Last Monday, July 15, the president of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), Gerardo Landaluce, and the counselor of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and Administrative Simplification, Antonio Sanz, signed a collaboration protocol, accompanied by the mayor of the town, José Ignacio Landaluce, for the creation of a pioneering digital entrepreneurship node […]

The Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay (APBA) participated, last June 11, in the VIII edition of the Digital Enterprise Show (DES), which has been held for the last three years at the Trade Fair and Congress Center of Malaga (Fycma). The exhibition was attended by more than 400 of the leading global technology companies, […]

Last May, during the 22nd and 24th, the final conference of the ePIcenter project was held, with the participation of the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA), represented by its Technical Innovation Office. The event, organized at the facilities of the University of Applied Sciences of Emden/Leer (Germany), brought together the project partners […]

On April 22nd, in the facilities of the Maritime Station of the Port of Algeciras, began the Professional Training Employment program on digital specialties in 5G coverage environments.This project, with a total budget of 4.8 million euros, is led by the Junta de Andalucía, through the Consejería de Empleo, Empresa y Trabajo Autónomo, and has […]

With the aim of bringing the port activity closer to all the members who are part of the Algeciras Port Digital Academy initiative, the Port of Algeciras hosted, last Thursday, April 11, a boat tour for students, teachers and collaborators. During this fun and educational day, attendees had the opportunity to embark on a tour […]

The Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA), attended on March 19th to the demonstration of the Proof of Concept (PoC) of the disruptive innovation project called “E-3 – Advanced USV’s and autonomous hangars of recharge for unlimited autonomy and 24/7/365 recurrent operations“, developed by the Canary Islands start-up BlackSand Marine Technologies. Specifically, the project proposes the […]

Last February 12, the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) and the University of Cadiz (UCA) celebrated the launch of the second edition of the University Expert Course in Digital Transformation Applied to Port Logistics. This postgraduate university degree, promoted and organized by both institutions, highlights the excellent collaboration between entities, port and […]

The Innovation Committee of the Port of Algeciras held, last February 7th, the second of its quarterly meetings, since the initiative started in the spring of 2023. After a brief welcome by Jesus Medina, Head of the Technological Development Area of the APBA and President of the Committee itself, the session began with the presentation […]

The Official State Gazette (BOE) published, last December 28th, 2023, the new call for the Ports 4.0 fund for its Ideas and Commercial Projects program. This call regulates the granting, by Puertos del Estado, of public aid within the framework of the Plan to Promote Entrepreneurship for Innovation in the Port Sector, with the aim […]

The Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay has signed and agreement with WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”), a leader in cybersecurity, digital identity, and Internet of Things (IoT), integrating it into the Digital Transformation Consortium of the container and port logistics sector. This step follows the success of the agreement with DP World in Dubai, […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) held, last Thursday, November 30th, the launching ceremony of the second edition of its initiative addressed to Training Centers, adding new students and expanding the offer of companies in which they will be able to complement their training. Thus begins, within the school year 2023-2024, the […]

The Algeciras Port Authority (APBA) participated, last November 22 and 23, in the 1st Congress of Artificial Intelligence of Andalusia, organized by the Junta de Andalucía, through the Digital Agency of Andalusia (ADA, by its acronym in Spanish) and held at the Palacio de Congresos de Granada.The Minister of the Presidency, Interior, Social Dialogue and […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) held last Wednesday, November 15, together with ICEX, the conference entitled “Technological Solutions for Integrated Value Chains“. On this occasion, the Millán Picazo Auditorium was the stage where, from the point of view of innovation and technology, it was discussed how supply chains can increase their […]

On October 2, the Public Body Puertos del Estado approved, through the Distribution Committee of the Interport Compensation Fund, the provisional resolution for the modality of pre-commercial projects, in accordance with the 2nd Call of the Ports 4.0 Fund. On this occasion, the public body has endowed this category of projects with a total of […]

The Innovation Committee of the Port of Algeciras has held in the last days the first of its quarterly meetings. In the course of the same Jesus Medina, Chief Innovation & Information Officer of the Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA), has assumed the Presidency of the Committee for the next two years. The aim of […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) was present, last Wednesday, September 20th, in the I Innovation and Digital Transformation Fair, framed in the project “Campo de Gibraltar in digital 2023”; and which contemplates a series of actions aimed at promoting innovation and business digitalization, with the objective of achieving an improvement in […]

A delegation of the Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay (APBA), headed by the Commercial Director of the organization, Nicolás Martínez and Jesús Medina, Head of the Technological Development Area, has participated in the 7th edition of the International Port Cooperation Forum of the Maritime Silk Road. The event, of great international renown and which […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) hosted the seventh and last panel of experts for the development of the first Andalusian Strategy for Sustainable Blue Economy, promoted by the Ministry of Sustainability, Environment and Blue Economy of the Andalusian Regional Government, last Friday, July 14th, at the headquarters of the entity. This […]

The president of the Algeciras Bay Port Authority, Gerardo Landaluce, and the vice-rector in functions of the Campus Algeciras Bay of the University of Cadiz, Jesús Verdú, have chaired the Tuesday 11th of July the closing ceremony of the first edition of the Expert Course in Digital Transformation applied to the Port Logistics where a […]

Last June 27th, the Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay (APBA) was the protagonist of the event of the Intergroup of the European Commission SEArica (Sea, rivers, island and coastal areas), entitled “Ports as Hubs of the Blue Economy“. This meeting was organised with the support of the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions and co-organised […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) announces the fourth edition of the ideas competition “Innovation Journey”, with the aim of continuing to promote, foster and encourage innovation and (intra) entrepreneurship in the APBA and its Port Community. In the same way as in the last editions, the APBA intends that, in addition […]