Smart Port Technology Prevails Smart technologies, including wireless connectivity, artificial intelligence, automation and digitalisation in general have been hailed as strong solutions to some of the biggest issues of 2020 brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the pandemic interrupted supply chain flows and forced many to switch to remote working it was these smart solutions that came to the forefront as the answer to minimising disruption. For those who have not already implemented automation the benefits of such a technology is now abundantly clear and many in the industry have commented that there is a strong shift in the demand for such solutions.