SUPAIR|Ports towards Sustainable Maritime Transport

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Coastal zones are matter of several risks, especially crucial at a time when marine environments are undergoing great changes caused by increasing greenhouse gases, coastal pollution and last but not least climate change. The SUPAIR SUstainable Ports in the Adriatic-Ionian Region project focuses on ports as main driving forces for achieving sustainable trasportation in the area.

Sea monitoring plays an important role for assessing noise pollution, water quality and the impact of ship traffic. This activitiy is currently carried out by Luka Koper, the managing company of the port of Koper, one of the port involved in the SUPAIR project. The company is in charge of implementing mesaures able to detect environmental impact and reduce the carbon and ecological footprint. To this end, specific actions have kicked off last month in the port of Koper:

NOISE MONITORING
New sensors and monitoring system for noise have been installed in port’s area near the city centre to check the quality on the border with the port. Luka Koper measures the noise level at three border points within the port and are presented on-line as port’s first industrial plant 24 hours a day on the port’s web portal for sustainable port development: www.zivetispristaniscem.si

UNDERWATER FLOWS
In case of emergency, studies regarding underwater flows and their movements are crucial for prompt interventions and for the reduction of potential irreparable collateral damages. The volume level of cargo transported by sea is every year higher. A study for underwater flows and water quality in port’s basins is being carried out and it will represent the basis for installation of sensors and water quality cameras. The letter ones will be installed in port’s basin to check and foresee movements of pollutants in case of accidents.

SOLAR ENERGY
At small scale, solar electricity may allow the port of Koper to be smarter for guests arriving at cruise terminal by options offered for the connection with the local wi-fi net and with usb connectors for the recharging of devices. The installation is going to be operated during the “cruise season” and will offer data for the analysis until the end of the project.

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OIS-AIR| The Proof of Concept Call is closing soon! Do not miss the opportunity to get your innovation voucher

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The OIS-AIR Proof of Concept Call will be closed on 14th July 2019. The Call offers grants to the 10 best innovative projects to be jointly developed by research institutes and SMEs in the Adriatic-Ionian Region, by means of innovation vouchers worth 18.500,00 EUR each.

The objective of Proof of Concept vouchers is to provide financial support to the successful conversion of good research into good business.

If you want to know more read the dedicated page.

ABOUT THE PROJECT: OIS-AIR project aims to develop an Innovation Hub for the Adriatic and Ionian region which pulls together innovation centres, incubators, researchers and enterprises. The web-based platform will be designed to meet the technology and innovation needs of start‑ups, spin-offs and SMEs, increase synergies and knowledge exchange. The project will push innovation by granting 10 vouchers for research-driven transnational innovation projects.

BLUE BOOST |Blue Hackathon on sustainable innovation to the sea held in Trieste

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On 18-19 June 2019, BLUE_BOOST project successfully held Blue Hackathon – the first “marathon” on sustainable innovation in the Blue Growth sector ever organised in Friuli Venezia Giulia.

Generally speaking, the goal of a hackathon is to unfold the potentials of professionals in fields linked to innovation with the aim of creating a functioning product, project or structured idea by the end of the event. Hackathons can include the programming language used, the operating system, an application. a wide range of professionals can be involved in a hackathon, including researchers, project managers, and domain experts.

In this case, the hackathon targeted the Blue economy sector with the scope of finding creative solutions for “innovation challenges” in the fields of Environment & Costal Protection, Smart Shipbuilding, Maritime Transport & Yachting Services. The event was preparatory to the BLUE_BOOST Call for Innovation Vouchers that is offering 350.000 EUR in the form of innovation vouchers to 35 selected SMEs and Start-Ups for implementing innovation projects together with a registered Knowledge Provider.

Read more about the event at the dedicated project website page.

THE PROJECT: BLUE_BOOST has the ambitious goal of unlocking the potential of maritime clusters along the shores of the Adriatic and Ionian region. The project will launch a transnational innovation voucher scheme aimed at granting 35 small-scale projects targeting the main sectors of the Blue growth. The project will boost new and existing networks in order to explore possible sectoral cross-fertilization, new ideas and alliances among the actors of the Blue Economy.