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Deep Learning based technology of Start-up AllRead MLT successfully tested for tracking cargo in Algeciras Port
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 […]
Technology to prevent infections in Algeciras Port: Corporal temperature monitoring in crowded areas
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 […]
APBA successfully tests a solution for autonomous traceability and geolocation of the cargo with Artificial Intelligence
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 […]
The Port of Algeciras takes part in the Smart Port Conference organised by Telefónica at The Cube in Sevilla.
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 […]
APBA gets the UNE 166002 Certification for its Innovation Management System
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 joins the European Technology Platform ALICE
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 […]
Smart Ports Summit 2019 (Smart City Expo World Congress)
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 […]
APBA adopts GS1 Standards to make our supply chains more efficient
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 […]
2nd Edition of the Algeciras BrainPort Award for Best Bachelors and Masters Degree Dissertations
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 […]
APBA led a pilot scheme with Bizcargo.com and Port Community companies
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 […]
Algeciras Port participates as a panelist of The Real Value of Smart Data session at SDP19
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 […]
JOC Container Trade Europe Conference 2019
Our Port Authority sent a delegation to Hamburg (Germany), headed by Mr. Francisco De los Santos APBAs 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 […]
Maritime Silk Road Port International Cooperation Forum (Ningbo, China)
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 […]
Prior Market Consultation: Predictive and prescriptive intelligence for the optimization of port logistic operations at Algeciras Port
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 ramps up its partnership with the London what3words Start-Up
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-ups aim is to become a global standard to point […]
Huawei Enterprise Day 2019
The Metropolitan Wanda Stadium home to Atletico de Madrid set the stage for the latest edition of Huaweis 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 […]
First Port of Algeciras Bay Open Innovation Day
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 […]
Our involvement in the 5G Technology pilot schemes launched by Red.es
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 […]
1st Edition of the Algeciras BrainPort Award for Best Masters Degree Dissertation
APBA and the Algeciras Technological Campus Foundation (FCTA) presented the first Algeciras BrainPort Awards for port innovation at a ceremony held at FCTAs RD&I Building in Algeciras in April last, to reward the best Masters Dissertation from a selection of works submitted by various universities throughout 2018. Its aim is to promote applied research and […]
Algeciras Port looks for new solutions and ideas to 4 open innovation challenges
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. […]
III Smart Ports Workshop: Plunge into Ports 4.0
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 Sngulars headquarters in Madrid and brought together a host of delegates who represented Ports and Port Authorities, and the tech companies involved […]
Automation and the path to sustainability
Automation benefits, such as efficiency, safety, agility and scalability, are commonly acknowledged within the ports and terminals sector, specially with automated terminals in Rotterdam or Antwerp as spearheads. Nevertheless, there are other benefits not so commonly identified. Sustainability, inclusivity, accessibility, skills enhancement and workplace attraction can also be achieved when deploying automation. Regarding labor force, […]
Taking the pulse of shifting supply chains
Current supply chain disruptions, since Covid-19 pandemic, have been adding pressure to the sector, which has been forced to tackle disturbances, manage risk mitigation and increase resilience. Efforts seem to prove the way in the past two years, based mainly on bigger buffers and safety stocks, but taking into consideration dual sourcing and regionalization or […]
Artificial Intelligence in Maritime – a learning curve
Today, AI is used widely in many consumer and business sectors, and industrial sectors such as maritime are now showing significant growth in demand for AI systems. In the maritime industry the adoption of AI has been growing gradually for a number of years and has recently exploded. In 2022 the maritime industry is forecast to spend $931 million USD on artificial intelligence solutions. That figure is forecast […]
What are the Four Types of Environmental Monitoring?
Environmental monitoring is composed of tools and techniques that identify, analyze, and establish parameters for environmental conditions to quantifiably assess the impacts from various activities on the environment. It is based on different test and assessment techniques which provide key information about the environment and possible risk levels. Companies and organizations must show that they have […]
Increasing Container Dwell. Addressing the challenge of high yard utilisation
As of mid-December 2021, there were some 101 ships waiting for berth space at the Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. What’s more, the congestion being experienced on the US East Coast isn’t isolated to this region. Ports around the world are reporting strong congestion issues throughout the last months with no end in sight. By […]
A New Green Deal Port Master Plan. The Transformation of European Ports.
