We want to innovate in processes, services and business models in the Port.
DATA CONTACT
Passeig de l'Escullera s/n, 43004
+34 977 259 400 (Ext. 120)
innovacio@porttarragona.cat
sominnport@porttarragona.cat
Passeig de l'Escullera s/n, 43004
+34 977 259 400 (Ext. 120)
innovacio@porttarragona.cat
sominnport@porttarragona.cat
Som-Inn Port
Key areas of open innovation
01
Competitive Monitoring
Trending exploration groups will be identifying innovation challenges, which are then put into action using a virtual cooperation platform.
02
Co-innovation through Design Thinking
Multidisciplinary teams will design ideas and concepts focused on resolving the challenges of innovation in a creative manner. This process will involve centre users, and be led by experts in Design Thinking.
03
The Rapid Development of Prototypes
This involves a rapid development and validation programme of the prototypes and pilot plans that have emerged from the co-innovation process, using Sprint methodology with the participation of technical experts in prototyping.
04
Training in Corporate Innovation
A corporate innovation training programme, divided into several stages (based on the innovation maturity of each organisation), which will help each participatory organisation develop its own innovation culture and abilities.
05
Networking among Som-Inn Port Members
Follow-up meetings and networking between members of the Innovation Ecosystem to find out what other members are doing, sharing experiences and best practices, etc.
Objectives
To promote innovation in the processes and services that the Port de Tarragona offers to its clients.
To cooperate – to create and implement a wide range of innovative ideas and projects in the common interest.
To foster shared knowledge and the culture of innovation.
To promote the innovative talents of the Port de Tarragona and the members of the Innovation Ecosystem at an international level.
To implement benchmarking to share knowledge, experiences and good practices in innovation.
To back professional talent in the Port de Tarragona and Innovation Ecosystem members.
To promote participation in European Innovation Projects. To create a unique experience in innovation for the port area.
To cooperate – to create and implement a wide range of innovative ideas and projects in the common interest.
To foster shared knowledge and the culture of innovation.
To promote the innovative talents of the Port de Tarragona and the members of the Innovation Ecosystem at an international level.
To implement benchmarking to share knowledge, experiences and good practices in innovation.
To back professional talent in the Port de Tarragona and Innovation Ecosystem members.
To promote participation in European Innovation Projects. To create a unique experience in innovation for the port area.
From SOM-INN PORT we collaborate with entrepreneurs, researchers, startups, spin-offs of universities, small and medium-sized technical companies and large corporations so that they can be presented to the different calls of Ports 4.0, offering the collaboration of the Port Authority of Tarragona as a member of the group that leads the project or as a facilitator agent, as well as facilitating letters of support to innovative projects that may be of interest to the port community of Tarragona.
If you have an innovative project related to the port logistics sector, do not hesitate to contact us through the sominnport.porttarragona.cat mail.
If you have an innovative project related to the port logistics sector, do not hesitate to contact us through the sominnport.porttarragona.cat mail.
MicroWorld_Puertos
The objective of this project, developed by Eurecat, the Technological Center of Catalonia, is the identification of bacterial nuclei capable of biodegrading plastic pollutants (microplastics and nanoplastics) in the port of Tarragona and the adjacent coast.
To achieve this objective, a bioinformatic characterisation of biodegrading bacterial cores of commercial microplastics will be carried out, of which potential risks will also be evaluated, and then microbiological biodegradation tests of these microplastics will be carried out in the environment of the Port of Tarragona.
This project has been funded by the line of grants for ideas of the third call for Ports 4.0 and the Tarragona Port Authority has collaborated as a facilitating agent.
To achieve this objective, a bioinformatic characterisation of biodegrading bacterial cores of commercial microplastics will be carried out, of which potential risks will also be evaluated, and then microbiological biodegradation tests of these microplastics will be carried out in the environment of the Port of Tarragona.
This project has been funded by the line of grants for ideas of the third call for Ports 4.0 and the Tarragona Port Authority has collaborated as a facilitating agent.
Digital twin platform for maritime platforms and port services
The project, developed by the companies McValnera and Kaitzen, proposes the development of a software platform that enables a digital twin planner to improve the efficiency of maritime operations and port services based on data analysis techniques, process optimization and scenario simulation, with the main objective of optimizing scale times and activities related to the canton of the sea and port terminal robberies, special emphasis on port and technical-nautical services. With this platform, it will be possible to act on the navigation and planning of arrivals and departures of ships and the provision and planning of port services.
