The Freeport of Riga Is Using 5G to Connect Ships Across the
LVR Flote, a port services provider based in Riga, first successfully tested the method in November 2023 using LĪVA, the first 5G-equipped ship on the Baltic Sea.
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The port used to rely on WiFi and 4G to connect ships and drones to the mainland, but in 2020, it teamed up with LMT, a Latvian telecoms company, to roll out 5G connections across the port. Ansis Zeltins is the CEO of the Freeport of Riga Authority and the chairman of the European Sea Ports Organization. Courtesy of the Freeport of Riga
Freeport of Riga began rolling out its 5G network in 2020 and is now expanding it from the port to the sea. Courtesy of the Freeport of Riga The real challenge was connecting the ships in transit. They used a "multi-hop" method, where ships serve as floating telecom base stations.
Looking ahead, Zeltins wants to harness the faster connection to bring new technology to the Freeport of Riga. For instance, the port is testing a Remote Operations Center platform for autonomous maritime systems.
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