SPA partners with startups to implement innovative tools in the Port of Santos

Santos Port Authority (SPA) signed this Monday (23) two technical cooperation agreements with startups Navalport and Logshare from the Cubo Itaú system, the largest entrepreneurship center in Latin America, to develop innovative technological strategies in the Port of Santos.

The proposed solutions include optimizing the berth programming and management processes as well as improving the load-sharing system. The ceremony took place at Cubo Itaú’s headquarters in São Paulo.

The agreements are part of the Port Authority’s Innovation Program, which aims to propel the Port of Santos to new heights of technological innovation. The program strengthens collaboration among SPAs, port terminals, scientific and technical institutions, research institutes, and startups searching for shared port activity solutions.

The agreements are valid for 12 months and are renewable for the same period, with no financial burden on SPA. In addition, the company will make data and information available to startups to deploy products that they can later replicate in other port operations around the world.

Under the terms of the agreement, Navalport will deploy its platform within six months to optimize the docking schedule at the Port of Santos. This initiative will be made possible through the integration of port terminal operational systems with the SPA truck scheduling system (Sealog) and the Automatic Identification System (AIS), as well as the implementation of the Port Insight tool, a first-of-its-kind procedure designed to improve berth management, ship queue management, and waterway operations planning. This will allow for optimizing the programming and management of the berths currently available in the Port of Santos.

As a result of integrating Sealog, Logshare will implement a platform for combined cargo. SPA expects that if the solution is successful, it will optimize the hiring of vehicles destined for the Port of Santos to return to their points of origin with loads, generating gains and lowering costs for truck drivers, transporters, shippers, and the port sector. The Logshare system is already in use in other environments, but it is new in the port sector and will seek to respond to an international challenge.

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