The Mimosa project, a cross-border cooperation initiative between Italy and Croatia funded by the European Union, has issued a tender for the purchase of two instrumental buoys on the Dalmatian coast, near the Šibenik Channel, the gateway to the city of Šibenik. This channel sees the daily transit of around 1,800 vessels during the summer season.
Managed by the Port Authority of Šibenik, the tender aimed to procure two instrumental buoys with a sensor system for measuring various meteorological data necessary for regulating the safe transport of passengers in the port.
The Resinex type FP 200 buoys were evaluated as the best choice to meet the needs of the port authorities and they were deployed at the beginning of 2023 summer.
In addition to meteorological data, the sensors on the buoys can also detect pollutants and foresee their possible geographical spread, considering sea currents and wind direction.
