The Port Authority of the Algeciras Bay has signed and agreement with WISeKey International Holding Ltd. (“WISeKey”), a leader in cybersecurity, digital identity, and Internet of Things (IoT), integrating it into the Digital Transformation Consortium of the container and port logistics sector. This step follows the success of the agreement with DP World in Dubai, extending the influence of the WISeSmartContainers, Consortium to Algeciras, initially launched in this emirati city.
WISeSmartContainers represents a revolutionary technological platform in the transport and logistics industry, enabling complete traceability of container movements and thus facilitating logistics in ports. With the recent integration of the city of La Línea de la Concepción and the Free Zone of Cádiz (ZFC), the Consortium strengthens its capacity to integrate local and global economy participants into a glocal model. This fosters an environment of a technological innovation laboratory, allowing the development and testing of new technologies in the province of Cádiz and its ports, and, particularly, in the Port of Algeciras.
In particular, the agreement has been signed at the APBA headquarters by Carlos Moreira, president of WISeKey and founder of the company, and Gerardo Landaluce, president of the APBA. In this way, Algeciras will become the first of the 4.0 nodes of port logistics that the Consortium expects to establish.
In Landaluce’s own words: “the firm commitment of the WISeSmartContainers project to the Bay of Algeciras, and specifically to the companies and the Consortium that will develop it, is undoubtedly excellent news. The Port of Algeciras has been promoting open and collaborative innovation for years, and a good example and result of this is that two of the main companies that make up this Consortium, such as Wisekey and Bernardino Abad, had their first meeting within the recently created Innovation Committee of the Port of Algeciras, promoted by our Port Authority. We are convinced that the Port of Algeciras, due to its size, its characteristics, and its firm commitment to innovation, is the perfect real-scale laboratory for the development of this project, which will transform and boost the way we understand logistics today.”
Carlos Moreira also shared his enthusiasm for the strategic collaboration with the Port Authority of Algeciras, highlighting that “it is a great satisfaction for me to observe the union of efforts between WISeKey and the Port Authority of Algeciras in this pioneering digital transformation project. This alliance represents not only renewed dynamism for the Campo de Gibraltar area but also marks the beginning of an era where this region will position itself as a leading laboratory in digital innovation. With this collaboration, we are laying the groundwork to lead a large-scale digital transformation process, opening new opportunities and establishing a model to follow in the global technological field. We are on the threshold of turning the Campo de Gibraltar into an international reference in terms of digital innovation and progress.“
This Consortium is now expanding to other international companies and ports, all in an active process of digital transformation in preparation for the fourth Industrial Revolution. A detailed presentation of the project is also expected next February at the Port of Algeciras itself.
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