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throughput to 6 million TEUs by 2030, shore ports of the future. The project was and while the VOOPS project is the star shortlisted for the 2014 OECD Interna- of that effort, NAPA ports like Trieste, tional Transport Forum’s “Innovation in

Rijeka, and Koper are planning, or have Transport Award” and received a special already started, major port infrastructure mention for its “replicability around the projects. world.”

It’s possible that the biggest impact That replication might happen soon.

VOOPS makes isn’t just in Venice, or Experts have cited the U.S. and Africa the Northern Adriatic, but on how gov- as key markets that would be best served ernments think about ports and their re- by offshore ports. The U.S. government lationships to cities. is investigating offshore port concepts

The advantages of offshore ports in a through its Portinus project at the Law- variety of areas, including environmen- rence Livermore National Laboratory tal, volume and security, have long been (LLNL). And Bechtel said earlier this recognized. Cargill launched an offshore year that it is in discussions with U.S. port off the coast of Jamnagar, India in government agencies about the devel- 1998 and Abu Dhabi opened its Khalifa opment of an offshore port on the East

Port, an arti? cial island, in 2012. But Coast.

VOOPS might be the model for the off-

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