2025 Sponsors

Silver Sponsors

The applied AI company known as ATAI is at the forefront of Digital Transformation in the Maritime, Logistics, and Supply Chain industries. Their pioneering efforts focus on optimising productivity and recognising opportunities for sustainability and cost efficiency through innovative business models. ATAI achieves this by streamlining current processes with comprehensive problem-solving applied AI solutions. Their capabilities are enhanced by AI algorithms, sensors such as cameras, location sensors, wireless mesh networks like LoRa and 5G, as well as lidar and radar technology. As a result, ATAI has successfully tackled numerous operational hurdles across various market sectors.

Avlino is a US-based Artificial Intelligence company specializing in delivering solutions to enhance the efficiency of Container Terminal Operations. The company aims to transform the supply chain by providing terminal operators with solutions to overcome common pain points and challenges that undercut their business objectives.

With this mission, the company developed AICON, a Solution Suite designed to dynamically solve the challenges of demand fluctuations. Combining AI/ML and Operations Research, AICON delivers actionable insights, real-time work instructions, and autonomous workflows in a cutting-edge approach that significantly reduces manual processes, increases throughput, optimizes resource allocation, and improves customer service.

BOXBAY is an international joint venture formed by global trade enabler DP World and industrial engineering specialists SMS group and is offering a disruptive technology that significantly improves operations at container terminals.

The BOXBAY High Bay Storage (HBS) systems achieve a three-fold increase of the transshipment capacity of container terminals and use only one third of the footprint of conventional storage systems for an equivalent number of containers. Instead of stacking containers directly on top of each other BOXBAY places each container in an individual rack, making each one directly accessible.

FERNRIDE offers scalable automation solutions for yard trucking that increase productivity, promote sustainability, and improve worker safety. The company employs a human-assisted autonomy approach, which allows for remote takeovers of trucks when necessary. This ensures seamless integration and reliable operations for logistics operators. With over a decade of research and high-profile customers, including Volkswagen, HHLA, and DB Schenker, FERNRIDE uses cutting-edge technology to address major industry challenges, such as driver shortages and the negative environmental impact of logistics operations. The company was founded by Hendrik Kramer, Maximilian Fisser, and Jean-Michael Georg, and currently has over 130 employees.

Kalmar is recognised as the global leader in sustainable cargo and material handling for ports, terminals, distribution centres, and heavy industry. The company boasts an extensive electric portfolio and a worldwide service network, which enables them to assist their customers in transitioning towards safer, more eco-efficient, and productive operations. Collaboratively, Kalmar and its customers work towards developing innovative solutions that have the potential to shape the future of the industry, ultimately enhancing the efficiency of their customers’ operations.

Portchain is known as the leading provider of berth alignment solutions for container terminals and carriers. They collaborate with prominent container carriers and terminal operators to develop mutually beneficial solutions that enhance operational efficiency in container shipping. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Portchain operates on a worldwide level, catering to container terminals and carriers across Europe, Asia, North America, South America, and Africa.

Rocsys is recognised as a frontrunner in the field of autonomous charging solutions for electric transportation. Employing a pioneering methodology that integrates soft robotics, AI-driven computer vision, and data-centric services, Rocsys is dedicated to delivering a dependable, smooth, productive, and economical charging encounter for both fleets and consumers. By actively participating in industry consortiums and establishing strategic alliances with multinational corporations and OEMs, Rocsys establishes itself as the benchmark for the forthcoming era of autonomous charging.

Based in the U.S. and Asia, Venti is a world leader in autonomous vehicle logistics systems, with particular experience operating in complex logistics environments. Venti’s autonomy solution has been demonstrated in large, complex port and intermodal environments with mixed traffic (i.e. no segregation between human-driven and autonomous vehicles). Venti’s proven value proposition of saving costs, increasing vehicle utilization, and improving safety is recognized by customers and driving growth. Launched in 2018 by a team with strong MIT roots, Venti has set itself apart in the autonomous logistics space by handing-over a fleet of fully driverless autonomous prime movers to a leading port operator for use in a production environment. Our customer operates this fleet self-sufficiently as part of their regular 24/7 terminal operations. Venti has offices in Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA), and Singapore – our Asian headquarters.

Bronze Sponsors

Camco Technologies is recognised as a pioneer and market leader in container terminal automation. Their image recognition and location tracking solutions are capable of registering all movements that occur during the container hand-over processes at various locations such as the gate, yard, cranes, and rail operations. The data captured by their solutions allows for optimisation of terminal processes, while their software empowers terminals to achieve their digitalisation goals. The solutions provided by Camco Technologies play a significant role in enhancing operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, and profitability.

All the necessary hardware and software for their solutions are developed at Camco Technologies’ headquarters in Belgium. Their solutions have already been successfully implemented in over 300 terminals worldwide. With a widespread network of subsidiaries and partnerships, Camco Technologies ensures that their clients are always within easy reach.

DSP Data and System Planning – DSP – has been operating as a technological company in the Ports & Terminals industry since 1986. They provide a wide range of professional services and products aimed at aiding ports and terminals in their optimisation and digitalisation endeavours.

The company offers global consulting and support services and products related to Terminal Operating Systems (TOS) and automation. They possess the necessary expertise to carry out comprehensive N4 implementations, which encompass project management, business process mapping, configuration, integrations, training, testing, go-live support, and post go-live assistance.

Navis is recognised as the foremost brand of TOS within the Kaleris supply chain execution software platform. The Navis TOS solution has been instrumental in enhancing performance and efficiency for esteemed organisations operating in the cargo supply chain.

The company takes great pride in its ability to amalgamate industry best practises with cutting-edge technology and exceptional services, thereby empowering its customers to achieve maximum performance and mitigate risk, regardless of the nature of their cargo. By adopting a comprehensive approach to operational optimisation, Navis users are able to reap the benefits of enhanced visibility, swifter processes, and quantifiable business outcomes.

Whether it involves monitoring cargo movements within a terminal, enhancing vessel safety and cargo capacity, optimising rail network planning and asset utilisation, automating equipment operations, or managing multiple terminals through an integrated and centralised solution, Navis plays a pivotal role in streamlining operations.

Evening Dinner Sponsor

Prodevelop is a software company specialised in ports and terminals digitalisation that has a technological alliance with 200+ ports and terminals worldwide. With thirty years of collaboration on innovative projects, they offer their clients cutting-edge technology to transform their business through digitalisation, solving complex problems and differentiating them from their competition.

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