PEARLs a Thinker
We may never know how PEARL became an acronym for Port Environmental Information Collector but the three year European Commission funded project will focus on collecting environmental data and facilitating closer European cooperation on port related environmental issues. In the UK, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) will undertake a leading role.
The object of PEARL is to develop a port environmental data management system platform which will ‘fuse’ environmental monitoring data gathered from local and satellite-borne sources and allow interested parties to access a wide range of port related environmental information from one central source.
The ABPmer team, led by project manager Neil Pittam, will be coordinating the collection of information and opinions from approximately 40 European port representatives over the summer.
A number of Spanish, French, Polish and Dutch companies and organisations will be participating in PEARL, which is scheduled for completion in January 2009.
MJInformation No: 22205
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