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In the port of Ravenna, aerial and aquatic drones will be used for data collection
The PASSport project will start next month
November 20, 2020
Drones will be tested to carry out inspections of a environmental impact, to monitor port areas, for the execution of topographic and batimetrice surveys, verifying the possibility of to use these devices in the future precisely to have bathymetry of the Ravenna Port Canal constantly updated. The budget total planned for this trial is about 50,000 euro and is fully financed by the European Commission.
In the port of Ravenna, with the Intesa European project (Improving Maritime Transport Efficiency and Safety In Adriatic) of the Italy-Croatia cross-border, there is already a tests for the use of water drones for the updating of batimetrice reliefs in particular for the areas of the Candian Canal where it is particularly difficult to get there with a traditional boat.
Both projects aim to identify IT systems that make collection and the exchange of data useful to raise the levels of security of the and to improve the efficiency of maritime transport.
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Drones will be tested to carry out inspections of a environmental impact, to monitor port areas, for the execution of topographic and batimetrice surveys, verifying the possibility of to use these devices in the future precisely to have bathymetry of the Ravenna Port Canal constantly updated. The budget total planned for this trial is about 50,000 euro and is fully financed by the European Commission.
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