With this software, maritime traffic can be managed more effectively; improving the allocation of resources and the sizing of port services; optimizing the allocation of berths; reducing scale times and carbon footprint; offering more transparency and collaboration and assisting data-based decision making.
With this software, maritime traffic can be managed more effectively; improving the allocation of resources and the sizing of port services; optimizing the allocation of berths; reducing scale times and carbon footprint; offering more transparency and collaboration and assisting data-based decision making.
NasApp
NasApp is a mobile application that combines citizen science, artificial intelligence and advanced technology to monitor, predict and manage episodes of bad smells in real time. Its objective is to integrate the olfactory sensory perception of citizens in real time in order to act as an early warning system for critical events and environmental surveillance, thus allowing a real-time response of these episodes.
The collected data configures a historical data repository that, as it grows, allows to specify more and more carefully the episodes of smell and its origin and dynamics, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to aggregate and process important data at all levels aimed at the well-being of citizens.
This project was funded by the line of aid for commercial projects of the second call for Ports 4.0 and the Port Authority of Tarragona collaborated as a facilitating agent.
The collected data configures a historical data repository that, as it grows, allows to specify more and more carefully the episodes of smell and its origin and dynamics, using artificial intelligence and machine learning to aggregate and process important data at all levels aimed at the well-being of citizens.
This project was funded by the line of aid for commercial projects of the second call for Ports 4.0 and the Port Authority of Tarragona collaborated as a facilitating agent.
WorldFriendly/Port
The WFriendly/Port project seeks to develop a new port model that serves as a common framework to unify criteria and analyze their development globally, defining a WFriendly/Port index automatically through algorithms, indicating the level of compliance with the model in the different ports.
The aim is to provide data and information linked to speed up compliance with the sustainable development objectives and the implementation of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution in ports, developing a web application for their dissemination and commercialisation. To this end, technologies such as IoT, Big Data and artificial intelligence are used to be able to apply the WFriendly model and index on a large scale, and thus be able to analyze and process large volumes of information from different origins.
This project was funded by the line of ideas grants of the first call for Ports 4.0 and is a case of intrapreneurship, since the project developers, Nuri Bordas and Anna Navarro, are workers of the Tarragona Port Authority.
The aim is to provide data and information linked to speed up compliance with the sustainable development objectives and the implementation of the technologies of the fourth industrial revolution in ports, developing a web application for their dissemination and commercialisation. To this end, technologies such as IoT, Big Data and artificial intelligence are used to be able to apply the WFriendly model and index on a large scale, and thus be able to analyze and process large volumes of information from different origins.
This project was funded by the line of ideas grants of the first call for Ports 4.0 and is a case of intrapreneurship, since the project developers, Nuri Bordas and Anna Navarro, are workers of the Tarragona Port Authority.
Port Community System in Mediterranean Traffic - MED-PCS
NAME OF PROJECT: Promotion of Port Community System in Mediterranean Traffic
ACRONYM: MED-PCS
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: MED 2007-2013. Axis 3, Objective 3.1: Improvement of maritime accessibility and of transit capacities through multimodality and inter-modality
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Project leader
DURATION: 1 January 2013 – 30 June 2015
BUDGET: 1.901.670 €
The Port of Tarragona leads and coordinates the European MED-PCS Project, which aims to implement and improve the Port Community System (PCS) in four Mediterranean Ports, as well as to develop a Communication Exchange System between the referred PCSs, which assure their efficient operation between the Port Community members. The main objective of this initiative is to optimise the management of the Ports and make them more competitive.
The Spanish partners of the Project are the Tarragona Port Authority and the Cartagena Port Authority; from Italy the Levante Port Authority, The University of Naples Federico II and Rete Autostrade Mediterranee SpA; from Greece the Igoumenitsa Port Authority and the University of the Aegean.
The Project has the support of the Territorial and Sustainability Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Association of Shipping Consignees of Tarragona, the Logistics Association of Murcia, the Mediterranean Ports Community Association and the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA).
The Project has provided for the development of 12 new services and for the improvement of the already existing services of the Port Community System in the four Mediterranean Ports who are partners of this Project. Moreover, a Communication Exchange System between these different PCSs has been developed.
