Challenge of Comité de Innovacion Clúster de Valenciaport: A Platform to Anticipate and Manage Disruptions at the Port of Valencia

Challenge:  Comité de Innovación Clúster de Valenciaport: A Platform to Anticipate and Manage Disruptions at the Port of Valencia

Comité de Innovación Cluster de Valenciaport is looking for startups capable of building a digital resilience that enables anticipating and facilitating collaboration in the face of any type of disruption at one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean.

The Challenge: Port Resilience

The Port of Valencia is aware of its exposure to disruptions that threaten its security, service levels and operational continuity. The most significant include:

• Extreme weather events: high winds, severe storms and maritime weather fronts.
• Logistics congestion: disruptions to road or maritime traffic, including those driven by geopolitical developments, with both short-term and medium-to-long-term impact.
• Energy supply failures within the port facility.
• Cyberattacks and cybersecurity threats.
• Threats in high-footfall areas, such as passenger terminals: pandemics, fires, security incidents and more.
• How data is captured and integrated from multiple sources.
• How predictions and alerts are generated ahead of potential disruptions.
• How those alerts are translated into coordinated action among the different actors in the cluster.

When a disruption hits, the real challenge is facilitating collaboration among a wide range of players: port authority, terminals, nautical services, customs, shipping lines, logistics operators and road transport. Acting fast and effectively can be the difference between a managed incident and a full-blown crisis.

The solution sought must work as a digital resilience layer: unifying real-time signals, predictive capabilities and response orchestration across the entire port cluster.

What are we looking for from participating startups?

Proposals must include a conceptual platform design tailored to the Port of Valencia, explaining:

Each startup must also define a clear path to a Proof of Concept (PoC) with a focused initial pilot; for example, response to severe storms, coordinated rerouting of trucks and trains during congestion, or managed response to a blackout or cyberincident. The pilot should identify the minimum integrations required, the system's resilience requirements and the success criteria that demonstrate a real improvement in coordination and operational continuity.

If your startup works in AI, IoT, cybersecurity, crisis management or real-time data platforms: this challenge was built for you.

Apply before May 25 and co-create the solution alongside the Valenciaport Innovation Committee at the 6th Valenciaport Hackathon.

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