The development of a new more efficient and safer portable traffic optimisation system for EU ports

Project Information

OPTIPORT

Grant agreement ID: 033015

Project closed

Start date 1 September 2006

End date 31 December 2008

Funded under

• Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 1 553 570,00

EU contribution € 803 719,00

Coordinated by

MARIMATECH AS
Denmark

Objective

Maritime industries in the EU had a turnover of 159 bn and employed 1545000 people in 1997. They added value of 70 bn 1 of GDP and contributed 23 bn 33 of VA to EU funds. The project will increase the competitiveness of European industrial ports by increasing port throughput by 10. It will achieve this by improving the accuracy of calculation of under keel clearance UKC from 50 cm to 10 cm enabling more ships to pass through the ports during a tide. The project will also increase real time ship movement forecasting and position accuracy this will reduce accidents and groundings in narrow waters which will improve safety and increase port throughput. It will introduce a new sensor that will provide very accurate real time ship movement forecasting in the case of GPS system blackout.

The market for OPTIPORT could be very large in this growing and increasingly competitive industry Our provisional analysis of the target market size indicates that within Rotterdam port there are potentially 1 000 users for 300 OPTIPORT systems A provisional estimation of demand is 15 000 European systems and 20 000 in North America. At a target selling price of 25 000 this gives a market value of 375m in Europe and 500m in North America. The proposed project will create international export opportunities for those involved in the manufacture of this new ship navigation technology help to protect the sector they serve from globalisation effects and increase their competitiveness through the following OPTIPORT key product features Increased port throughput Improved ship safety during port entry Low cost...

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology › radio frequency
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › computer hardware › computer processors
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › information engineering › telecommunications › radio technology › radar
• engineering and technology › electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering › electronic engineering › sensors
• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Programme(s)

• FP6-SME - Horizontal research activities involving SMEs: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• SME-1 - Co-operative Research (all areas of science and technology)

Call for proposal

FP6-2004-SME-COOP
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Funding Scheme

COOPERATIVE -

Coordinator

MARIMATECH AS

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: SAMSOVEJ 31 ; HINNERUP ; Denmark
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Participants (9)

PORT AUTONOME DE NANTES SAINT NAZAIRE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 18 quai Ernest Renaud ; BP 18609 NANTES
• Total cost: No data

GRAM AND JUHL A/S

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hirsevej 16 ; HADERSLEV
• Total cost: No data

TERMOPLASTICOS PERAL, S.A.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pol.Inds.Los Gallegos; C/alondra, No 5 ; FUENLABRADA (MADRID)
• Total cost: No data

RCD RADIOKOMUNIKACE SPOL S.R.O

Czechia

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 26 Stare Hradiste ; STARE HRADISTE
• Total cost: No data

PERA INNOVATION LTD

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Pera Innovation Park Nottingham Road ; MELTON MOWBRAY LEICESTERSHIRE
• Total cost: No data

TEKNOLOGISK INSTITUTT AS

Norway

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Akersveien 24 C ; 2608 OSLO
• Total cost: No data

NAVDATA OY

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Eskolantie ; HELSINKI
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LUCIAD NV

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Parijsstraat 74 ; LEUVEN
• Total cost: No data

NAVICON AS

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Clausholms Alle 2 ; VIBY
• Total cost: No data