WEDNESDAY 7.4.2021

Pretty excited!  Tomorrow we have the Semifinals of the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic online. 

9 case companies and 9 student teams will be presenting the cases and the findings so far. The Jury will give their feedback in order to the teams to improve the concepts for the Finals in May in conjunction with the Messe München transport and logistic online conference. 

If you wish to join the Semifinals tomorrow, please contact us

Student Team H1 TECHNOLOGIES Team Leader Jonathan Atwood (US), Aalto University, Nikolai Andriakov (RU), Aalto University, Nikita Bredikhin, Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping, Andrii Novikov (UA), Odessa National Maritime University, Daniel Ozommah (NG), University of Debrecen and Kaung Thu (MM), University of Gothenburg with their Student Mentor Ali Abdellaoui under the supervision of their Mentor Esko Mustamäki have been working on the case assignment by ABB "The Use of Hydrogen in Shipping”

Student Team RH 3DS CONSULTANT Team Leader Rustam Koshelev (RU), High School of Economics, Danila Alyukov (RU), ITMO University, Helga Rissanen (FI), Turku School of Economics, Simon Stengel (DE), Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Daniil Tikhonov (RU), ITMO University and Daniil Tsoi (RU), Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping with their Student Mentor Jasmin Kaseva under the supervision of their Mentor Senior Advisor Markku Mylly have been working on the case assignment by Rauanheimo "Added Customer Value Through Utilisation of Digitalisation in the Logistics, Forwarding, Stevedoring and Ship Agency Operations”.

Student Team NURIDEA Team Leader Khue Tran (VN), Aalto University, Marina Mulendeeva (RU), ITMO University and Maria Petrova(RU), Admiral Makarov State University of Maritime and Inland Shipping with their Student Mentor Phat Nguyen under the supervision of their Mentor Mikael Simelius have been working on the case assignment by Nurminen Logistics "Increased Competitivity Between China and Europe by Improved Profitability and Less CO2 Emissions”.

Student Team VENDACE Team Leader Varunkumar Prathapam Srinivasan (IN), Kühne Logistics University Nanno Janssen (DE), Kühne Logistics University, Jonatan Mendoza (PE), World Maritime University, Huyen Phan (VN), Kühne Logistics University, Mari Siilivask (EE), Estonian Maritime Academy of Tallinn University of Technology and Niklas Westin (FI), Arcada University of Applied Sciences with their Student Mentor Ferdous Alam Patwary under the supervision of their Mentor Senior Advisor Frank Kho have been working on the case assignment by Wasaline “Digitally from Shore to the Sea - Supply Chain Optimisation by Digitalising the Port Operations”.

Student Team LOGISTIC CHANGERS: Team Leader Tracy Wafula (KE), World Maritime University, Nuru Idi Abdallah (NG), World Maritime University, Nurgul Baltabayeva (KZ), Aalto University, Johan Salim(FI), Aalto University, Ian Numa Navarro (CO), Kühne Logistics University and Deron Wilson (JA), World Maritime University with their Student Mentor Annabel Keerd under the supervision of their Mentor Dr Rolf Neise have been working on the case assignment by Kühne+Nagel “Supply Chain Management and the Digital Collaboration of Tomorrow”.

Student Team GREEN WAVE Team Leader Sid Oksala (FI), Aalto University, Aymen Abdaoui (TN), World Maritime University, Pauli Ranta (FI), Aalto University and Alina Sippolainen (FI), Turku School of Economics, University of Turku with their Student Mentor Julia Breidenbend under the supervision of their Mentor Senior Advisor Markku Mylly have been working on the case assignment by Rauma Marine Construction “Supply Chain of Alternative Fuels for Ships”.

