ALLREAD ACCELERATES THE AUTOMATION PROCESSES IN THE PORT OF BILBAO

The Port Authority of Bilbao is extending its collaboration with AllRead, deploying its artificial vision technology to automate most of the port's road and rail accesses, achieving more efficient access control and real-time traceability of goods, vehicles and rail wagons. This collaboration reinforces the Port's commitment to technological innovation and operational sustainability.

The Port of Bilbao is the main multimodal hub in northern Spain and the fourth largest nationwide. It handles an annual cargo traffic of 32 million tonnes. Its ability to adopt innovative technologies and to continuously improve its goods management has positioned it as a reference in the port sector. Shortly after the fifth anniversary of Bilbao PortLab, the innovation and research hub promoted by the Port Authority of Bilbao to position the Port of Bilbao in the ecosystem of entrepreneurship and innovation, the collaboration between AllRead and the Port Authority of Bilbao is a testimony to the Port's commitment to innovation.

With an increasing traffic of vehicles and goods, the Port of Bilbao, like many ports in Spain, it faces the need to modernize its access control and hazardous goods detection systems. AllRead is responding to this challenge by implementing its Agile Recognition Software (ARS) solution, a system that captures key data such as container codes (BIC), vehicle number plates, dangerous goods plates (MMPP) and wagon codes (UIC), all with a minimum of infrastructure, maximising the benefits of Artificial Intelligence.

Since 2020, AllRead's OCR software has transformed the port's accesses, starting with two initial lanes and expanding to ten fully automated lanes. This solution has not only drastically reduced waiting times and eliminated manual processes, but has also accelerated operations and improved reading accuracy in challenging conditions, such as damaged codes or adverse weather conditions.

According to Iñigo Imaz, Head of Telecommunications and Cybersecurity at the Port of Bilbao, ‘the reduction of queues at the road accesses to the port has meant a reduction in waiting times, which in turn has reduced costs and emissions. In addition, the automatic detection of dangerous goods optimises security and compliance with protocols’.