future of realizing a sustainable smart port with us.

Asset

Assets provided by the Organizer

Global customer & supplier networks

In the fields of construction machinery, industrial machinery, and marine machinery, we have built solid relationship of trust by providing products and solutions to customers all over the world for past 100+ years. In addition, we have a supply chain and a network of dealers that have closely cooperated in the design, SI, and sales of hydraulic equipment to achieve the above. Co-create with innovative technologies and ideas of co-creation partners in port logistics, incorporate them into hardware, and propose comprehensive solutions to the world together.

Professional team of mechanical and electrical technology

We have highly skilled and experienced specialists in both mechanical engineering and electrical engineering fields, while we are able to form a consistent development team with integrated mechanical and electrical equipment, from electrical commands to machines to mechanical actuator design to move everything.

In addition, we have advanced analysis technology and control technology that support high reliability and high performance of products.

• Analysis technology: Dynamic behavior analysis, FEM, CFD, etc.
• Control technology: software, IoT compatible, control board, etc.

Knowledge and achievements regarding the utilization of electric oil actuators

In recent years, we have been working not only on the design and manufacture of hydraulic systems that serve as power sources, but also on the development of electro-hydraulic actuator.

By making the best use of this technological development and pursuing automation and robotics that link hydraulic equipment and data, we can make proposals for the realization of safe and secure ports.

Mass production technology that stably supplies the world's highest level of quality

Until now, we have cleared the strict requirements of major construction machinery and agricultural machinery manufacturers around the world, flexibly adjusted the production volume according to the daily changing number of customer demands, and continued to provide a stable supply of high-quality products.

We are capable to provide a large amount of vehicle / equipment components required for realizing smart ports with stable quality.

Knowledge and achievements regarding hydrogen fuel control

Utilizing the knowledge of high-pressure gas control valves that we have been continually innovate until this day, we are able to started developing valves for hydrogen gas tanks for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Currently, it supplies products to major overseas automobile manufacturers.

Through this development, we gained knowledge about hydrogen fuel, which is expected as an energy source for the next-generation living environment, and we believe that we will be able to propose energy services using high-pressure hydrogen gas together with co-creation partners at future smart ports.

Wide range of manufacturing achievement and know-hows in industrial machinery

In the field of industrial machinery, we have a track records of delivering high-pressure, large-capacity hydraulic systems that perform highly accurate speed, position, and pressure control in a wide range of fields such as electric power, steelmaking, and forging.

For various logistics machines used in ports, we are capable of proposing solutions from the viewpoint of hardware.

Marine machinery field (Posted: Steering Gear, Deck Machinery)

The hydraulic steering gear is an important device responsible for maneuvering ships.

Kawasaki produces two types of deck windlass is a machine to wind up an anchor and mooring winch is used for mooring a ship to the quay. Owning to high reliability and long trusted history of operation achievements, our marine machinery has been widely used in various commercial ships sailing around the world.

Construction machinery field (Shovel)

Precision Machinery Business Division entered this field in earnest from the 1960s, the dawn of hydraulic excavators.
Since then, we have been supplying hydraulic pumps and motors that are the source of the enormous power of excavators, multi-control valves and pilot valves that control direction and volume of fluid flow, and ECUs (electronic control unit) that electrically control the entire hydraulic system. Developed in Japan, Those hydraulic components are widely applied on many hydraulic excavators operating all over the world.

Construction machinery field (Crane)

The hydraulic system of the crawler / rough terrain crane is required to have extremely high reliability in addition to great power and high precise control.

Our pumps, hoisting motors, main control valves and pilot valves are widely used by crane companies as components that meet these stringent requirements.

Hydro Static Transmission (HST)

The Hydro Static Transmission (HST) system is a smooth continuously variable transmission drive system applied to wheel loaders, crawler dozers, telehandlers, combine harvesters, etc. that requires high torque output at low speeds and repeated forward and backward movements.
It is the best solution for precise running / position control required for port machinery.