The environmental impacts of port activities and infrastructure are substantial, wide-reaching and multidimensional. They include polluting emissions, soil and water contamination, noise and vibration, with considerable health consequences on coastal communities and port cities’ residents. Port activities also cause a wide range of external economic costs associated with congestion, waste management, land degradation, light and visual intrusion. […]
Shipping is tough on the climate and hard to clean up. These innovations can help cut emissions
Shipping is the cheapest way to move raw materials and bulk goods. That has given it both an enormous economic impact and a large carbon footprint. The industry emits roughly 1 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year – nearly 3% of global emissions, according to the International Maritime Organization, a specialized U.N. agency made up of 174 […]
From digital transformation to open innovation at Port of Algeciras Bay
Ports, considered strategic and essential logistics Hubs for international value chains, are currently subject to a series of external forces of changes in terms of geopolitics, economics, society, the environment and technology, to which they must respond with a clear objective: to continue creating value and remain competitive within a context marked by the globalisation […]
How Intelligence is Powering Supply Chain’s Next Wave
Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are behind a host of emerging applications, especially for manufacturing demand planning and warehouse applications. Like most everything in 2020, global supply chains were thrown into disarray during the pandemic. Demand plans and equipment maintenance schedules went out the window with U.S. e-commerce volume growing 44% as consumers stayed […]
3 ways companies can take more ambitious action to achieve net zero
By taking more ambitious climate action, corporations can both help the planet and spur innovation. As stated in the report Climate Change 2021 published by the IPCC, the human activity is changing the Earth’s climate in unprecedented, inevitable and irreversible ways. But hope remains and all governments and companies have a key role to play in investing […]
Machine Learning in Maritime Logistics
Future-oriented maritime services will increasingly rely on the intelligent use of data from maritime supply chains, transport markets as well as fleet management and port operations. The comprehensive availability of digital data in real time, seamless data exchange and systematic analysis through machine learning technologies as a basis of data-driven decision making can lead to […]
Succeeding in the AI supply-chain revolution
In recent years, supply chains have become substantially more challenging to manage. Longer and increasingly interlinked physical flows reflect the rising complexity of product portfolios. Market volatility, which has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has elevated the need for agility and flexibility. And increased attention on the environmental impact of supply chains is triggering regionalization […]
PortXchange: Lessons learned and the journey ahead
PortXchange provides digital solutions to optimise operations and reduce emissions from the shipping industry. After success in Rotterdam, PortXchange was launched in the ports of Felixstowe, Moerdijk, Algeciras, and Houston. Trusted by industry leaders worldwide to optimise over 100,000 port calls. With these different trials, such as the one in Algeciras, have made it possible […]
Port Call Optimisation: A Port Authority’s Point of View
The Algeciras Port Authority considers that Port authorities should embrace technology and strive to become ecosystem orchestrators, fostering cooperation, improving efficiencies and boosting sustainability as a result. Managing the port call process, coordination among all parties involved is crucial. There are multiple actors involved in the process the terminal, pilots, port authority, maritime authority, […]
Decision Democratisation using Modern Data Analytics
Organisations’ digitisation has moved forward five years in just the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the issues many organisations have faced was inertia creeping into their decision-making processes. In this context, we have seen that data analytics is already much more than just a tool that gives us quicker access to […]
Industry 4.0 in the port and maritime industry
The port and maritime industry has evolved and from the 2010s have entered into a fifth stage of evolution characterized by their digital transformation and alignment with Industry 4.0 practices. Co-operation among agents is a key element and integration not only involves Port Authorities, Terminals and Port users and related Port Services Providers but the […]
Decarbonising Shipping: All Hands on Deck
Shipping has a dual challenge. It must meet the demand of the world’s growing population, with more ships and more voyages, while radically reducing its emissions. Sustainable challenges have been addressed worldwide and IMO’s ambitious goals to cut green-house gas and carbon emissions impacts the shipping industry at every possible scale, including cleaner fuels, new […]
Seven building blocks for the port of the future. Where do you start when preparing your port for the future in a disrupted environment?
