Together with the Mitmynid start-up – the founder of the Bizcargo.com platform – and several Port Community members, APBA began a pilot scheme to enable Port of Algeciras Bay service providers to upload their services on the platform, thereby streamlining logistics planning and transportation to and from end customers (shippers) through our port.

Mitmynid is a Portuguese start-up that develops software tools that focus on simplifying processes and enhancing performance in different areas such as logistics, health and the environment.

Last May, the company took part in our Open Innovation Day and presented one of its main solutions: Bizcargo.com – a market place platform where you can search and compare the best transport and logistics services with simple door-to-door or multimodal solutions.

Bizcargo users can ask for pricing, manage their bookings, and track their goods.  The platform takes on the search and combination of the logistics services supplied by its providers (by road, rail, sea and air) by its own smart-routing system, and gives the user a streamlined solution, improves logistics efficiency, transit times and cost.

It is with this in mind that the first phase pilot scheme began, with various companies participating in November last year.  The participants would upload their services onto the platform to offer users the chance to request their now on-line services, increase their market presence and thereby promote an increase in the Port of Algeciras Bay’s throughput volume.

“Our main aims are to make the day-to-day life of our customers easier, to help reduce any inefficiency in the logistics chain, reduce your carbon footprint and generally to improve your quality of life by reducing the numbers of HGVs on the roads.  That’s why we want to streamline logistics service search and hiring processes as much as possible”.