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 […]

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 […]

The Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay (APBA) took part, last 8th and 9th June, in the XIX Conference of Young Professionals of the Technical Association of Ports and Coasts (ATPYC), which counted with the collaboration of the APBA itself as it was held in its port facilities. The event, held at the Alameda Municipal […]

Last Wednesday 7th June, the Port Authority Bay of Algeciras (APBA) participated in the “Sharing Day” of the European project AspBAN (Atlantic Smart Ports Blue Acceleration Network), considered by the European Commission as a flagship project in the development of the vertical of “Ports As Gateways and Hubs For The Blue Economy” of this organism. […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) participated, last 8th June, in the 15th edition of the MedPorts&Shipping Summit of the Mediterranean Logistics & Transport Week (Medalogistics Barcelona), within the framework of the International Logistics Exhibition (SIL) 2023. The event, which took place in the SIL’s Knowledge Pass Auditorium, was organised by the […]

The Port of Algeciras hosted, last 4th and 5th May, the 11th edition of the biennial seminar of the European Harbour Masters’ Committee of the International Harbour Masters’ Committee of the International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA), which took place in the Millán Picazo Auditorium. For two days, Algeciras has become the centre of the debate […]

The Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay (APBA) participated, last Tuesday 18 April, in the conference of the Working Group of the ports of the Corridor of the Mediterranean Core Network of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T), organised by the Ministry of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructures of the Republic of Croatia and the Port […]

In a global scenario of continuous technological development and exponential digital transformation, it seems unquestionable that organisations must have a powerful local digital ecosystem that allows them to continue to offer a competitive advantage through digitisation and innovation as facilitating elements. However, the shortage of digital talent is already a reality that hinders development and […]

The Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay (APBA) participated, last Thursday 20th April, in the conference “Digital Twins in the port environment”, organised by Digital Twins for Infrastructures & Cities, Puertos del Estado and the schools ETS of Civil Engineering and ETS of Naval Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), which was held […]

The Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (APBA) hosted, last Friday 21 April in the Port of Algeciras, the Conference “Agora: Digitalization, blue economy and smart ports”, within the framework of the Telefónica Chair of the University of Cadiz (UCA). The meeting, held in the Millán Picazo Auditorium, is part of the activities of […]

The Algeciras Bay Port Authority (APBA) has developed an application for mobile devices addressed to the passengers of the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa (Cadiz) which offers information in real time about the ships’ schedules, the state of the embarkations/disembarkations, the assigned berth number, the shipping company or the ship which will cover the service. […]

The APBA and the Technological Campus Foundation awarded her work on the design of a Machine Learning (ML) tool for the planning of human resources and goods handling equipment in a container terminal. Sara Robledo Blasco, student of the School of Industrial Engineering of the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), received the III Algeciras Brainport […]

Last March 10th, the Port Authority Bay of Algeciras (APBA) and the University of Cadiz (UCA) started the 1st Edition of the University Expert in Digital Transformation applied to Port Logistics, university degree promoted and organised by both institutions. This new degree, which has a total of 22 places, an equivalence of 15 ECTS credits […]

The Port Authority Bay of Algeciras (APBA), represented by its Technical Innovation Office, attended last 15th March the demonstration of the Proof of Concept (PoC) of the disruptive innovation project called “Apolo”, developed by the company Reparaciones Marítimas Españolas SA (REMESA) from Algeciras. Specifically, the project proposes the development of a modular solution for the […]