The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has been operating a future-oriented port management from a single source since 2005 and is active wherever efficiency, safety and cost-effectiveness are important in the Port of Hamburg. The HPA meets the growing demands of the port with intelligent and innovative solutions. The HPA is responsible for the efficient, resource-saving and sustainable planning and implementation of infrastructure measures in the port and is the point of contact for all issues relating to waterside and landside infrastructure, the safety and ease of shipping traffic, port railway facilities, real estate management and economic conditions in the port. To this end, the HPA provides the necessary areas and assumes all sovereign tasks and port management services. It markets special, port-specific expertise and also looks after Hamburg's port interests at national and international level. In order to make the port of the future safer and more efficient, the HPA is planning to use control station-based mobile sensor systems (e.g. UAV) in the port area.