PIN - Port Innovators Network

Our thoughts are turned to friends and partners and all those impacted by the catastrophic flooding in Valencia and surrounding region. We send our heartfelt condolences for the loss of life, livelihood and community, and extend sincere support and safe recovery to all those affected by this disaster. PIN partners recently gathered in Valencia for Opentop_Hub’s Port Entrepreneurship International Congress at the Valencia Digital Summit, where your kindness welcomed us all.

An intensive week in #valencia has come to an end. Beside the fact that I am Valencia Fan, no matter what weather it offers (believe it or not, it was raining a lot), the travel here always worths. PIN - Port Innovators Network has celebrated the first birthday 🎂 at the #PEIC_2024 as one of the main day programs of VDS 2024. The summit was full with interesting topics, cross-industrial and more inspirational than last year. Congratulations to all who worked hard behind it 👏. The PIN started with 3 hub members (homePORT Hamburg, Opentop_Hub and The PIER at the Seaport ) in 2 continents (Europe and North America). A year later, 2 new hubs (Cubo Itaú and SmartPortLab) from the 3rd continent (South America) joined us. Currently, we have many interests lined up on the list. So, we will grow surely with quality and expand our footprints with importance of geographical coverage allowing us to create more impact in #innovation scaling and adoption globally. The intensed and focused discussions we had in our strategy meeting depicted clearly the commitment and a very high level of operational engagement of all partners to achieve our common mission for 2025. We have got a clear plan to gain and engage new members, a result-oriented roadmap and priorities aligning activities we are initiating. I’m truly privileged to be a part of the team and able to work with all colleagues of #PIN. Like what Mike Davie said: #withPINweWIN Let’s get things done and together we will achieve more! Thank you all to make this trip so memorable. 🥰 #portinnovators #portofthefuture #portiswhatwedo #zeroemissionport #sustainability

🔥 Tomorrow we are waiting for you at #PEIC_2024 powered by Opentop that we will celebrate at the VDS Valencia Digital Summit with an agenda full of professionals, tech companies, startups and investors that you can meet here: https://lnkd.in/da2aUjBY 🗓️ From 10:00 to 17:30. If you want to attend, write to hello@opentop.es See you tomorrow with 💪🏼: Fundación Valenciaport Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia Francesc Sanchez Mare Straetmans Platform Zero Dr. Phanthian Zuesongdham Homecoming Homeport Mike Davie Port Halifax The PIER at the Seaport Salvador Furió Pruñonosa Eduardo Valença Marcel Weigand passify Bruno Balbi Gustavo Medina XRF Mark Assaf Dr. Enrique Belda Esplugues Sciling NOWSystems Hydros Power Synnect Technologies Xavier des Minières Artem A. Daniel Buttjes RailSync Manuel Martinez de Ubago Alvarez de Sotomayor NextPort.AI Gonzalo Sandiás Corbillón Eduardo Briales Palacios, PhD Athali Castro Peña Amelie Binder CargoKite Mercedes de Juan Muñoyerro Ville Hoppu Konecranes Antonio Torregrosa Maicas

