It is in Friuli Venezia Giulia that the system based on laser scanner technology was born. The system is able to detect vehicle profiles in transit in harbor areas.
Trieste - The latest trends in logistics award to harbors all over Europe a leading role in the transport of goods and passengers. It is therefore essential for harbor authorities to be able to track in detail, the number of vehicles in transit and the loads they carry.
The SPATA project (Automatic Profiling System for transport in the harbor area) responds to this specific need. Based on an innovative system focused on laser scanner technology that detects the profiles of vehicles in transit.
Positioned at the entrance of the harbor areas, the system allows you to have information in real time for vehicles entering and the loads they carry.
SPATA is able to automatically identify parameters and type of vehicles in transit; dimensions of vehicles and their loads. It also detects the shapes of the vehicles and tracks the containers ISO codes.
There are many benefits for port management: from a reduction of manual check operations to the availability of statistical information on the activity of the harbor, up to a more efficient boarding of vehicles and goods.
The SPATA project is co-financed by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region as part of the POR FESR 2014-2020 and is carried out by Comark SrL, a company specialized in the field of process monitoring and systems for parking; by the University of Udine and e-laser Srl, based in Friuli since 2007, which offers products and services related to remote sensing for the territory and environment.
The network that led to the birth of SPATA was developed at Friuli Innovation that put together Comark with e-laser and Udine University.
Friuli innovation is a business accelerator with a lot of experience in technology transfer and entrepreneurial culture and Innovation. Friuli Innovation also dealt with the project coordination activities and spread of the results of the SPATA project.
he activities of SPATA have been tested at the Harbor of Trieste, the SPATA system has been installed in the harbor’s entry area.
In this way, the Harbor Authority was able to receive data on vehicles in transit in real time and, subsequently, to process statistical analyzes on harbor activities.