The Student Team FINNPAX: the Team Leader Evelina Kirkach (UA), Kühne Logistics University and Valeriia Diupon (RU), Technische Hochschule Wildau, Yassir Khay (MA), Hochschule Bremen, City University of Applied Sciences, Fatema Sugra Poonawala (IN), Kühne Logistics University, Svitlana Shestova (UA), World Maritime University and Ina Sohn-Rajamäki (FI), Satakunta University of Applied Sciences with their Student Mentor Daniil Furman and Mentor Professor Ulla Tapaninen have been working on the case assignment by the Port of Naantali and Finnlines “Smooth Boarding via Optimised Port Facilities- Superior Customer Experience in the Newbuildings”.

Rauma Marine Constructions is one of the Case Companies of the 7th IntelligenceHunt - #IHCup2021TransportLogistic.

"“Due to more stringent legislation and environmental awareness, there is an increasing demand to find solutions for lowering the harmful environmental impact of ships. We as a shipbuilding technology company need to pay attention to this. Therefore, we want to find out more about the possibilities of using renewable energy on ships and our case is concentrating on the Supply Chain of Alternative Fuels for Ships", says Mika Laurilehto, Chief Sales Officer, Rauma Marine Constructions. 

Team DECARBONIZATION: Lena Lindholm, Team Leader, (FI), Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Tony Fredlund (FI), Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Finland, Irene Mathew (IN), University of Oulu, Finland, Lena Pilger (DE), DFHI/ISAFTES, Germany and Panagiotis Vangelatos (GR), World Maritime University, Sweden with their Student Mentor Ayodele Makinde under the supervision of their Mentor Esko Mustamäki have been working on the case assignment by DNV “Wind propulsion’s potential for decarbonising modern shipping”.

The 7th Edition of #IntelligenceHunt - #IHCup2021TransportLogistic, Company and Student Competition Jury Introduction.

The Jury will evaluate nine (9) case assignments and solutions: the executive summaries, the presentation materials and the online presentation skills. 

The task to find the one and only winner from these exceptionally talented teams, is not an easy task, but this jury will have all expertise one could ever wish for a jury!

We had a lovely meeting with the Jury Members. 

Finnlines, with Port of Naantali, is one of the Case Companies of the 7th IntelligenceHunt - #IHCup2021TransportLogistic.

"The title of our case assignment, together with the Port of Naantali, is Smooth Boarding via Optimized Port Facilities- Superior Customer Experience in the Newbuildings.  Finnlines is a long-term partner of the Port of Naantali and together we want to ensure the smooth operations as two new ro-ro-passenger vessels will be introduced in 2023”, says Staffan Herlin, Commercial Director at Finnlines.

We are so excited!  We published today the online programme of the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic on our site. 

The Semifinals 8.4.2021

The Finals, 1 part - Case Companies 5.5.2021

The Finals, 2 part - Student Teams 6.5.2021

Check the programme and if you are interested to join as an online participant, please do not hesitate to contact us. 

This week we have had really nice meetings with some of the student teams. 

They are working on the case assignments along their normal student life tasks like exams and so. This is also a project of prioritising and sharing work load. 

We are very pleased with the teams. 

Hard working young talents! 

Anyone of them can win the whole competition. Best of luck to all of you!

Meet the distinguished Jury Members of the IntelligenceHunt7 - #IHCup2021TransportLogistic

Anatoly Burkov, Russia

Christopher Berridge, UK

Millicent Pitts, USA

Marcus Puffer, Austria

Irene Rosberg, Denmark

Robert Schönberger, Germany

Caroline Thiemt, Germany and

Tapani Voionmaa, Finland

“For thousands of years, wind was the primary energy source used to propel ships, apart from manpower. Today, wind-assisted propulsion is understood to be a potential method of reducing the fossil-fuel-based energy consumption of ships. Wind is an inexhaustible source of energy, therefore we chose the following topic for our student team “Wind propulsion’s potential for decarbonising modern shipping”, says Anders Mikkelsen, Business Development Manager, DNV GL. The idea is to investigate barriers that currently prevent the further development and uptake of wind propulsion technologies for ships. 

