At the end of March 2021, APBA took part in the ‘Port Modernisation: Digital Operational Management and Cyber-Security’ webinar organised by the Inter-American Committee on Ports (CIP) and the Maritime Policy Bureau (MPB), around the central issue of the use of digital tools to improve digital operational management and the implications of cyber-security in the face of port modernisation.
Representatives from Prodevelop, HudsonAnalytix and APBA shared successful practices in terms of innovations in technological tools to improve decision making, operational indicators and increasing port competitiveness, as well as analysis of the role of cyber-security and the responsibility that comes with the process of port digitalisation.
On behalf of APBA, Jesús Medina, Head of the Innovation and Digital-Solutions Business Unit, presented the progress made in the implementation of the Pit Stop philosophy developed by the Port of Algeciras Bay, whose main objective is to optimise port operations by reducing waiting times associated with ship calls in the port. This innovative concept, developed by APBA and its partners, such as the Prodevelop company, is based on the use of collaborative-data platforms, inspired by the Port CDM (Port Collaborative Decision Making) paradigm and employs international standards. The event, moderated by Jorge Durán, Head of the CIP Secretariat, featured the participation of various experts from the port-logistics and maritime sector, such as Helmut Bellingrodt, International Business Development Director at Prodevelop, Ángel Martínez, R&D Project Manager at Prodevelop, and Andrew Baskin, Vice-Chair of Policy and Global Sales at Hudson Analytix, who spoke on a topic with great relevance in the sector today: cyber-security.
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