In order to assure an effective implementation of these new PCS services, a series of pilot tests were previously carried out to obtain feed-back from the members of the Port Communities.
Posteriorly, to facilitate the setting in motion of these new PCS services, manuals, micro-videos and training activities were developed and directed to the potential users.
The new PCS services of the Port of Tarragona developed in the framework of this Project are:
- Single Goods Inspection.
- Paperless Release for Importation in the Cloud for road, rail and pipeline.
- Paperless Release for Exportation.
- Admittance/Delivery Orders.
During the entire development period of the Project, communication and capitalization activities have been carried out.
An e-learning platform was also developed, where an advanced course on PCS can be followed and where the different manuals and micro-videos on how to use the new PCS services can be consulted.
ACRONYM: MED-PCS
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: MED 2007-2013. Axis 3, Objective 3.1: Improvement of maritime accessibility and of transit capacities through multimodality and inter-modality
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Project leader
DURATION: 1 January 2013 – 30 June 2015
BUDGET: 1.901.670 €
The Port of Tarragona leads and coordinates the European MED-PCS Project, which aims to implement and improve the Port Community System (PCS) in four Mediterranean Ports, as well as to develop a Communication Exchange System between the referred PCSs, which assure their efficient operation between the Port Community members. The main objective of this initiative is to optimise the management of the Ports and make them more competitive.
The Spanish partners of the Project are the Tarragona Port Authority and the Cartagena Port Authority; from Italy the Levante Port Authority, The University of Naples Federico II and Rete Autostrade Mediterranee SpA; from Greece the Igoumenitsa Port Authority and the University of the Aegean.
The Project has the support of the Territorial and Sustainability Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Association of Shipping Consignees of Tarragona, the Logistics Association of Murcia, the Mediterranean Ports Community Association and the International Port Community Systems Association (IPCSA).
The Project has provided for the development of 12 new services and for the improvement of the already existing services of the Port Community System in the four Mediterranean Ports who are partners of this Project. Moreover, a Communication Exchange System between these different PCSs has been developed.
In order to assure an effective implementation of these new PCS services, a series of pilot tests were previously carried out to obtain feed-back from the members of the Port Communities.
Posteriorly, to facilitate the setting in motion of these new PCS services, manuals, micro-videos and training activities were developed and directed to the potential users.
The new PCS services of the Port of Tarragona developed in the framework of this Project are:
- Single Goods Inspection.
- Paperless Release for Importation in the Cloud for road, rail and pipeline.
- Paperless Release for Exportation.
- Admittance/Delivery Orders.
During the entire development period of the Project, communication and capitalization activities have been carried out.
An e-learning platform was also developed, where an advanced course on PCS can be followed and where the different manuals and micro-videos on how to use the new PCS services can be consulted.
CLYMA
NAME OF PROJECT: Development of the Connection Lyon-Madrid on the Mediterranean Corridor
ACRONYM: CLYMA
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: TEN-T. Currently within Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Partner
DURATION: 15 March 2013- 31 December 2015
BUDGET: 2.258.000 €
In the global framework of the Mediterranean Corridor, included in the Trans European Network for Transport (RTE-T), CLYMA activity centres on the analysis of the transport of goods between Lyon and Madrid, in order to facilitate a coordinated development of the Core Network for European transport.
Therefore, the CLYMA Project includes studies on the organization and the implementation of the concept of the corridor, taking to account the long term perspectives, environmental aspects and the needs of the different agents associated with transport. It also concerns itself with the promotion of environmental sustainability, the efficient management of resources and low emission transport within the framework of integrated inter-modality.
All this should lead to stimulating the concept of a green corridor as indicated in the logistics Action Plan for the transport of goods. In sum, the Project aims to develop an effective management structure for the Corridor.
ACRONYM: CLYMA
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: TEN-T. Currently within Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Partner
DURATION: 15 March 2013- 31 December 2015
BUDGET: 2.258.000 €
In the global framework of the Mediterranean Corridor, included in the Trans European Network for Transport (RTE-T), CLYMA activity centres on the analysis of the transport of goods between Lyon and Madrid, in order to facilitate a coordinated development of the Core Network for European transport.
