PORTS4.0-2023 “IDEAS” - I-4.75

Ports 4.0 is a flagship innovation-funding initiative launched by the Spanish national port authority Puertos del Estado and regional port authorities. Its primary aim is to attract, support, and accelerate entrepreneurial talent (startups, spin‑offs, intra‑entrepreneurs) in the Spanish logistics and port ecosystem to drive digital transformation, sustainability, competitiveness, security, and efficiency in line with Industry 4.0 principles. The IDEAS track supports early-stage technological concepts at Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) 1–2, helping turn them into initial proofs of concept (TRL 3). Spascat has been awarded the project I-4.75 “GAROTES”, under which it will explore the theoretical feseability of a IoT buoy network to be combines with Earth Observation data in order to continuosuly retrieve the bathymetry of the inner parts of the Port de Barcelona. The goal is to validate technical feasibility and demonstrate readiness for subsequent stages of innovation during a period of six months.