Customized marine weather forecasts for the ports

The expected results of ARGES comply with the strategic character of the project and with the results indicated in the call, and regard:

• The application of the Directive 2010/65/EC coherently with the strategies of the national and regional development programmes in the fields of transport and ICT;
• An enhancement of the cooperation among all the Port Authorities involved, for the management of the trades and of the passengers and freight flows, and among them and the partner Institutions (BAT province and Region Epirus) as regards the control and the supply of information regarding the traffic peaks, the free parking areas for haulers and the local touristic activities;
• Obtain and manage a great amount of useful information for the planning of the territorial development in the fields of transport and tourism;
• Guarantee the sustainability of the management and of the real time interchange of the data both on a territorial and on a transnational level, also after the completion of the project;
• Guarantee a continuous cooperation, even after the end of the project, among the involved partners;
• Guarantee the possibility of a direct use by the national authorities of the unique interface system created and the connection with the port hub systems;
• The users of the created services will be, apart from the travelers, institutions at a national and local level as Customs, Police, Fire Brigade, tourism authorities, provinces and regions as well as all the port operators (maritime agencies and shipowners);
• Supply various type of services to the population that range from weather forecasts, to security, to the traffic management, to the monitoring of the unexpected events, to tourism;
• Use and disseminate scientific innovation and research that are guaranteed by the partners scientific institutions through the support to decisions and to planning.

• Implementation of directive  2010/65/EC – Pilot model of a unique national maritime single windows  NMSW/PMIS for the interface with the national (Greek and Italian) Coast Guard;
• Development and enhancement of the PCS and implementation of the services for passengers – Enhancement of the GAIA PCS in the Port of Bari and creation of PCSs and TAPINs in the ports of Igoumenitsa, Corfù and Patras;
• Monitoring of the road networks connected with the ports – Creation of a system aiming to evaluate the conditions of the traffic for the ports partners. There will be carried out a field-testing of the system  monitoring the movement of the vehicles;
• Personalized marine weather forecasts for the ports – Creation of a system that will make available – to the Coast Guard and to the Port Authorities of Bari, Igoumenitsa, Corfù, and Patras – the marine weather forecasts to support the merchant and passenger traffic.

• CMCC - Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici
• Regione dell'Epiro
• Igoumenitsa Port Authority S.A
• Patras Port Authority S.A.
• Corfu’ Port Authority S.A.
• Computer Technology Institute and Press “Diophantus”
• Autorità portuale di Bari
• Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti – Sede della Guardia Costiera italiana
• Provincia di Barletta-Andria-Trani
• Politecnico di Bari