Therefore, the CLYMA Project includes studies on the organization and the implementation of the concept of the corridor, taking to account the long term perspectives, environmental aspects and the needs of the different agents associated with transport. It also concerns itself with the promotion of environmental sustainability, the efficient management of resources and low emission transport within the framework of integrated inter-modality.
All this should lead to stimulating the concept of a green corridor as indicated in the logistics Action Plan for the transport of goods. In sum, the Project aims to develop an effective management structure for the Corridor.
Core lingas hive
NAME OF PROJECT: Core Network Corridors and Liquefied Natural Gas Hive.
ACRONYM: CORE LNGas HIVE
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Partner
DURATION: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2020
BUDGET: 33.295.760€
CORE LNGas Hive is a global Project whose main objective is to endow Spain and Portugal with an adequate infrastructure and operating framework for the deployment of a global supply network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for transportation uses, in the context of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Core Network Corridors and in the connection area between both corridors across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Project is focused on a specific objective of the MAP 2.1 Priority: “… support the Member States in implementing the Clean Power for Transport Directive ...” i.e. Directive 2014/94, which establishes a roadmap to develop the infrastructure to supply clean fuels for transport uses, gradually replacing the current coal and oil propulsion systems.
To this end, CORE LNGas Hive presents: a group of studies aiming at enhancing the use of LNG through the elaboration of recommendations to develop framework conditions for using LNG as a fuel in port environments, training programmes at the different educational levels, optimization of LNG logistics chains or feasibility studies for emissions reduction in a specific transport sector.
Besides, the Project includes several real-life pilots to test and validate some of the uncertainties still present about their environmental and operational performance and check whether, and under what conditions, those projects are feasible, both technically and economically.
ACRONYM: CORE LNGas HIVE
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Partner
DURATION: 1 January 2016 – 31 December 2020
BUDGET: 33.295.760€
CORE LNGas Hive is a global Project whose main objective is to endow Spain and Portugal with an adequate infrastructure and operating framework for the deployment of a global supply network of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for transportation uses, in the context of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Core Network Corridors and in the connection area between both corridors across the Strait of Gibraltar.
The Project is focused on a specific objective of the MAP 2.1 Priority: “… support the Member States in implementing the Clean Power for Transport Directive ...” i.e. Directive 2014/94, which establishes a roadmap to develop the infrastructure to supply clean fuels for transport uses, gradually replacing the current coal and oil propulsion systems.
To this end, CORE LNGas Hive presents: a group of studies aiming at enhancing the use of LNG through the elaboration of recommendations to develop framework conditions for using LNG as a fuel in port environments, training programmes at the different educational levels, optimization of LNG logistics chains or feasibility studies for emissions reduction in a specific transport sector.
Besides, the Project includes several real-life pilots to test and validate some of the uncertainties still present about their environmental and operational performance and check whether, and under what conditions, those projects are feasible, both technically and economically.
I-Freight
NAME OF PROJECT: Inter-modal Freight Services Development Committees
ACRONYM: IFREIGHT
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: MED 2007-2013 Axis 3.Measure 3.1: Improvement of maritime accessibility and transport capacity through multi-modality and inter-modality
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Associate member
DURATION: 1 January 2013- 30 June 2015
BUDGET: 1.961.612 €
The aim of the Project is to improve regional competitiveness by promoting the development of efficient inter-modal and rail loading services, in the MED zone.
Overall, the Project consists in the creation of Regional Committees for the Development of Inter-modal Goods Services. Each Regional Committee will operate as a technical work group in order to analyse the operative viability and socio-economic profitability of the new inter-modal goods services, requested by companies who are interested or through a proposal by any of their members. Moreover, this technical group could provide a wide range of possibilities of commercial support.
ACRONYM: IFREIGHT
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: MED 2007-2013 Axis 3.Measure 3.1: Improvement of maritime accessibility and transport capacity through multi-modality and inter-modality
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Associate member
DURATION: 1 January 2013- 30 June 2015
BUDGET: 1.961.612 €
The aim of the Project is to improve regional competitiveness by promoting the development of efficient inter-modal and rail loading services, in the MED zone.
Overall, the Project consists in the creation of Regional Committees for the Development of Inter-modal Goods Services. Each Regional Committee will operate as a technical work group in order to analyse the operative viability and socio-economic profitability of the new inter-modal goods services, requested by companies who are interested or through a proposal by any of their members. Moreover, this technical group could provide a wide range of possibilities of commercial support.
