EMC4Ports main objective is to create a low environmental impact, high technology ecosystem for monitoring water and air in the water area in front of and inherent to port infrastructures. The goal is to detect critical situations, provide alerts and support in the management of emergency activities and mitigation of environmental damage in the short/medium term to improve the operational efficiency, safety and sustainability of ports.

During the project, a technological ecosystem will be developed on board a special electric boat that will patrol the port areas, which will transform the normal monitoring sensors installed on the boat and in the port area, into intelligent and interconnected sensors, able to exchange and transmit data, in accordance with the IoT concept. This will allow the realisation of an ecosystem of advanced technologies by providing broad, distributed and pervasive access to information, also thanks to the use of predictive models and AI algorithms.

Our role: PM_TEN will develop and implement within the technology ecosystem the Lagrangian model for the simulation of pollutant dispersion. This, integrated with environmental monitoring data from the smart sensors installed in situ and on the vessel, will enable the realisation of a comprehensive and effective decision support system.