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 transportation, there is the lack of a wider approach, and therefore the requirement to address the subject from an end-to-end perspective, involving the several means […]

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, tiene una gran aplicabilidad, permitiendo eliminar la dependencia de los combustibles fósiles y su contaminación, de sectores como la industria, […]

Shipping has a dual challenge. It must meet the demand of the world’s growing population, with more ships and more voyages, while radically reducing its emissions. Sustainable challenges have been addressed worldwide and IMO’s ambitious goals to cut green-house gas and carbon emissions impacts the shipping industry at every possible scale, including cleaner fuels, new […]

Traditionally, ports have been crucial nodes in the world’s international supply chains. As those supply chains have become increasingly fast, flexible and responsive, the role of ports has been transformed. Geographical location is no longer the only factor that counts. The speed, efficiency and reliability of transport flows, as well as the ease with which […]

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 of an entity which is continuously looking for innovative solutions which will enable nations to resume business and reopen their economies without assuming health […]

Según los expertos, es la hora de centrarse en el Hidrógeno verde, es decir, aquel que se produce a partir de fuentes renovables y más concretamente mediante la electrólisis, convirtiendo el agua en moléculas de hidrógeno y oxígeno usando fuentes renovables, como excedentes de la energía eólica. A medida que avanza la transición energética, este adquiere cada […]

Even before the current COVID-19 crisis, wireless communication technology was making headlines. Much of the recent interest has focused on 5G mobile data networks that are being rolled out in many countries. 5G promises a host of benefits for end users, businesses, and telecommunications systems operators alike, including higher speeds, greater capacity, and tailored services […]

Transport as a sector is considered a growing contributor to global climate change. According to the International Transport Forum (ITF), freight transport accounts for about 39% of transport CO2 emissions and around 8% of CO2 emissions worldwide. It’s also a major contributor to air pollution. Road constitutes 62% of emissions, while sea contributes 27%, air […]

Ports are taking significant strides with digital transformation and starting to declare themselves as «smart«. Processes are digitalized, communities within the port are connected, and impressive gains in operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction are emerging. Smart ports, as important nodes in the global supply chain, have the opportunity to establish themselves as logistics […]

PCL is a new concept, which largely refers to the transformation of the port into a space of supply chain innovation and collaboration. To meet current challenges, and prepare for future ones, ports and terminals must transform their operations. In doing so, they must become more sustainable and promote collaboration. In practice, this means making data […]

Las grandes crisis globales, como el reciente brote de coronavirus, y su impacto masivo en la economía muestran la necesidad de repensar de inmediato la conceptualización de la actual cadena logística y de suministro. Las estrategias logísticas actuales funcionan, pero no acaban de ser válidas cuando ocurren disrupciones de la cadena logística. Por lo tanto, […]

Summary: Culture hacking takes change off the horizon and inserts it into employees’ day-to-day life in a visceral, immediate, low-effort way. CIOs can follow a six-step process to kick off or reignite change and embed culture hacking in an overall culture change effort. The first step of any culture change, whether it involves hacking or […]

Nowadays, the Shipping Industry follows two main courses of action. Dealing with competitiveness and efficiency in operations while pursuing environmental goals, driven mainly by public attention and IMO’s willpower. In this sense, unnecessary wasted time waiting for berth allocation and fuel consumption can be optimized, specially when available technology is already on our doorstep to […]

The challenge is this: as standards have developed, standards organizations have diverged and even those using the standards have adapted their standards of choice to meet their own needs. The result is, of course, non-standard standards, as users take the basic standard and tweak it to suit themselves. Therefore, when people say there are no […]

La firma española Indra presentó recientemente una solución de torre remota digital para el control aéreo basada en inteligencia artificial con el propósito de ejecutar procesos críticos de control aéreo sin la intervención humana. En concreto, el sistema emplea arquitecturas avanzadas de deep learning (aprendizaje profundo) entrenadas para llevar a cabo múltiples procesos operativos mediante […]

With improved communication technology comes improved maritime communication. 5G is expected to facilitate the roll-out of smart drones that can return real-time monitoring of ships entering and leaving ports and improve ship-shore communications for ship traffic. In addition to providing a better connectivity for the internet of things sensors that can assist in search and […]

The ELETA’s project, agreed in the 2016 TEN-T Days in Rotterdam to boost international rail freight, has concluded that more accurate ETA data of freight trains are possible by means of algorithms. Once quantity and quality of data is ready for use, forecast methods using AI can achieve even higher accuracy rates than real-time information, […]

In the past few years, the world’s leading ports have been investing in their digital ecosystems, in particular in creating Port Community Systems (PCS) to enhance their connectivity and boosting the efficiency by providing digital, real time information to all players in the port. Transparency around shipment status generates huge benefits for carriers, forwarders, shippers […]

Port of Rotterdam, Europe’s largest port by cargo tonnage, is committed to becoming the first digital port by 2030, and the smartest port in the world. Part of that journey is their digital transformation initiative and the main aim is to be prepared to host autonomous ships by 2030. The digitization strategy is a multi-year […]

At Element AI, they envision an AI-enabled port ecosystem that efficiently orchestrates the flow of vessels and cargo throughout the port and beyond. The emergence of intelligence-sharing platforms and the use of AI to improve the reach of planning systems offer the potential of major efficiency gains across port ecosystems. Human-in-the-loop innovations such as model […]

La creación de una cultura de toma de decisiones orientada a datos se puede ejecutar de muchas maneras y está claro que no hay una fórmula mágica que le sirva a todo el mundo. Sin embargo, existen determinadas buenas prácticas que deben estar presentes en cualquier proyecto que quiera poner la información cuantitativa en el […]