Who

POSIDONIA towing equipment, SME
PKL tugboat company SME
SRS Mecano Instalatie SME
CNR RTD performer
ZAGREB UNIVERSITY RTD performer
DNV RTD performer

What

It is an improvement of the Emergency Towing System ETS auxiliary intelligent active pick-uo buoy

Where

Italy, Estonia, Croatia are the places where the hardware is developped

When

In early July 2013 the R&D project has been completed and the industrialization phase is starting in Autumn 2013.

Why

for safeguarding the environment, typically preventing oil pollution at sea