Include two news: Navalia and PINsight

Author: daniprec

_posts/2024-04-25-pinsight.md

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+title: "Weather Navigation Returns to The PIER in Halifax"
+abbreviated_title: "At The PIER"
+date: 2024-04-25
+permalink: /news/2024/pinsight
+excerpt: "Our weather routing solution featured at PINsight 2024 in Halifax, strengthening knowledge transfer between academia and global port‑innovation networks."
+featured_image: "https://danielprecioso.com/images/2024-04-25-pinsight.jpeg"
+tags:
+  - weather routing
+  - the pier
+  - port innovators network
+  - maritime innovation
+---
+
+Our research team travelled to Halifax (Canada) to participate in **PINsight 2024**, an innovation forum organised by [**The PIER**](https://thepierhfx.com/) under the umbrella of the **Port Innovators Network (PIN)**. The event convened representatives from leading ports, accelerators, and technology providers to exchange best practices in digital decarbonisation.
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+During the technical session, we presented our weather routing solution: a decision‑support platform that fuses high‑resolution meteorological and oceanographic forecasts with multi‑objective optimisation to reduce voyage emissions, fuel consumption, and operational risk.
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+<p align="center"><img src="{{ page.featured_image }}" width="100%"/></p>
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+This visit marks our **second collaboration stint at The PIER**, reinforcing a partnership aimed at translating academic research into operational value for the global port community.
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+This research is supported by:
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+- [BBVA Foundation](https://www.fbbva.es/) via the project "Mathematical optimization for a more efficient, safer and decarbonized maritime transport".
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+- Spanish [Agencia Estatal de Investigación](https://www.aei.gob.es/) under grant  TED2021-129455B-I00, "Optimization of maritime routes with real time oceanographic and meteorological data".

_posts/2024-05-21-navalia.md

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+---
+title: "Our Weather Routing Solution at Navalia 2024"
+abbreviated_title: "At Navalia"
+date: 2024-05-21
+permalink: /news/2024/navalia
+excerpt: "IE University students presented our weather routing solution at Navalia 2024 in Vigo, fostering collaboration between academia and Spain's shipbuilding sector."
+featured_image: "https://danielprecioso.com/images/2024-05-21-navalia.jpg"
+tags:
+  - weather routing
+  - navalia
+  - ie university
+  - maritime
+  - innovation
+---
+
+Last week, a multidisciplinary team from IE University travelled to Vigo to showcase our weather routing solution at [Navalia 2024](https://www.navalia.es/), Spain's flagship exhibition for shipbuilding and maritime engineering.  
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+Alongside naval architects, shipowners and technology providers, our students delivered a live demonstration of the platform's decision‑support capabilities, highlighting how near‑real‑time environmental data and multi‑objective optimisation can lower fuel consumption and emissions.
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+<p align="center"><img src="{{ page.featured_image }}" width="100%"/></p>
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+Navalia's vibrant professional audience provided invaluable technical feedback and opened new avenues for pilot deployments. For the students, the event marked an exceptional opportunity to translate classroom research into an industrial context and to engage directly with the stakeholders driving maritime decarbonisation.
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+This research is supported by:
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+- [BBVA Foundation](https://www.fbbva.es/) via the project "Mathematical optimization for a more efficient, safer and decarbonized maritime transport".
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+- Spanish [Agencia Estatal de Investigación](https://www.aei.gob.es/) under grant  TED2021-129455B-I00, "Optimization of maritime routes with real time oceanographic and meteorological data".