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APBA awarded the prizes of the 2nd edition of the “Innovation Journey” in a live-streamed ceremony led by Gerardo Landaluce. In his capacity as the Chairman of APBA, he welcomed the audience toge…
Jesús Medina, on behalf of APBA as their Head of Innovation and Business Digital Solutions, participated in the seminar Optimisation of Port and Terminal Operations: A practical approach”, organised b…
In December, the Port of Algeciras participated in the conference “Defining the capabilities and potential of the ports of Algeciras and Cádiz”, organised by the Innovation and Development Agency…
The Port of Algeciras, a global maritime hub and one of the main container ports in Europe, has been running a pilot project together with Maersk Line, APMT, Marmedsa, and PortXchange to optimize port calls …
The Port of Algeciras became winner of the 12th edition of the ESPO Award 2020. The European Transport Commissioner, Adina Valean, revealed the jury’s verdict during a virtual ceremony held by ESPO. Wi…
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…
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. Througho…
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 o…
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 20…
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…
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 deci…
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…
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 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 o…
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 t…
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 con…
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 …
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 in…
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 dis…
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 rea…
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 researc…