IMPROVING MARITIME TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY IN THE ADRIATIC
INTESA project establishes a network among the National Maritime Administrations of Italy and Croatia and main port authorities of the Adriatic sea (Venice, Trieste, Ravenna, Ancona, Bari, Rijeka, Ploce and Split) with the scope of harmonizing and optimizing the procedures of the complete maritime transport process in order to make port and maritime transport system more efficient and safe. The project aims at optimizing the port procedure from unload of the cargo from the ship to the forward by train or truck, at optimizing the procedure to enter and exit from the port; at increasing port performances in bad weather conditions safeguarding safety and security requirements; at designing and implementing integrated ICT tool for the management and broadcast of the information on Maritime Safety to all ships en-route in the Adriatic Sea._x000D_
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Information added on 2020-05-18, regarding the mitigation of the effects of COVID-19 (the coronavirus pandemic that started in 2019) (English language only): _x000D_
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INTESA tackles the lack of integration of the IT and HR on monitoring maritime traffic in the Adriatic Sea._x000D_
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Covid-19 could bring supply chains to disruption and having an integrated monitoring system can positively impact both on security and safety tasks , as well as forecasting and planning mitigation measures.