The environmental impacts of port activities and infrastructure are substantial, wide-reaching and multidimensional. They include polluting emissions, soil and water contamination, noise and vibration, with considerable health consequences on coastal communities and port cities’ residents. Port activities also cause a wide range of external economic costs associated with congestion, waste management, land degradation, light and […]
Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up. These innovations can help cut emissions.
Shipping is the cheapest way to move raw materials and bulk goods. That has given it both an enormous economic impact and a large carbon footprint. The industry emits roughly 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year – nearly 3% of global emissions, according to the International Maritime Organization, a specialized U.N. agency made up of 174 […]
De la transformación digital a la innovación abierta en el Puerto Bahía de Algeciras
Los puertos, considerados nodos logísticos estratégicos y esenciales para las cadenas de valor internacionales, están actualmente sometidos a una serie de fuerzas del cambio externas de tipo geopolítico, económico, social, medioambiental y tecnológico a las que deben dar respuesta con un claro objetivo: seguir creando valor y seguir siendo competitivos en un contexto marcado por […]
How Intelligence is Powering Supply Chain’s Next Wave
Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are behind a host of emerging applications, especially for manufacturing demand planning and warehouse applications. Like most everything in 2020, global supply chains were thrown into disarray during the pandemic. Demand plans and equipment maintenance schedules went out the window with U.S. e-commerce volume growing 44% as consumers stayed […]
3 ways companies can take more ambitious action to achieve net zero
By taking more ambitious climate action, corporations can both help the planet and spur innovation. As stated in the report Climate Change 2021 published by the IPCC, the human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in unprecedented, inevitable and irreversible ways. But hope remains and all governments and companies have a key role to play […]
Machine Learning in Maritime Logistics
Future-oriented maritime services will increasingly rely on the intelligent use of data. Future-oriented maritime services will increasingly rely on the intelligent use of data from maritime supply chains, transport markets as well as fleet management and port operations. The comprehensive availability of digital data in real time, seamless data exchange and systematic analysis through machine […]
Succeeding in the AI supply-chain revolution
New technology solutions could be transformative—but only if executives properly prepare their organizations. In recent years, supply chains have become substantially more challenging to manage. Longer and increasingly interlinked physical flows reflect the rising complexity of product portfolios. Market volatility, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has elevated the need for agility and flexibility. […]
PortXchange: Lessons learned and the journey ahead
PortXchange provides digital solutions to optimise operations and reduce emissions from the shipping industry. After success in Rotterdam, PortXchange was launched in the ports of Felixstowe, Moerdijk, Algeciras, and Houston. Trusted by industry leaders worldwide to optimise over 100,000 port calls. With these different trials, such as the one in Algeciras, have made it possible […]
Port Call Optimisation: A Port Authority’s Point of View
The Algeciras Port Authority considers that Port authorities should embrace technology and strive to become ecosystem orchestrators, fostering cooperation, improving efficiencies and boosting sustainability as a result. Managing the port call process, coordination among all parties involved is crucial. There are multiple actors involved in the process the terminal, pilots, port authority, maritime authority, […]
El modelo de innovación de Algeciras tiene premio
El programa ‘Travesía de la Innovación’ del Puerto de Algeciras ha sido reconocido por la European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) con su Premio 2020 por su capacidad para atraer innovación y talento local. Francisco Javier de los Santos Ramos, Jefe del Área de Desarrollo Tecnológico, y Jesús Medina Blanco, Responsable de Sistemas de Información, explican […]
Se inicia el proceso de Diálogo Competitivo para el desarrollo de un sistema avanzado de predicción de la operatividad buque-infraestructura para el Puerto de Algeciras
El pasado 5 de marzo de 2018 se inició el procedimiento de Diálogo Competitivo coincidiendo con el anuncio de licitación y la publicación del documento descriptivo de la actuación innovadora Sistema avanzado de predicción de la operatividad buque-infraestructura para el Puerto de Algeciras. En dicho documento se indican las necesidades funcionales, los objetivos y el […]
Competitive Gain in the Ocean Supply Chain
The study entitled, «Competitive Gain in the Ocean Supply Chain: Innovation That’s Driving Maritime Operational Transformation» and completed by BPI (Business Performance Innovation) in collaboration with NVIS and XVELA, examines and debates how the logistical chain and maritime supply is facing the challenges and technological challenges and the new business models of the industry. The […]
Port Productivity: Finding new efficiencies through collaboration
The article «Port Productivity: Finding new efficiencies through collaboration» gives a summary of the main conclusions that were reached in the Workshop on Port Productivity organized in Hamburg at the end of 2016. In this event, the main Port Authorities, Terminal Operators, Shipping Companies and technological suppliers participated. the focus on identifying obstacles, needs, as […]
DP World Australia, DB Schenker, Hamburg Sud collaborate to experiment with the new Blockchain technology
The new system with blockchain technology called TBSx3 and of Australian origin has been successfully tested in the logistics chain that runs between the wine region of Coonawarra, in Southern Australia, and the port of Qingdao, in Northwestern China. Among the partners that participated in the pilot test were the terminal operator DP World Australia, the logistic operator DB Schenker, the Hamburg […]
PSA Singapore launches the creation of the PSA Living-lab for the co-creation of innovations in the field of logistic-port operations
The PSA Singapore Corporation, one of the largest terminal operators at the international level, with the support of the Economic Development Board (EDB) and the Port-Maritime Authority of Singapore (MPA) have created a «Living Lab» to improve the efficiency of operations in the terminals of the Port of Singapore. The PSA Living-Lab laboratory will allow […]
IBM and MAERSK bet on BLOCKCHAIN technology
IBM, one of the technological giants with more experience in Blockchain, and the Maersk Group, leader in container transport, announce a collaboration to digitize and expedite international trade transactions through the use of blockchain technology. The proposed solution will significantly streamline document management and bureaucratic controls, reduce fraud in customs controls and errors in annotations, […]
Globcurrent, optimization of maritime routes based on real-time data of ocean currents
The Globcurrent project of the ESA (European Spatial Agency) has merged the different measurements to generate an image of the daily sea currents during the last 24 years. Shipping companies may use this information to understand the characteristics of surface circulation in certain regions and obtain data in near real time, so that they can […]
3D printing of metal parts in the Port of Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam inaugurated at the end of 2016 the first laboratory of additive manufacturing and 3D printing of metal parts focused on the port industry (3D FieldLab). The success obtained in the development of the pilot project during 2015 led to the construction of this FieldLab, which will be located in the Innovation […]