Exciting day today! We started to work on the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic programmes, Semifinals April 8 and Finals May 5 and 6. 

At the Semifinals both, case companies and student teams, will present. The Semifinals will be streamlined for SeaFocus stakeholders. 

At the Finals first day is for case companies to present and the second day for the student teams. The Jury will be evaluating the student teams works and the day ends with the Award Ceremony. These two events will be streamlined widely via Messe München transport logistic online conference. 

We had a lovely online meeting with our amazing student mentors Ali Abdellaoui, Julia Breidenbend, Daniil Furman, Jasmin Kaseva, Annabel Keerd, Ayodele Makinde, Phat Nguyen, Ferdous Alam Patwary and Valeriaa Poberezhnaya. 

The task of the student mentors is to give good advice to the teams competing as they already have the experience for participating the IntelligenceHunt projects earlier.

Talented and smart young! 

“The digital world is changing rapidly: e.g. new technologies, mobile working, social media and the behaviour of digital natives are offering new possibilities for customers, suppliers and forwarders to collaborate. We must have our finger on the pulse of our customers and their businesses, and this is why our case at this company and student competition is called “Supply Chain Management and the Digital Collaboration of Tomorrow”, says Sebastian Pohl, Vice President, Online Solutions, Kuehne+Nagel. 

"Rauanheimo´s aim is to always create efficient supply chains and develop our services from an overall perspective. This is also the reason why we chose the following case assignment for the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic "Added Customer Value Through Utilisation of Digitalisation in the Logistics, Forwarding, Stevedoring and Ship Agency Operations", says Kim Ventin, Regional Director of Rauanheimo. 

Today we had a really nice meeting with the Mentors of the #ICHup2021TransportLogistic student teams Frank Kho, Dr. Rolf Neise, Professor Ulla Tapaninen, Esko Mustamäki and Markku Mylly. Mikael Simelius is also a Mentor. He just could not join us today.
We discussed about the project and the teams and the case assignments.
We were very pleased to hear that the student teams are working very well on the case assignments. They are excited and the team spirits are high.

"The case assignment “Digitally from Shore to the Sea - Supply Chain Optimisation by Digitalising the Port Operations" covers our aim to operate environmentally friendly and to ensure automated cargo flows in order to provide our customers with the best possible solution for handling documents digitally and to become paperless in operations", says Jennie Hinz, Business Development Manager, Wasaline

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Join us the next Blue MBA Webinar on 10 February at 12.00 hrs Danish time.
This webinar, presented by the CBS Blue MBA, will feature presentations by:

• Michael Elwert, COO, V.Group
• Mark Cameron, EVP and COO, Ardmore Shipping
• Irene Rosberg, Founding Director, CBS Executive MBA in Shipping and Logistics

The port of Naantali is known as an industrial port, which over time has also developed into one of Finland's most important ferry ports for cargo and passengers too.

Our case assignment “Smooth On-Boarding via Optimised Port Facilities – Successful Customer Experience in the New Building Vessel 2023” is about getting ready and preparing the port facilities and passenger flows regarding the Finnlines´ newbuilds, which start to operate from the Port of Naantali in 2023, says Yrjö Vainiala, COO, the Port Director of the Port of Naantali. 

RAUMA MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS is one of the case companies at the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic student and company competition. 

Their case assignment is very current and brought up even in the EU level "Supply Chain of Alternative Fuels". 

In cooperation with its extensive network of partners, Rauma Marine Constructions advances the Finnish marine industry and continues the traditions of shipbuilding in Rauma.

The mission of Nurminen Logistics is to be the most innovative and high-quality logistics and Supply Chain partner that increases its customers’ competitiveness.The topic of the Case Assignment at the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic is very current “Increased Competitivity Between China-Europe by Improved Profitability and Less CO2 Emissions”. I am really looking forward to hearing the results that our international student team will come up with, says Olli Pohjanvirta, the CEO and the Chairman of the Board of Nurminen Logistics. 

transport logistic 2021 - ONLINE

Exchange and knowledge transfer will now be made possible by transport logistic with an online conference at the original trade fair date of May 4 to 6, 2021.

