Result: Tool and Testing The Tracking of Floating Containers

Result: Tool and Testing The Tracking of Floating Containers

As one of the main innovative added values of PROMPT is the development of an algorithm detector, the team successfully developed an algorithm designed to track floating containers onto the sea. Activities under this result involved a deep research, communication, and collaboration between partners WASDI and OEPT.

An experiment was conducted to perform real-scale test of tracking floating containers at one of the project sites (Port of Tripoli-Lebanon) to achieve the following outcomes:

• Improved surveillance, detection, and recovery operations, particularly for detecting floating objects like containers in the sea. 
• Carried out a real-scale test of container drifting in the coastal waters of Tripoli harbor
• Updated port’s contingency plan and trained emergency response teams for future steps.
• Trained port personnel and HSE team on how to track containers on-site in case of any accident occurrence and on marine pollution generally.

In conclusion, the PROMPT team successfully achieved the result: tool for tracking floating containers thanks to the innovative algorithm developed by partner WASDI and OEPT after a deep research, communication, and collaboration. The algorithm tool is designed to Improve surveillance, detection, and recovery operations, particularly for detecting floating objects like containers in the sea. A real-scale testing of floating containers was conducted at the project site (Port of Tripoli-Lebanon) to ensure the tool works and enhance the port's personnel capacity as end-users.