The Port of Alicante takes a significant step forward beginning its transformation process towards a smarter and more sustainable port modelWith the recent launch of the Preliminary Market Consultation for the SmartPort Alicante project, the Port Authority is consolidating its strong commitment to innovation, digitalization, and environmental and energy sustainability.
The action, endowed with a significant budget and aligned with the objectives of the 2030 Agenda, the European Green Pact and the Spanish Sustainable Mobility Strategy, includes a comprehensive modernization strategy which aims to position the port as an advanced logistics node and a benchmark in the Mediterranean.
Preliminary Market Consultation: Key Starting Point
The Port Authority of Alicante (APA) has officially launched the Preliminary Market Consultation (CPM) Through the Public Sector Procurement Platform, inviting technology, sustainability, energy management, and port logistics companies to present innovative solutions within the framework of the SmartPort Alicante project. The fundamental objective is to Detect proposals capable of transforming port operations through digitalization, process automation, and energy efficiency.
The CPM aims to foster collaboration between the public sector and the innovative community—companies, startups, technology centers, and universities—facilitating the exchange of ideas and identifying opportunities that will successfully address the port's current and future challenges.
Objectives and strategic lines of SmartPort Alicante
Among the priority objectives of the project, the APA seeks technological solutions and innovative business models that facilitate intelligent environmental control, emissions reduction, and dock electrification. It also promotes the use of renewable energy and the implementation of advanced management systems, such as infrastructure sensors, the integration of technologies like IoT, Big Data, and artificial intelligence, and the automation of port logistics.
This approach reinforces its policy of open innovation, aiming to combine the promotion of startups and collaboration with technology centers within the Port Living Lab, a real-world environment focused on the experimentation and validation of new technological solutions that can be transformed into commercial tools.
Phased development and open participation
The SmartPort Alicante is structured in phases that include Prototyping, internal piloting of solutions, progressive scaling, and a validation stage prior to final implementation. This roadmap seeks to maximize the port's economic, environmental, and social impact, thus consolidating Alicante as a national benchmark in smart port environment management.
The CPM, which is non-binding and confidential, It will be open during the period specified in the official call, and offers an opportunity for interested entities to contribute their proposals and help define the technical and functional specifications of the future public tender.
The Port of Alicante's commitment to innovation and sustainability is firm and long-term, reinforcing its leadership in the digital and ecological transition of the port sector at the national and international levels.