Port of Rotterdam examines new partnerships with maritime companies

The Port of Rotterdam Authority has started a concrete exploration into partnerships with three scale-up maritime companies, after their selection into the annual PortXL innovation programme.

Working in sectors ranging from the monitoring and research of water quality to producing smart insights into the technological performance of shipping operations, these companies together with seven other start-ups and scale-ups were put through the PortXL programme, which attracts innovations from all...

https://container-news.com/port-of-rotterdam-examines-new-partnerships-with-maritime-companies/

Director of PortXL: “We’re at the forefront of new developments in the maritime industry”

Article provide by PoR

Author: Carolien Sandee, director of PortXL

In Rotterdam, we constantly work to find new ways to make our port smarter, more efficient, better and more sustainable. How have our partners in the port taken on this challenge, why, and how could they have approached it even smarter?

‘There’s nothing I like better than making plans and developing new ideas. A few years ago, I was involved as a business developer in a successful programme for hi-tech start-ups at EY. I wanted to...

https://container-news.com/director-portxl/

Port innovation programme in Rotterdam

After a year of scouting, 21 innovative projects were selected during the fourth PortXL. The projects came to Rotterdam from across the world to earn a place in the accelerator programme. Following two intensive days of pitching and interviews with port and innovation experts, a total of 28 start and scale-ups were evaluated by an expert jury. Ultimately, 7 start-ups and 14 scale-ups will be working on their product in the coming months, during which PortXL will prepare these for the market...

https://container-news.com/port-innovation-programme-in-rotterdam/

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