Initiative of the Neapolitan Gruppo Riunito Sbarco Cenere and Iello The Neapolitan Gruppo Riunito Sbarco Cenere and Iello have established a partnership to collaboratively carry out the project of industrial research and experimental development TRITONE, which aims to develop an innovative mobile ecological station with the goal of addressing the problem of wastewater treatment in ships. The objective of the project, which will conclude in September, is to obtain clean water with an oil content lower than 5 ppm, in line with the requirements of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), according to which, in order to be discharged into the open sea, bilge water must have a maximum concentration of total hydrocarbons equal to 15 ppm. The platform aims to be a complete and autonomous system, capable of operating directly in the vicinity of vessels, eliminating the need to transfer bilge water to remote systems.
The company Gruppo Riunito Sbarco Cenere, leader of the project, brings to the initiative its consolidated experience in the maritime waste collection sector in ports and the knowledge of operational needs and logistical challenges related to port waste management, while the startup Iello is active in the development of advanced software solutions for the tracking of production processes, a crucial skill for the creation of the digital “brain” of the platform that will enable real-time monitoring, automated management, and the collection of valuable data for optimization and regulatory compliance.
The initiative, supported by the ecosystem “ECOSISTER Ecosystem for Sustainable Transition in Emilia-Romagna”, funded by the Ministry of University and Research as part of the investments envisaged by the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), through the cascading call for proposals in favor of enterprises in Southern Italy SPOKE 5 – “Circular economy and blue economy”, with the University of Ferrara as technical manager, is aimed at strengthening the collaboration between companies in the South and public-private research in the Emilia-Romagna Region.
