⚓iGreenPort

A Dataspace to Monitor Seawater Quality in SmartPorts

The Port of Palma de Mallorca faces significant environmental challenges due to maritime traffic, specifically from the anchoring of ships and discharges of poorly treated water, which severely impact water quality and the Posidonia seagrass.

iGreenPort addresses these challenges by creating a data space that combines seawater quality and AIS data, supporting the PortCDM (Collaborative Decision Making) model. This model establishes a data marketplace to share near-real-time seawater quality data (starting with turbidity) and AIS data, crucial for identifying pollution sources. The system gathers AIS data through a hardware receiver or AIS stations and turbidity data from sensors on continuously moving maritime pilot boats.

These datasets are shared through a Marketplace with entities of the iGreenPort consortium, who use them to add value by creating new data packages and advanced services for seawater monitoring and analysis. The iGreenPort Dataspace leverages the Marketplace, powered by FIWARE technology and iSHARE specifications, to facilitate secure, efficient, and traceable data exchange.

The development of iGreenPort required a FIWARE technology-based structure to support Big Data from IoT, combined with iSHARE components to enable a Marketplace with a secure and agile authentication system. iSHARE Satellite, in coordination with the Identity Provider and Authorization Registry, further verifies whether participants sharing data in the iGreenPort Dataspace are trusted organisations.

This system allows Port Authorities and other stakeholders to access data through a single Marketplace, improving environmental monitoring and operational efficiency at the Port of Palma de Mallorca.

Learn more about the iGreenPort in the Impact Story.

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