The project was presented in Vibo Valentia, the service active until 26 August. Tortora-Scalea; Diamante-Bonifati; Piedmontese-Albanian Falconara Guard; Amantea-Gizzeria; Pizzo-Zambrone and Tropea-Foce river Mesima are the affected areas. This anti-pollution naval group is one of the biggest in the Mediterranean area today.
A fleet of 6 new “Pelikan System” sea-sweeping boats will be used by the Calabria Region, from today and until 26 August, for the cleaning of the stretches of water on the Tyrrhenian coast between the Municipalities of Tortora and Nicotera.
It is one of the actions implemented by the Giunta Occhiuto as part of the interventions to defend the Calabrian sea. Already last summer the Region had successfully tested the use of these boats in the stretch of sea between Scalea and Tortora.
The presentation of the new project
The regional administration has thus decided to intensify this activity, also for the 2023 bathing season, through the use of 6 new boats along 6 coastal sections of the Tyrrhenian coast: Tortora-Scalea; Diamante-Bonifati; Piedmontese-Albanian Falconara Guard; Amantea-Gizzeria; Pizzo-Zambrone and Tropea-Foce river Mesima.
The project was presented in the conference room of the Port Authority of Vibo Valentia, in the presence of the director general of the Environment Department of the Calabria Region, Salvatore Siviglia and the CEO of the “Garbage Group” Paolo Baldoni, the company awarded the regional tender which will make the fleet of boats available and will manage the cleaning activities in the sea.
Also present were the Head of the Maritime Department and Commander of the Port of Vibo Valentia, Luigi Spalluto; the general manager of Calabria Verde, Giuseppe Oliva; the rup of the Environment department, Antonio Droise and Valentina Cundari of the Port System Authority of Gioia Tauro.
Features of the boats
The boats, designed and suitably equipped for depolluting activities at sea, will be equipped with suitable hydraulic-mechanical devices for cleaning, even in confined spaces, the coastal stretches of water indicated above by collecting solid materials (floating and semi-submerged waste) and special on-board devices (separator or skimmer) for the removal of greasy and oily substances on the sea surface (e.g. oil, waste water, grey/black water optional).
