Ashdod Port Company has signed an agreement with Maersk to collaborate on innovation and ramp up efficiency in supply chain logistics.
The agreement enables Israeli startups that are participating in Ashdod Port’s Blue Ocean for Startups technology incubator to be considered for pilot projects in North America to test the proposed technologies in landside operations.
“The Board of Directors and the management of Ashdod Port continuing their efforts to expand Ashdod Port’s collaboration around the world, as we promote new technologies and innovation in the logistics industry,” said Orna Hozman Bechor, Chairman of the Board of Ashdod Port.
“This type of collaboration is critical, so we can upgrade the entire supply chain, the source of the modern global economy and make it more efficient.”
Need for improvement
The agreement was signed at the Manifest conference in Las Vegas.
Erez Agmoni, senior vice president of innovation and strategic growth, Maersk North America, said that the pandemic highlighted the importance of supply chains to constantly improve and become more efficient.
“This new partnership enables us to accelerate and test technology and new ideas in our operational processes using Ashdod Port’s tech incubator,” he said.
The new agreeement builds on an earlier innovation agreement Maersk signed in 2021 with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Transportation & Logistics.
This is an arrangement that takes advantage of MIT’s world-renowned engineering expertise and data scientist teams to research new ways of improving Maersk North America’s logistics and data processes.
