With improved communication technology comes improved maritime communication. 5G is expected to facilitate the roll-out of smart drones that can return real-time monitoring of ships entering and leaving ports and improve ship-shore communications for ship traffic. In addition to providing a better connectivity for the internet of things sensors that can assist in search and […]
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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 […]
Bizcargo
Bizcargo.com is an online marketplace to search and compare the best transport and logistics services with multimodal and door-to-door solutions. This platform has been developed by the start-up Mitmynid, a Portuguese software company that offers simple and creative solutions that simplify processes and enhance the performance in different application areas (Logistics, Sustainability, Health, etc.). Inside the platform clients […]
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 […]
Modernisation and optimisation of operations, security and protection systems through 5G technology
Summary: This project is included in the initiative “Pilot 5G Andalucía” led by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation through the website www.red.es, and currently being developed by Vodafone and Huawei. The project applies to 33 examples of use in industries such as energy, smart cities, tourism, agriculture, healthcare and dependency, security, emergencies […]
PROAS – Port Risk Optimized Advanced System
Summary: With our PROAS project, we aim to develop a Ship & Infrastructure Operations Forecasting System. The system is to be based on a predictive safety and efficiency tool for port operations that can assess the physical environment, the planning of ship calls to port and scheduled operations. Due to the fact that there are […]
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 […]
CVCH – Optimization of the Container Value Chain Operations at Algeciras Port
Summary: Currently, operational processes that sustain world trade and logistics chains feature a high inefficiency rate, as well as a huge reliance on paper-based document processing: witness examples of such inefficiency in typical cargo delivery times, missing cargo and orders, or lengthy down-times at ports, terminals and logistics warehouses, together with inconsistent and outdated information, […]
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 […]
Membership of the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA)
Representing APBA, Ms. Maria Roman and Mr. Paco Saucedo received our IPCSA membership plaque form Hans Rook the Associations 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 […]
Alliance with TradeLens: the Blockchain platform driven by IBM and Maersk
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 […]
Algeciras Next Generation Port. The smart future
Summary: Algeciras Port Authority is developing next steps to consolidate the technology investment programs to impact business mainstream and transform the port into a seamless (end-to-end logistic integrated), operational excellent (no idle time at port´s scale) and intelligent (data-driven) logistic node. Particularly, Algeciras Port Authority is working towards an integral platform for full visibility, idle […]
