| Muñoz says that "they are projects that respond to the challenges posed to move towards a more sustainable and efficient port, to through new technologies, and increase our competitiveness in the Mediterranean "| The Cartagena Port Authority has obtained the subsidy for four innovation projects of the 28 granted by the Ports 4.0 Funds, in the Ideas modality, after the provisional resolution of the Technical Evaluation Committee made up of State Ports and the 28 Port Authorities. The president of the Port Authority, Yolanda Muñoz, said that "we have achieved four projects of the 10 that we present, in the Ideas mode, from Port Funds 4.0, through the participation of regional companies.
An opportunity for Cartagena and the Region, which means generating wealth and employment in companies in our region that are committed to innovation, digitization and sustainability towards a greener economy.
" The approved projects develop optimizations and improvements for the entire logistics-port ecosystem through technologies such as artificial intelligence, robotization, blockchain, process automation, machinery sensorization, unmanned vehicles or the use of drones, environmental sustainability and energy, among others. "These are projects that respond to the challenges posed to move towards a more sustainable and efficient port, through new technologies, and increase our competitiveness in the Mediterranean", Muñoz pointed out. In total, 100 ideas were admitted that were eligible for the Ports 4.0 Funds, of which 28 ideas were awarded, with an individual endowment of 15,000 euros in non-refundable funds. It should be remembered that the Port Authority is one of 14 "Ports 4.0 Fund" headquarters, together with Algeciras, A Coruña, Alicante, Barcelona, ??Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Santander, Seville, Valencia and Vigo that have this Fund of 12 million euros. In total, Cartagena presented 30 projects, in the form of ideas, commercial and pre-commercial, with a technological base for the transformation of the port logistics sector to this first call for Ports 4.0.
During the month of May, the Committee will hold a new meeting to analyze and evaluate the 66 projects admitted in the commercial modality, and subsequently it will continue with 156 admitted in the pre-commercial modality. Projects approved IDEA NEREIDAS.
MARINE REGENERATION.
The core of the project is focused on the experimental design of a modular system of artificial reefs with 3D additive printing technology and different low-footprint recycled materials (recycled thermoplastics and even negative carbon footprint (with Biochar) as facilitating structures for planting.
of oceanic posidonia in ports, allowing an improvement of port waters, reducing pollution and increasing marine biodiversity The service includes the underwater installation of the reef and planted with endemic aquatic plant species and, in particular, Oceanic Posidonia. IDEA BOXPROPHET.
Development of a software that allows the estimation of the demand for container traffic in various time horizons and different geographical areas.
It enables the prediction of container volume at the port level, in a competitive range of ports or at the country level.
The main module of the software presents annual and quarterly traffic forecasts.
If customers have historical time series, it is possible to increase the granularity of the results by incorporating additional databases into the system and making the calculation of future container traffic on a monthly basis. SUBMA IDEA.
SUBSEA MAINTENANCE AUV.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FOR CLEANING SHIP HULLS WITH COLLECTION OF BIOFOULING.
Development of an autonomous vehicle (AUV) for cleaning ship hulls with simultaneous biofouling collection, including the possibility of introducing new subsystems that improve the maintenance capacity of marine structures (visual inspection, mapping capacity, ...).
To do this, it is proposed to adapt and evolve manual technologies already existing on the market and, in particular, to start with the TRITON machine from the company TRIDENT, which is part of the group applying for the aid. IDEA UNIVERSAL PLANT FOR THE TREATMENT OF POLLUTED WATERS OF ALL KINDS FROM SHIPS.
Establishment of the services of a sewage treatment plant of all kinds from ships.
The service consists of the reception on land of said polluted waters of all kinds to be treated in a single universal plant, compact type, which works using innovative technology by gravity instead of others that require pumping, impulsion or high pressure, it entails lower energy needs that can be covered with renewable energy through photovoltaic panels.
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Source: APC