Circular City Ports - Workbook 1, Circular initiatives in the Delta

smart logistic start-ups
2 Start Port Duisburg Start-ups incubator for innovation in the
logistic and chain supply field.
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Location Scale Tag
R&D facilities
smart logistics
delta
Connection with logistics companies inside the port
hinterland
industrial port
Incubator for
smart logistics
start-ups
STARTPORT
smart logistic start-ups
Exchange network
&
experimental
test-sites
city harbour
city
flow of goods flow of knowledge or influence industrial symbiosis other
What’s happening? How does it happen?
Start port is a start-up incubator located in the
Duisburg port, which wants to enhance creative
innovation culture and promote innovations in the
logistics and supply chain areas. The platform is establishing
a collaboration between the start-ups, the
Duisport authority and the companies located in the
harbor, in order to develop forward-looking innovative
ideas for the future development of the logistic
hub of Duisburg. The company is developing a oneyear
accelerator program in which the start-up can
be evolved in a marketable product. They are providing
access to the already existing network of potential
costumers or of potential collaborator from
the logistic and industrial field.
Why is this an interesting circular initiative for
circular harbours?