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Sediment ElectroKinetic REmediation Technology for heavy metal pollution removal (SEKRET Life)
Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Oct 31, 2017,
...pe-wide is very roughly estimated at 200 million m3/yr, about 60% of which is contaminated.
As a consequence of heavy industrial activity and commercial and passenger maritime transport, the Port of Livorno has been listed in Italy as a Polluted Site of National Relevance. The environmental site assessment showed that a thick layer (up to 3 metres) of the port seabed is polluted by heavy metals. ...
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Enhancing Horticultural Perishable Products Circulation among the Mediterranean territories (E.H.P.P.C. - Med)
Start date: Dec 20, 2013, End date: Dec 19, 2015,
Project in brief The agro-food sector plays an important role in the economic context of the Euro-Mediterranean area, where the perspectives of an exponential growth of trade exchanges are increasingly opening up. However the circulation of horticultural perishable products in the region is still affected and restricted by the existence of outdated procedures and by the lack of automated processes ...
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Connections between harbours and hinterland (SEATOLAND)
Start date: May 31, 2010, End date: Nov 29, 2012,
Integration based on a more efficient junction between harbour and the inland system together with improved accessibility can be the key to success in undertaking the support of inshore areas. The project aims at developing strategies to increase the competitiveness of some areas, by improving accessibility between inshore and inland areas, acting not only on infrastructures but also by creating ...
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Mediterranean Ports' Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation (CLIMEPORT)
Start date: Jan 4, 2009, End date: Apr 29, 2012,
The CLIMEPORT project encourages Mediterranean Ports to combat climate change reducing greenhouse emissions and fostering a better use of energy in order to achieve sustainable development in port communities. During the project, an extensive benchmarking process will be carried out within the Mediterranean port sector concerning the use of environmental good practices and renewable energies in po ...
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Noise Management in European Ports (NoMEPorts)
Start date: Mar 1, 2005, End date: Aug 31, 2008,
...ort areas ie the good practices guide is clearly and directly linked with the Environmental Noise Directive.
The NoMEPorts project was successfully developed for six European port areas (Amsterdam, Livorno, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Citavecchia and Valencia) and provides noise maps and action plans to mitigate noise problems in urban areas close to the ports. Noise data was mapped at five levels at m ...
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Environmental integration for ports and cities (SIMPYC)
Start date: Aug 1, 2004, End date: Jan 31, 2008,
...al Management System) suited to these port facilities.
The main results achieved are:
Expansion of air quality and noise pollution monitoring and tracking networks in the large commercial ports of Livorno, Toulon and Valencia
Study of new coordination agreements between local governments and ports to establish environmental action plans in port settings
The project has addressed the environme ...
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All big and medium size ports have a development strategy which includes such objectives: Increase the operative efficiency and the qualifications of workers, create new traffics and offers, and develop the co-operation with the towns creating new services in order to promote logistic activities and to manage the important changes created by the liberalisation and globalisation. This project tries ...
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During the last years, numerous studies have been carried out in order to determine the impact of port activities over the environment. As an example of that, the most recent project leaded by the Port Authority of Valencia concerning ports impact on climate change, CLIMEPORT, has allowed a better understanding of the degree of influence of key port activities in terms of quantification of GHG emi ...
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Port of Livorno and Interporto Toscano, with collaboration started in TEN-T project MOS4MOS, started an experimentation of a Cargo Community System that, using low cost technologies like passive R-FID UHF, can speed up the process of access control and data acquisition on the goods. The project focuses on technology transfer of the iTPass system, already tried and tested by Interporto Toscano: wit ...
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