On the occasion of the World Environment Day celebrated on June 5,  the Piraeus Port Authority S.A. (PPA S.A.) announced on Tuesday, that
the quality of the sea water at the port of Piraeus will be monitored in a groundbreaking way with the use of a pollution hunting robot fish.
The robot fish weighs 50-kilos, and is 110-centimeters-long and will be used by the port of Piraeus in the context of the European programme SUPPORT, detects and measures pollutants through its sensors. It moves automatically or manually, using sound waves and GPS, and transmits information and images to four screens at the PPA S.A. Environmental Centre.
Control units have also been installed to monitor air pollution, recycling, the quality of the sea water, on shore-generated and ship-generated waste management, as well as photovoltaic parks.
PPA S.A. has announced a tender for the project focusing on upgrading the port’s lighting systems, its buildings and archaeological sites, as well as its 20 medium-voltage distribution substations. The port authority spends roughly 2.2 million euros on environmental protection programmes, has ISO 14001 certification and features a highly specialised environmental protection unit.