Artículos de Interés y Tendencias

Estamos profundamente equivocados si pensamos que la innovación disruptiva y la creatividad, comúnmente asociadas a grandes líderes empresariales, es únicamente un aspecto genético o simplemente una habilidad cognitiva. Esta es una de las conclusiones que arroja el libro titulado “El ADN del Innovador”, tras una investigación de más de 8 años a unos 500 líderes […]
Nowadays, for the logistics’ and maritime industry is way too evident the power underlying data sharing and the comprehensive innovative opportunities that could be built upon it. Past efforts, i.e. TradeLens, even though fall to achieve platform’s true objective, leaving aside technological-driven purpose and data quality governance, set the pathway towards an unprecedent collaborative scheme […]
One of Gartner’s latests Survey highlights the raising trend that the Digital Twin of the Customer (DToC) is gaining over Chief Supply Chain Officer’s (CSCO) interests’ and digital strategies’. This rather new all-encompassing technology has come to enlighten the customer experience by unveiling a dynamic, virtual mirror representation of a customer, understood as profile characterizations […]
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 […]
El transporte de mercancías por vía marítima es un proceso de negocio complejo en el que resulta imprescindible la coordinación entre los diversos actores participantes. La sincronización del tráfico marítimo, la toma de decisiones en común, la visión completa (y no sesgada) del proceso gracias al intercambio de información estándar entre sistemas informáticos de diferentes […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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