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Green corridors are specific trade routes between major port hubs that prioritize and demonstrate zero-emission solutions in shipping, aiming to advance decarbonization efforts. The concept envisions collaboration among stakeholders to coordinate green fuel infrastructure and vessels, creating an enabling ecosystem through targeted regulations, financial incentives, and safety measures. These initiatives should bear in mind the […]

Achieving data collaboration in a fragmented supply chain has proven to be challenging, despite the need for predictability in goods delivery. While centralized platform solutions have limitations, decentralized methods of data collaboration are promising but still in development. It is considered that true progress will come from sharing operational planning data among stakeholders for actionable […]

The shipping industry has enjoyed a couple of profitable years, but today it must deal with a rapidly changing environment full of uncertainties, due mainly to threats like recession, geopolitical volatility, crew shortages, escalating operating costs, fluctuating cargo demand and uncertainty over the decarbonization roadmap of the sector. Furthermore, the industry is not following at […]

Current supply chain scenario has moved from a state where disruptions were considered the trend and focus was made even at top-management level, to a lowered disruptive situation in which investments will still be needed to shape organizations’ competitive advantage by developing the supply chain of the future; through a strategical transformation based on commercial […]

Sustainability and environmental efforts within the maritime sector mark the set agenda in the years to come. Nevertheless, these are no meaningless or recent trends, despite the fact that current objectives forces the industry to a major change. And this year 25-year anniversary of EcoPorts, ESPO’s main environmental initiative of the European port sector, proves […]

The International Association of Harbour and Ports (IAPH) has been working the past years on closing the gap of port competitiveness in terms of both physical and digital infrastructure, between the various stages that can be found worldwide overt port’s development. And therefore, considering innovation as a transversal key for business improvement. It is commonly […]

In the face of an increasingly similar service offering among competitors in the industry, following the widespread ‘commoditisation myth’; ports are forced to provide their customers with more efficient and innovative services, mainly based on the creation of added value. The context of the Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea are clear examples of […]

Automation benefits, such as efficiency, safety, agility and scalability, are commonly acknowledged within the ports and terminals sector, specially with automated terminals in Rotterdam or Antwerp as spearheads. Nevertheless, there are other benefits not so commonly identified. Sustainability, inclusivity, accessibility, skills enhancement and workplace attraction can also be achieved when deploying automation. Regarding labor force, […]

Current supply chain disruptions, since Covid-19 pandemic, have been adding pressure to the sector, which has been forced to tackle disturbances, manage risk mitigation and increase resilience. Efforts seem to prove the way in the past two years, based mainly on bigger buffers and safety stocks, but taking into consideration dual sourcing and regionalization or […]

Today, AI is used widely in many consumer and business sectors, and industrial sectors such as maritime are now showing significant growth in demand for AI systems. In the maritime industry the adoption of AI has been growing gradually for a number of years and has recently exploded. In 2022 the maritime industry is forecast […]

Environmental monitoring is composed of tools and techniques that identify, analyze, and establish parameters for environmental conditions to quantifiably assess the impacts from various activities on the environment. It is based on different test and assessment techniques which provide key information about the environment and possible risk levels.   Companies and organizations must show that they […]

As of mid-December 2021, there were some 101 ships waiting for berth space at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. What’s more, the congestion being experienced on the US East Coast isn’t isolated to this region. Ports around the world are reporting strong congestion issues throughout the last months with no end in […]

La APBA presenta la cuarta edición de su Memoria Anual de I+D+i, un resumen de las principales actuaciones y logros alcanzados en materia de innovación y transformación digital por parte la Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras y su Ecosistema. Como en anteriores ediciones, esta Memoria da cuenta, por un lado, de todos estos […]

La APBA presenta la tercera edición de su Memoria Anual de I+D+i, un resumen de las principales actuaciones y logros alcanzados en materia de innovación y transformación digital por parte la Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras y su Ecosistema. Como en anteriores ediciones, esta Memoria da cuenta, por un lado, de todos estos […]

La APBA, a través de su Oficina Técnica de Innovación, presenta una nueva edición de su Memoria Anual de I+D+i, un resumen de las principales actuaciones y logros alcanzados en materia de innovación y transformación digital por parte la Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras y su Ecosistema de Innovación durante el año 2020. […]

La Memoria Anual de I+D+i, elaborada por la Oficina Técnica de Innovación de la APBA, resume las principales actuaciones y logros alcanzados en materia de innovación por parte la Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras y su Ecosistema de Innovación durante el año 2019. Esta Memoria da cuenta, por un lado, de todos estos […]

Resumen La Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (APBA) convocó la tercera edición del Concurso de Ideas de la Travesía de la Innovación, con el objetivo de seguir promoviendo, fomentando e incentivando la actividad innovadora en el Puerto Bahía de Algeciras (en adelante, PBA). De la misma forma que en la segunda edición, en […]

Resumen Finalidad del Concurso Tras el éxito de la primera convocatoria, la APBA, convocó la segunda edición del concurso de ideas de la Travesía de la Innovación, con el objetivo de seguir promoviendo, fomentando e incentivando la actividad innovadora en el Puerto Bahía de Algeciras (en adelante, PBA). A diferencia de la primera edición, en […]

Presentación de los trabajos Los candidatos a los premios deberán presentar los siguientes documentos: Resumen ejecutivo: síntesis de las principales características del trabajo realizado dónde deberá aparecer título, objetivos, problemática u oportunidad (justificación), alcance de la solución, foco de innovación donde se encuadra el trabajo, metodología, resultados, impacto y principales conclusiones. Se deberá presentar en castellano o en […]

Resumen Finalidad del Concurso Los Premios a la Innovación “Algeciras BrainPort” al mejor trabajo de fin de máster (TFM), patrocinados por la Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (en adelante, APBA) y la Fundación Campus Tecnológico de Algeciras (en adelante, FCTA), pretenden reconocer el talento y la contribución al puerto de iniciativas innovadoras, realizadas […]

Resumen Finalidad del Concurso La APBA lleva un tiempo trabajando en lo que denomina la «Travesía de la Innovación», una iniciativa que pretende potenciar una cultura innovadora  y crear un entorno innovador donde sus trabajadores y colaboradores puedan llevar a cabo iniciativas e ideas innovadoras en beneficio de la competitividad del Puerto Bahía de Algeciras. […]