Tp Nova
NAME OF PROJECT: TRANSPYRENAEI RAIL (MPII-2013/051)
ACRONYM: TPNOVA TRANSPYRENAEI
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: Marco Polo II 2013. Currently within Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Partner
DURATION: 8 January 2014 - 5 February 2016
BUDGET: 13.876.858 €
The aims of this Project are:
- Extend the current Tarragona-Barcelona service to reach Perpignan.
- Permit a modal change for more rail networks toward the rest of Europe (France, Germany, Benelux, etc.).
- Achieve a modal change from road to rail in the transport of goods between Spain and France in order to strengthen and guarantee the supply chain avoiding over-saturated road transport routes and to establish an annual fee, which in turn guarantees cost stability and avoids the constant increases in fuel taxes, motorway fees, etc.
- Consolidate the HUB of the Ports of Barcelona and Tarragona as a Logistics Platform for Southern Europe and as an entrance for Asian goods.
ACRONYM: TPNOVA TRANSPYRENAEI
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: Marco Polo II 2013. Currently within Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Partner
DURATION: 8 January 2014 - 5 February 2016
BUDGET: 13.876.858 €
The aims of this Project are:
- Extend the current Tarragona-Barcelona service to reach Perpignan.
- Permit a modal change for more rail networks toward the rest of Europe (France, Germany, Benelux, etc.).
- Achieve a modal change from road to rail in the transport of goods between Spain and France in order to strengthen and guarantee the supply chain avoiding over-saturated road transport routes and to establish an annual fee, which in turn guarantees cost stability and avoids the constant increases in fuel taxes, motorway fees, etc.
- Consolidate the HUB of the Ports of Barcelona and Tarragona as a Logistics Platform for Southern Europe and as an entrance for Asian goods.
Widermos
NAME OF PROJECT: Wide Interoperability and new governance moDels for freight Exchange linking Regions through Multimodal maritime based cOrridorS.
ACRONYM: WIDERMOS
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: 2012 Motorways of the Sea (MoS) Call for Proposals of the EU TEN-T. Currently within Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Associate member
DURATION: 1 June 2013 – 30 December 2015
BUDGET: 5.940.000 €
As an operative and policy supporting framework, WiderMoS will improve the interface between maritime transport and other modes (mainly rail), developing new port/ship/train interfaces and efficient port-hinterland connections, connecting ports and integrating origins and destinations, and bridging gaps in and between different trade corridors.
In other words, WiderMoS aims at facilitating the homogeneous connection between Motorways of the Sea and the TEN-T core network corridors.
Its activities include:
• MoS prospective study in 2020 and beyond.
• In-depth analysis of some key topics including customs procedures and logistic processes, linked to the future governance model of the core network corridors.
• Five pilots in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and the Baltic Sea focused on the development of an IT Corridor Management Platform acting as a Logistic Single Window for the integration of sea-based transport services in the logistic chain, with a focus on paperless logistics/e-customs processes and with priority for the integration of inland terminals and rail transport.
ACRONYM: WIDERMOS
EUROPEAN PROGRAMME: 2012 Motorways of the Sea (MoS) Call for Proposals of the EU TEN-T. Currently within Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Transport Programme
ROLE OF THE TARRAGONA PORT AUTHORITY: Associate member
DURATION: 1 June 2013 – 30 December 2015
BUDGET: 5.940.000 €
As an operative and policy supporting framework, WiderMoS will improve the interface between maritime transport and other modes (mainly rail), developing new port/ship/train interfaces and efficient port-hinterland connections, connecting ports and integrating origins and destinations, and bridging gaps in and between different trade corridors.
In other words, WiderMoS aims at facilitating the homogeneous connection between Motorways of the Sea and the TEN-T core network corridors.
Its activities include:
• MoS prospective study in 2020 and beyond.
• In-depth analysis of some key topics including customs procedures and logistic processes, linked to the future governance model of the core network corridors.
• Five pilots in the Mediterranean, Atlantic and the Baltic Sea focused on the development of an IT Corridor Management Platform acting as a Logistic Single Window for the integration of sea-based transport services in the logistic chain, with a focus on paperless logistics/e-customs processes and with priority for the integration of inland terminals and rail transport.
