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 […]

APBA increased its level of cooperation with the what3words company, a start-up that was founded in 2013 and has developed a new global address system, having identified the fact that the worldwide address system had not been good enough to cover every day needs. The start-up’s aim is to become a global standard to point […]

The Metropolitan Wanda Stadium – home to Atletico de Madrid – set the stage for the latest edition of Huawei’s Enterprise Day, one of the reddest tech calendar events of the year and focused on the corporate world. Along strategic lines that are based on driving its customers’ digital transformation, Huawei hosted several exhibitions and […]

The Port of Algeciras Bay Authority – together with the Innovation Office (IDOM) – hosted our first Open Innovation Day in the Millan Picazo Auditorium during last May.  The conference was focused on Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Ports 4.0 and welcomed more than 120 guests in our aim to use this as a meeting point for […]

Red.es is a public agency under the umbrella of the Department of Digital Progress in the Ministry for Economic Affairs.  At the end of 2018, the agency launched a public tender for businesses to identify, develop and test out 5G technology pilot schemes to see if future investment by Spanish operators could be justified. At […]

APBA and the Algeciras Technological Campus Foundation (FCTA) presented the first “Algeciras BrainPort” Awards for port innovation at a ceremony held at FCTA’s RD&I Building in Algeciras in April last, to reward the best Master’s Dissertation from a selection of works submitted by various universities throughout 2018.  Its aim is to promote applied research and […]

The Algeciras Port Authority have launched the second edition of the Innovation Competition “Travesía de la Innovación”. This new edition, sponsored by the APBA, is addressed to all those employees of Algeciras Port Authority as well as external agents who would like to join the initiative with innovative ideas that respond to the different challenges. […]

Represented by our CIO, Mr. Francisco de los Santos, our port took an active lead at the III Edition of the Smart Ports Workshop: Plunge into Ports 4.0. The workshop was held at Sngular’s headquarters in Madrid and brought together a host of delegates who represented Ports and Port Authorities, and the tech companies involved […]

Representing APBA, Ms. Maria Roman and Mr. Paco Saucedo received our IPCSA membership plaque form Hans Rook – the Association’s Chairman – at a ceremony that took place on the 12th February last within the World Maritime Week international conference that was being held in Bilbao. Joining IPCSA was a key factor in the development […]

At the turn of the year, APBA underwrote a partnership agreement with IBM to take part in TradeLens: an open – and impartial – platform based on a blockchain technology solution that had been the brainchild of IBM and Maersk.  Its aim is to enhance transparency and visibility throughout supply chains. The co-working platform, launched […]

The Algeciras Port Authority, represented by Dr. Francisco de los Santos, had the honor to present in Rotterdam, in front of the shipping industry leaders, the main pillars of the digital transformation and innovation strategy and the most relevant projects related to the use of data sharing at both port and supply chain scale. The […]

The 2018 JOC Container Trade Europe Conference held in Hamburg was focused on analysing major trends in container shipping supply, demand and capacity, and exploring and illustrating strategic and innovative opportunities to improve transit times and reliability, and reduce costs, whether through technology/digitization or operational and planning initiatives. The conference was organized in a mix […]

The Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) is collaborating with what3words, the location technology company that makes it easy to talk about location. Having identified that traditional addresses do not tend to everyday modern needs, what3words’ goal is to become a global standard for communication location. Globally, 70% of addresses will not take you to the […]

Algeciras Port Authority, together with the Physical Oceanography Group of the University of Malaga (GOFIMA), have developed a tool to support environmental management in the Port of Algeciras. The tool analyses the quality of water in the eight PAMUs (Port Aquatic Management Units) of the Port. This aims to comply with the recommendations of ROM 5.1-13 and highlight the results of […]