For many of us, maritime shipping and port logistics are not just an industry but a big family. The annual biggest family gathering of port professionals and executives just ended yesterday, IAPH World Ports Conference 2024. It was not only insightful, inspirational, informative but also emotional. I am grateful once again to be a part of it, to contribute results and to witness the positive and great collegial vibes in this community. Three days with a lot of insights and exchanges how to leverage the capabilities of our industry to many unknown factors which could determine the future of the industry especially in terms of #energysupplychain, #infrastructuredevelopment and #supplychainresilience, just to name a few. Together with leading partner associations, International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and chainPORT launched the study “Port Call Optimization through Data Quality” as one of significant milestones of the Supply Chain Resilience in Ports Task Force. The study summarizes the learnings and recommendations from the ports and stakeholders who have already implemented the port call optimization. It also depicts practical steps how the implementation can be initiated with best practices. Thank you to all contributors to make this happen 🙏 and also to Victor Shieh for your support in the communication work. See more in the press release here: https://lnkd.in/e__PZyGu One of my highlights was to play Port Endeavor Game which is a very good educational tool to give port managers and professionals how they could achieve SDGs. The game experience was the best as I had a great team. 😊 Thank you Mark Assaf, Antonis Michail and the team for your fantastic facilitation. Congratulations to all award winners 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 in six categories of the World Ports Sustainability Program. It is impressive that that 401 projects from 65 countries are already in the database. I am very impressed to see the efforts of small ports where resources and possibilities are quite limited but they came with impactful measures towards sustainability. And even more grateful that some of them have won the prizes and become the role models of the community. See all award winners here: https://lnkd.in/eWFctKQD Last but not least, I would like to farewell my dear colleague and friend, Ingrid Boqué Sastre, to pursue her next career steps and wish her all the best back in her hometown Barcelona. I look forward to further collaboration in her new role! #portofthefuture #portindustry

👉🏼 [AGENDA PEIC2024 PARTE 1/2] Os compartimos más detalles de la agenda del #PEIC_2024 by Opentop en el VDS el próximo 23 de octubre. Si quieres asistir, escribe a hello@opentop.es 🔥 Welcome Port Entrepreneurship International Congress con Mar Chao, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia Driving Port-Maritime Innovation with Talent and Entrepreneurship con Mare Straetmans, Platform Zero The Role of the Innovation Community Around Ports. The Case of Port Innovators Network con Dr. Phanthian Zuesongdham, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts; Mike Davie, Port Halifax; Eduardo Valença, Wilson Sons y Salvador Furió Pruñonosa, Fundación Valenciaport. Innovation Lighthouse: Security and Resilience con Bruno Balbi, i4sea; Marcel Lindemann, passify, Gustavo Medina, XRF; Mark Assaf, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) y Dr. Enrique Belda Esplugues, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia When the Industry Meets Startups con Juan Manuel Diaz, Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia; Dr Jo North Innovation Lighthouse: Supply Chain Efficiency con Daniel Buttjes, HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG y Manuel Martinez de Ubago Alvarez de Sotomayor, NextPort.AI.; Xavier des Minières, DMSLOG.Ai - Your Smart Port Transformation and Decarbonization; Artem A., Sparcus Technologies Limited; Gonzalo Sandiás Corbillón Más info en https://lnkd.in/da2aUjBY -------- 👉🏼 [PEIC2024 AGENDA PART 1/2]. We share with you more details of the #PEIC_2024 by Opentop agenda at VDS next October 23. If you want to attend, write to hello@opentop.es 🔥 Welcome International Congress on Port Entrepreneurship with Mar Chao, Port Authority of Valencia. Boosting Port-Maritime Innovation with Talent and Entrepreneurship with Mare Straetmans, Plataforma Zero The Role of the Innovation Community around Ports. The Case of Port Innovators Network with Dr. Phanthian Zuesongdham, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts; Mike Davie, Port Halifax; Eduardo Valença, Wilson Sons and Salvador Furió Pruñonosa, Valenciaport Foundation. Innovation Beacon: Security and Resilience with Bruno Balbi, i4sea; Marcel Lindemann, passify, Gustavo Medina, XRF; Mark Assaf, UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and Dr. Enrique Belda Esplugues, Port Authority of Valencia. When the Industry Meets Startups with Juan Manuel Diaz, Port Authority of Valencia Innovation Beacon: Supply Chain Efficiency with Daniel Buttjes, HHLA Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG and Manuel Martinez de Ubago Alvarez de Sotomayor, NextPort.AI More info at https://lnkd.in/da2aUjBY

