Projects

ARGES – pAssengeRs and loGistics information Exchange System

The main objective of the project was the improvement of network and services relating to transport, information and communication between port operators and related organizations.

Partners

• Region of Epirus (Lead Partner) (www.php.gov.gr)
• Igoumenitsa Port Authority S.A (www.olig.gr )
• Patras Port Authority S.A. (www.patrasport.gr )
• Corfù Port Authority S.A. (www.corfuport.gr )
• Computer Technology Institute and Press "Diophantus" (www.cti.gr )
• Port Authority of Bari (www.aplevante.org )
• Ministry of Infrastructure and Transports - Itaian Coast Guards Headquarters (www.guardiacostiera.it/en/ )
• Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani (www.provincia.barletta-andria-trani.it/)
• Polytechnic of Bari (www.poliba.it )
• CMCC - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (www.cmcc.it )

Project's activities

• 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-Port Community Systems" and implementation of the services for passengers
• 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 were 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 makes available to the Coast Guard and to the Port Authorities of Bari, Igoumenitsa and Corfù the marine weather forecasts to support the mercantile and passenger traffic.

Expected results

The 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 are, 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.