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Automation and the path to sustainability
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 spearh…
Taking the pulse of shifting supply chains
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 …
Artificial Intelligence in Maritime – a learning curve
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 A…
What are the Four Types of Environmental Monitoring?
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 en…
Increasing Container Dwell. Addressing the challenge of high yard utilisation.
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…
A New Green Deal Port Master Plan. The Transformation of European Ports.
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 …
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 ca…
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, gl…
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…
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, t…
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 …
Decision Democratisation using Modern Data Analytics
Organisations digitisation has moved forward five years in just the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the issues many organisations have faced was inertia creeping into their decision-making…
Accuracy and timeliness: Two critical measures that define the quality of data in logistics
Even though nowadays we find great progress and improvements in terms of data-sharing and in the development of platforms that connect different systems and stakeholders, two fundamental questions, which are…
Industry 4.0 in the port and maritime industry
The port and maritime industry has evolved and from the 2010s have entered into a fifth stage of evolution characterized by their digital transformation and alignment with Industry 4.0 practices. Co-operatio…
Understanding the 5 key challenges to connect supply chain data
It is well known for any cargo owner or freight forwarding company who need a helicopter view of the supply chain information and flow, understanding the available data and running scenarios on possible bene…
To drive innovation, you must understand your ecosystem
Through their pioneering work around innovation maturity, Beswick, Toma and Vargas have concluded that when clustering the many ecosystem elements, you typically end up with five core pillars: strategy, lead…
Cooperation on intermodal standards vital for supply chain efficiency
Currently the need for supply chain visibility is rising, even more when intermodal transport takes place or shipments are consolidated. Even though efforts have been made in particular modes of transportati…
Hidrógeno, el combustible de la Europa sostenible llega a los puertos
A día de hoy, el hidrógeno renovable constituye el principal aliado de la Unión Europea en la descarbonización y por ende en la consecución del Pacto Verde Europeo. Este tipo de energía, de cero emisiones, t…
Decarbonising Shipping: All Hands on Deck
Shipping has a dual challenge. It must meet the demand of the worlds growing population, with more ships and more voyages, while radically reducing its emissions. Sustainable challenges have been addressed …
Seven building blocks for the port of the future. Where do you start when preparing your port f…
Traditionally, ports have been crucial nodes in the worlds international supply chains. As those supply chains have become increasingly fast, flexible and responsive, the role of ports has been transformed.…
The new normal. Fostering innovation while maintaining profitability and safety
Because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, the global trade and the whole shipping industry is adapting actual operational processes, business rules and ICT tools. Algeciras Port Authority is a good example o…