"Transport logistic remains the most important hub for B2B networking in the global logistics industry," Stefan Rummel, Managing Director of Messe München affirms. 

#IHCup2021TransportLogistic - company and student competition

IntelligenceHunt7 - the Finals of the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic is a part of the transport logistic 2021 Conference Programme. 

This week the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic project was kicked off  with the teams working on the following case company assignments: Rauanheimo, DNV GL, Rauma Marine Construction and the Port of Naantali & Finnlines. The teams met with their mentors and with the company representatives online.
The case assignment was discussed including a Q&A session with the case company.
One more kick-off meeting to go.  

Good luck to all 9 teams and case companies! 

We had a meeting with Messe München our partner in organising the Finals of the 7th IntelligenceHunt project, #IHCup2021TransportLogistic.

The Messe München traditional transport and logistic fair will not take place this year, but the Conference programme will be organises online and the Finals is a part of the programme. 

#IHCup2021TransportLogistic will have programme on Wednesday May 5th and Thursday May 6th. 

The Conference programme will be published soon.

SeaFocus was listed among the Top 10 Logistics Solution Companies in Europe 2020 by Logistics Tech. 

"To help organisations and leaders select the best vendors and advance their trade initiatives, Logistics Tech Outlook Magazine´s editorial board has assessed and shortlisted Logistics Tech Solution Providers that are at the forefront of providing cutting-edge technology solutions. These companies offer robust products coupled with innovative strategies that are distinctively prominent in the field.

This week the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic project was kicked off  with the teams working on the following case company assignments: Kuehne+Nagel, Nurminen Logistics, Ahlers Trade Facilitation and Wasaline. 

The teams met with their mentors and with the company representatives online. 

The case assignment was discussed including a Q&A session with the case company. 

The kick-off meetings will continue next week. 

Good luck to all 9 teams and case companies! 

The Port of Naantali and Finnlines have together a case assignment at the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic - student and company competition. 

The title of the case assignment is   

"Smooth On-Boarding via Optimised Port Facilities – Successful Customer Experience in the New Building Vessel 2023".

#IHCup2021TransportLogistic - student and company competition

We received 80 applications from 23 different European universities. 

The selection process was very tough and we are sad we could not have everyone this time. 

The competition gives you enormous possibilities for the students to showcase their skills and interests to the case company, and in the semifinals and the finals even wider to the other companies and international audience. 

The teams were formed and informed today. We have nine excellent international teams working on nine different case assignments.

One of the case companies at the #IHCup2021TransportLogistic student and company competition is Kuehne+Nagel.

Their case assignment is "Supply Chain Management and Digital Collaboration of Tomorrow. 

With approximately 78,000 employees at some 1,400 locations in over 100 countries Kuehne+Nagel´s strong market position lies in the Sea Logistics, Air Logistics, Contract logistics and Road Logistics businesses. With a clear focus on high value-added segments such as IT-based integrated logistics solutions.

Today we officially launched the partnership with Ahola Transport. 

The company employs more than 700 people and they have facilities in Finland (headquarter), Sweden, Estonia and Poland. The annual turnover is approximately MEUR 100.

The company operates mainly in the Nordic and Baltic countries as well as the CEE countries (Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) with 500 vehicle combinations. 

New year and new tricks - they say. 

We at SeaFocus are very happy to start the year 2021 with our partners and case companies: Finnlines, Port of Naantali, Ahlers Trade Facilitation, Wasaline, Port of Helsinki, C & C Port Agency, National Emergency Support Agency, Port of Turku, Rauanheimo, Nurminen Logistics, Steveco, Rauma Marine Construction, DNV GL, Ahola Transport, Kuehne + Nagel, ABB and Messe München. 

We wish you all A Very Happy and Prosperous New Year 2021!