To protect customer assets, leading Mediterranean leisure port, Port Adriano in Spain, recently replaced its analog video surveillance system with an IP-based system consisting a total of 45 Axis Communications network and thermal cameras during port expansions and refurbishment. Axis partner and installer for the project Estel Ingeniería y Obras installed the surveillance system, and deployed a fiber optics infrastructure which, apart from serving as a network for marina services, extends to the moorings, the new surveillance system at the port. The port originally built in 1974 was refurbished by prestigious French designer Philippe Starck, and includes a 6.17 acre (25,000 square meter) service area for moorings, 800 parking spaces, a 4,000 square meter shopping area and a 2.47 acre dry dock area.
To protect customer assets, leading Mediterranean leisure port, Port Adriano in Spain, recently replaced its analog video surveillance system with an IP-based system consisting a total of 45 Axis Communications network and thermal cameras during port expansions and refurbishment. Axis partner and installer for the project Estel Ingeniería y Obras installed the surveillance system, and deployed a fiber optics infrastructure which, apart from serving as a network for marina services, extends to the moorings, the new surveillance system at the port. The port originally built in 1974 was refurbished by prestigious French designer Philippe Starck, and includes a 6.17 acre (25,000 square meter) service area for moorings, 800 parking spaces, a 4,000 square meter shopping area and a 2.47 acre dry dock area.
Thanks to this project, backed by investments of over US$116.4 million (90 million Euros), Port Adriano leads the way in Mediterranean leisure ports. The marina boasts a shopping area featuring prestigious world-class nautical, lifestyle, fashion brands and services. Services include a gym, diving school and a dry dock are also provided. The management company for the marina, Ocibar, proposed upgrading the physical security elements of the marina in order to protect facilities, personnel, client's vessels and their crews.
The new video surveillance system at the port comprises 38 outdoor vandal resistant domes, 4 PTZ domes and 3 thermal network cameras. All these products are outdoor ready and IP66-rated, which guarantees resistance in the demanding atmospheric and meteorological conditions faced in port areas. The outdoor vandal resistant domes offer HD resolution images of all the main areas of the port, delivering significant image quality improvements in comparison with previous analog cameras. Port Adriano is one of the first Mediterranean ports to use thermal network cameras to control the arrival and departure of boats. Strategic placement of these devices ensures that, even on the darkest nights, in dense fog or on stormy days, it is possible to detect any movement of vessels in the area of influence of the marina.
Another security system innovation at the port is the deployment of an ALPR system at its new underground car park to control vehicle access. This system automatizes tasks such as automatically opening the barrier for vehicles with a registration plate number already stored in the database because the owner is either a client of the marina or regular supplier of one of the shops there.