Traditionally, ports have been crucial nodes in the world’s international supply chains. As those supply chains have become increasingly fast, flexible and responsive, the role of ports has been transformed. Geographical location is no longer the only factor that counts. The speed, efficiency and reliability of transport flows, as well as the ease with which […]
Green hydrogen. A perfect solution for sectors that are difficult to decarbonize
According to experts, it is time to focus on green hydrogen, i.e. hydrogen produced from renewable sources and more specifically by electrolysis, converting water into hydrogen and oxygen molecules using renewable sources, such as surplus wind power. As the energy transition progresses, it is becoming increasingly important among the technological solutions for decarbonization, especially in […]
Next-Generation Wireless in Logistics. The evolution of wireless networks and the future of the Internet of Things (IoT) in logistics
Even before the current COVID-19 crisis, wireless communication technology was making headlines. Much of the recent interest has focused on 5G mobile data networks that are being rolled out in many countries. 5G promises a host of benefits for end users, businesses, and telecommunications systems operators alike, including higher speeds, greater capacity, and tailored services […]
Digitally Connected Smart Ports. On the move to become Global Logistics Information Exchange Hubs
Ports are taking significant strides with digital transformation and starting to declare themselves as “smart“. Processes are digitalized, communities within the port are connected, and impressive gains in operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and customer satisfaction are emerging. Smart ports, as important nodes in the global supply chain, have the opportunity to establish themselves as logistics […]
Innovation Report 2023
The Innovation Report summarizes the main actions and achievements related to the innovation and digital transformation activity driven by the Algeciras Port Authority and its innovation ecosystem during 2023. This Report includes, on the one hand, all the projects and initiatives carried out by multiple stakeholders from its innovation ecosystem and, on the other hand, […]
Innovation Report 2022
The Innovation Report summarizes the main actions and achievements related to the innovation and digital transformation activity driven by the Algeciras Port Authority and its innovation ecosystem during 2022. This Report includes, on the one hand, all the projects and initiatives carried out by multiple stakeholders from its innovation ecosystem and, on the other hand, […]
Innovation Report 2021
The Innovation Report summarizes the main actions and achievements related to the innovation and digital transformation activity driven by the Algeciras Port Authority and its innovation ecosystem during 2021. This Report includes, on the one hand, all the projects and initiatives carried out by multiple stakeholders from its innovation ecosystem and, on the other hand, […]
Innovation Report 2020
The Innovation Report summarizes the main actions and achievements related to the innovation and digital transformation activity driven by the Algeciras Port Authority and its innovation ecosystem during 2020. This Report includes, on the one hand, all the projects and initiatives carried out by multiple stakeholders from its innovation ecosystem and, on the other hand, […]
Innovation Report 2019
The Innovation Report summarizes the main actions and achievements related to the innovation activity driven by the Algeciras Port Authority and its innovation ecosystem during the year 2019. This Report includes, on the one hand, all the projects and initiatives carried out by multiple stakeholders from its innovation ecosystem and, on the other hand, it […]
II Award «Innovation Journey» to the best innovative idea
Summary Purpose of the award After the success of the first call, the APBA, called the second edition of the ideas contest of the Innovation Journey, with the aim of continuing to promote, encourage and incentivise innovative activity in the Port of Algeciras Bay (hereinafter, PBA). Unlike the first edition, in this call the APBA […]
II Premio Algeciras BrainPort a los mejores Trabajos de Fin de Grado y Máster (TFG/TFM)
Presentación de los trabajos Los candidatos a los premios deberán presentar los siguientes documentos: Resumen ejecutivo: síntesis de las principales características del trabajo realizado dónde deberá aparecer título, objetivos, problemática u oportunidad (justificación), alcance de la solución, foco de innovación donde se encuadra el trabajo, metodología, resultados, impacto y principales conclusiones. Se deberá presentar en castellano o en […]
I Award “Algeciras BrainPort” to the best Master’s Degree Final Project
Summary Purpose of the Contest The Innovation Awards “Algeciras BrainPort” to the best Master’s Thesis (TFM), sponsored by the Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras (hereinafter, APBA) and the Technological Campus Foundation of Algeciras (hereinafter, FCTA), aim to recognize the talent and contribution to the port of innovative initiatives, carried out by university students […]
I Award “Innovation Journey” to the best innovative idea
Summary Purpose of the award The APBA has been working for some time on what it calls the “Innovation Journey“, an initiative that aims to promote an innovative culture and create an innovative environment where its workers and collaborators can carry out innovative initiatives and ideas for the benefit of the competitiveness of the Port […]
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