Circle Group & ARELOGIK win port traffic monitoring study worth EUR 70K

Circle S.p.A is in a temporary consortium with ARELOGIK and announces that it has been awarded the study for the development and implementation of an advanced vehicle traffic monitoring system in the port areas of Venice and Chioggia. The total value of the order for Circle is approximately EUR 70,000.

The initiative is promoted by the Port System Authority of the Northern Adriatic Sea and is part of a wide-ranging digital transformation project aimed at optimising operational efficiency, improving safety, and promoting environmental sustainability in the ports of Venice and Chioggia. Thanks to an advanced technological infrastructure to be developed in various implementation phases, the new monitoring system will allow for the real-time collection, processing and sharing of data on vehicle flows, to reduce waiting times, improving the planning and control of port activities and, in the future, extending services to hauliers and concessionaires of the ports of Venice and Chioggia.

The project will be divided into two main phases: the first phase will concern the feasibility study and the definition of the monitoring network model, including the analysis and mapping of vehicle flows, the identification of specific needs, and the definition of a modular implementation plan. The second phase will be devoted to the realisation of the integrated system, with the installation of advanced sensors and the development of software for data management and analysis, up to the testing and operational release phase.

Alexio Picco, Managing Director of Circle, said: ‘We are thrilled to be able to contribute to the digital evolution of two ports as strategic as those of Venice and Chioggia. This project represents an important recognition of the skills that Circle and ARELOGIK put at the service of the port sector, with an approach geared towards innovation and the integration of tailor-made digital solutions. We aim to support Port Authorities and operators in facing future challenges, ensuring efficiency and sustainability, as per the ‘Connect 4 Agile Growth’ business plan.’

Matteo Arena, CEO of ARELOGIK, for his part, explained: ‘We are honoured to be able to contribute to the technological optimisation of the Northern Adriatic Sea AdSP for the benefit of the entire port community. Through a rigorous transport and economic analysis, we will be able to bring out the most efficient model for monitoring vehicle flows in the ports of Venice and Chioggia, implemented by a company of excellence in the logistics digitalisation sector as Circle.

Antonella Scardino, General Secretary of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port System Authority, points out that "in the last three years our Authority has set up a strategy based on innovation as a factor of competitiveness for the ports of Venice and Chioggia. Using the European MILEPORT project, thanks to which AdSP MAS has received an EU contribution from the Interreg Italy-Croatia Programme of more than 284,000 euros, we will increase the level of knowledge of port traffic through advanced transport models. This will enable the activation of infrastructural planning policies aimed at a fluid and modern road and access structure, to and from the ports, with a consequent reduction in congestion and pollution, an increase in intermodal punctuality, and a better understanding of the Venetian port catchment areas. An essential contribution to developing new strategies to attract new markets that will increase our port system traffic.