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SPATA is born: an innovative system based on laser scanner technology that detects the profiles of vehicles in transit in port areas

  • 7 June 2018

The most recent logistics trends give ports all over Europe a major role in the transport of goods and passengers: it is therefore essential for port authorities to track, with the greatest possible detail, the number of vehicles in transit and their loads.

Precisely for this reason the SPATA project (Automatic Profiling System of means of transport in the port area) has developed an innovative system based on laser scanner technology that detects the profiles of vehicles in transit. The system is positioned at the entrance of the port areas and allows to have real-time indications on the vehicles entering and on the loads they transport. SPATA is in fact able to automatically identify parameters such as number and type of vehicles in transit, dimensions of vehicles and their loads; it also detects vehicle shapes and traces ISO codes of containers.

There are many benefits for port managers: from a reduction in the number of manual checks on vehicles to the availability of statistical information on the activity of the port, to a more efficient management of the embarkation of vehicles and goods.

The SPATA project is co-financed by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Autonomous Region within the scope of the 2014-2020 POR FESR and is implemented by Comark Srl, a company specializing in the field of traffic monitoring and parking systems, University of Udine and e-laser Srl, a reality established in Friuli Innovazione since 2007, which offers products and services related to remote sensing of the territory and the environment.

The winning network that led to the creation of SPATA has developed within the scope of Friuli Innovazione which, as a business accelerator, has put Comark Srl in contact with its established e-laser and with the partner University of Udine. Friuli Innovazione, a business accelerator with a ten-year experience in technological transfer actions and dissemination of the entrepreneurial culture and innovation, has also been involved in project coordination, dissemination and dissemination of the results of the SPATA project.

The SPATA experimentation activities were instead carried out at the Port of Trieste, whose collaboration allowed to place the SPATA system in the area of entry of the vessels in port. In this way the Port Authority was able to receive in real time the data of the vehicles in transit and, in a second time, to elaborate statistical analyzes on port activities.

The presentation of SPATA will take place just the Port of Trieste on Friday 29 May at 10.30 a.m. Admission is free, registration is recommended on Eventbrite.

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