Congratulations to the Porto do Açu, One of the Member Ports of the PIN - Port Innovators Network for winning the and to Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia and Fundación Valenciaport for being finalist to World Ports Sustainability Program Award at the IAPH World Ports Conference last night. 🎉👏 to Vinicius Patel, Caio Cunha and the team! 🎉👏to Juan Manuel Díez Orejas, Salvador Furió Pruñonosa and the team! Also, congratulations to all the award winners and finalists in all categories. Great to see so many ports taking the leadership to #sdg goal commitment and achievement. #portofthefuture #sustainability #IAPH2024

Founding members of PIN - Port Innovators Network were gathered in Halifax this month to participate in Port Halifax's Supply Chain Forum and PIER Member Day, where Dr. Phanthian Zuesongdham spoke on behalf of the group. PIN welcomed new members to the Network; Cubo Itaú from Brazil #cubomaritimeandport by Wilson Sons, Porto do Açu and Hidrovias do Brasil. In addition, Port Saint John was welcomed with a new collaboration agreement with The PIER at the Seaport's new #PIERnetwork. We are a growing network of port innovators working together to identify and tackle common challenges and provide impactful solutions.

𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍: 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒! Dear #Port #Innovators #Community! Just before the weekend, we would like to draw your attention to an #International #Port #Technology #Hackathon on the last weekend of September: The #PORTATHON2024 will take place from September 27th to 29th / online and on-site at Klaipeda Science and Technology Park Vilhelmo Berbomo St. 10, Klaipeda, Lithuania. Two ways to participate: ⚓🚢 Be a challenge owner and mentor 💁♀️🙋♂️ Take part as individuals or team to find solutions to challenges You can find more Details in the PDF attached! Have fun and good luck - and please tell us afterwards about the innovative solutions! 🚀

The PIN - Port Innovators Network (PIN) is a collaboration between Port Halifax, Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts, and Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia , leveraging their innovation labs (The PIER at the Seaport, Homecoming Homeport, Opentop_Hub) to boost global port innovation. By sharing ideas, projects, and best practices, PIN accelerates operational improvements and market entry for local services. This network supports UN Sustainable Development Goals, fostering industry innovation, economic growth, and job creation through global collaboration. #CommunityBuilding #IAPH2024 #Sustainability #Awards candidate: https://lnkd.in/eKQYUxfu

We are thrilled to share that The Port Innovators Network (PIN) has officially expanded its reach to South America by welcoming Cubo Itaú Maritime & Port, Brazil's largest maritime and port sector innovation hub, into our fold. This marks a significant milestone in our mission to foster a global community dedicated to revolutionizing the port and #maritime industry.   Cubo Maritime & Port commitment with the collaboration between large corporations and #startups to develop new innovative solutions that enhance efficiency, safety, and #sustainability in port operations aligns perfectly with PIN's objectives. Cubo Maritime & Port's inclusion as an associate member opens new collaboration opportunities for both Cubo and previous PIN members' communities, including entrepreneurs, startups, tech companies, investors, research, academia and established maritime industry companies.    The announcement, made during the vibrant Cubo Maritime & Port Annual Event, is a milestone to the collective vision and dedication of leaders and innovators across the sector, with the presence of the CEO of Cubo Itaú, Paulo Costa, CEO of Wilson Sons, Fernando Salek together with the Director of Digital Transformation Eduardo Valença, the CFO of Hidrovias do Brasil, Andre Saleme Hachem, the Port Administration Director of Porto do Açu, Vinicius Patel, representative of PIN - Port Innovators Network, Jonas Mendes Constante, representatives of the Ministry of Ports and Airport, together with more than 300 attendees from the Brazilian port sector.  The event underscored the importance of collaborative #innovation in our journey towards a more connected and advanced maritime future. As we embark on this new chapter with Cubo Maritime & Port, we're excited to see the synergies and opportunities that will arise from this partnership. Together, we're charting a course for the next generation of port innovation. Cubo Itaú homePORT Hamburg The PIER at the Seaport Opentop_Hub-Fundación Valenciaport