CAPITALIZING PORT NOISE MITIGATION STRATEGIES: THE CLASTER PROJECT

Port noise pollution is an increasingly sensitive problem and a serious issue for the population which lives in the surroundings of the infrastructure. Ports in the Mediterranean Sea are generally surrounded by urban areas which are impacted by the noise generated by port activities. In this tangled context, the CLASTER (CompatibiLitA e SostenibiliTa rumorE poRtuale - Port noise Compatibility and Sustainability) project, funded within the framework of the cross border Interreg Italy-France Maritime 2021-2027 programme, aims to capitalize the experience and the knowledge gained by the "port noise" cluster in the previous 2014-2020 programming (REPORT, MON ACUMEN, L.I.S.T. PORT, RUMBLE, DECIBEL, TRIPLO projects), to demonstrate how the technical-knowledge base previously developed can be applied to new realities. This will improve the environmental sustainability of ports, both through the implementation of small customized noise mitigation interventions, and through the experimentation and development of new integrated digital systems for acoustic governance and planning at port, municipal and regional levels that can be replicated throughout the cooperation area.