The deadline for submitting projects to the innovation fund “Ports 4.0” ended in October. It is an initiative by the 28 Spanish ports, and it is integrated in the Spanish Ministry of Transport’s Innovation Plan for Transport and Infrastructures. Under this plan to promote entrepreneurship for innovation in the port industry, Ports 4.0 will allocate […]

APBA took part in the Esri Spain Conference 2020 – the most important GIS-related event of the year in Spain, which due to the Covid-19 pandemic was held virtually during October and November. Throughout the five-week length of the event, professionals, managers and companies from a wide range of industries presented the main GIS-related national […]

Vodafone, a pioneer in the deployment of the commercial 5G network in Spain, has developed a pilot in the Port of Algeciras, considered one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean, to test the use of 5G technology in the control and security processes of the Algeciras Port Authority (APBA). For this purpose, a […]

In October, the Department of Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities within the regional Council of Andalucía, Telefónica and APBA announced the winner of “Fiware Zone IoT Challenge 2020” in a ceremony held in Málaga within the framework of GreenCities 11th Urban Intelligence and Sustainability Forum. The solution suggested by the technological company Hop Ubiquitous […]

The challenge proposed by APBA was awarded the last edition of the FIWARE Zone IoT Challenge. Their challenge, entitled “Advanced platform for environmental management and sustainability in the Port of Algeciras”, was focused on finding allies and innovative technology solutions to obtain real-time data about the surrounding environmental factors (e.g. air and water quality, and […]

APBA, through the Port Innovation Atlas programme, proposes a challenge to the innovation ecosystem with the aim to find start-ups and technology solutions on how to make the most of AIS data to improve decision-making and operational aspects. Among others, AIS data could be applied to: safety in navigation, ship performance assessment, environmental effects (e.g. […]

The Port of Algeciras Bay has participated in the last hours in the launching of the European project ePIcenter, whose objective is the optimization of the logistics chain in the transport of goods, based on the development of technological solutions and in which Algeciras will act as a pilot port. The project, led by the […]

Through its Open Innovation Program, the Algeciras Port Authority (APBA) has successfully finalized a proof of concept whose challenge was to expand the control and monitoring network of cargo traffic within the port facilities using the existing network of cameras. The challenge was achieved by the start-up AllRead MLT, which has based its solution on […]

The Port of Algeciras Bay Authority (APBA), has installed thermal cameras in the areas of greatest passenger traffic in the Port of Algeciras, a project that is proposed as a pilot at the technological and operational level. In this way the dock of the Strait, which every year assumes a transit of more than four […]

The APBA, within the framework of its open innovation programme and in collaboration with IDOM, through the Innovation Technical Office, and Amazon Web Services as a technological partner, has successfully tested and validated an innovative solution in the field of advanced data science and artificial intelligence. The challenge, which consists of carrying out the traceability […]

APBA attended the Smart Port Conference organised by Telefónica in February 2020 at the crowd-working space The Cube, located in the Cartuja Science and Technology Park in Sevilla. Over the course of the conference, in addition to being informed about the most advanced solutions offered by Telefónica in relation to smart and connected ports, APBA’s […]

Last December, APBA was awarded RD&i Management System certification by AENOR, crediting our Port Authority with UNE 166002:2014 Standard compliance to do research, development and innovation activities in the areas of logistics and port business. The award ceremony took place at APBA headquarters and was witnessed by our Chairman, Mr. Gerardo Landaluce Calleja; our General […]

APBA has joined the European Technology Platform ALICE in order to be part of the breakthroughs reached in the field of the Physical Internet. ALICE, officially launched in 2013, was created to develop an innovation, research and implementation strategy in logistics, in particular when it comes to the supply chain within Europe. Its aim is […]

Our port took part at the 2019 edition of the Smart Ports Summit conference in Barcelona between the 19th and 21st November last.  The event coincided with the Smart City Expo World Congress and aimed to disclose how ports could bring in new business, adjust to fresh global demands and even see a jump in […]

At APBA, we have partnered up with AECOC-GS1 Spain, the Spanish delegation of the worldwide GS1 corporation that pioneers the main technological development and promotion standards. In an ever-increasing realm of data volumes, GS1 Standards enable everyone to share the same language to identify, harvest and share product, asset, service and positioning data throughout the […]

APBA and FCTA launched the second “Algeciras BrainPort” Awards ceremony in October last to continue to acknowledge the talent and contribution of innovative initiatives of our university students and researchers who ponder all the aspects of the port-logistics business. Our own “innovation” for the awards ceremony was to award two prizes: one for the Best […]

Together with the Mitmynid start-up – the founder of the Bizcargo.com platform – and several Port Community members, APBA began a pilot scheme to enable Port of Algeciras Bay service providers to upload their services on the platform, thereby streamlining logistics planning and transportation to and from end customers (shippers) through our port. Mitmynid is […]

The Algeciras Port Authority had the chance to participate in a panel discussion about the Real Value of Smart Data at the Smart Digital Ports of the Future (SDP19) hosted by Port Technology in Rotterdam. The panel session brought together the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), Navis, Miros-Group, Algeciras Port Authority and it […]

Our Port Authority sent a delegation to Hamburg (Germany), headed by Mr. Francisco De los Santos – APBA’s CIO – all of who took an active role in the fifth edition of this conference in September. The event brought together more than 400 conference-goers and was organised into several expert logistics, trade and technology panels […]

At the end of July last, the V Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum was held in the city of Ningbo (Zhejiang Province, China).  In 2019, this forum coincided with the Chinese Maritime Forum, both being organised by the Zhejiang Seaport Group – together with other business organisations and leading ports such as Algeciras […]

On June 22, 2019, the preliminary market consultation regarding the innovation project “Predictive and prescriptive intelligence for the optimization of port logistic operations at Algeciras Port” was officially launched. The purpose of the consulted initiative is to optimize the operational processes, through advanced analytical techniques, associated to the passage of cargo  flowing through the multi-terminal […]