Ports are at present engaged strongly on capital and international funding for the purpose to generate more income, essentially through enhancing efficiency and limiting expenses related to labor. Smart ports represent a great method to achieve these capabilities due to the way they incorporate technologies for communication and information within innovative applications, which eventually contributes to superior port governance. It culminates in enhanced efficiency and reduced operational expenses. The paper is based on one of the use cases, the one in the Port of Galati in Romania, which is part of the European project FOR-FREIGHT, which aims to optimize the application of intermodal freight transport resources, establish affordable resilience with superior levels of performance, and decrease common transport shipping expenses through the establishment of innovative approaches and implementing them with legacy logistics infrastructures.