MGM Lab · innovative start-up
Smart Marina
The smart platform for marinas and tourist ports
Access for cars, people and boats, berths and security in one system. It recognises situations, not people.
MGM Lab · product owner
No biometric recognition
The problem
A marina is run with many systems that don’t talk to each other.
A day at the marina
Today every system works on its own: staff on the quay find out by phone or from a logbook.
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Separate systems
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Guests, crews and suppliers registered by hand
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Cameras that record but don’t alert
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Badges and tags to hand out and collect back
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The market we serve
A clear demand: marina operators want security and hospitality together.
Who pays
Marina and tourist port operators
Concession holders, management companies, boatyards with berths.
First case
A pilot marina
We start with one gate and one pontoon, with the metrics agreed beforehand.
Then
More marinas, then other sites
More ports connected, and other access-controlled sites.
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What already exists
Each tool covers one part of the port. None holds them together.
Height = how much the tool understands on its own · position = how much of the port it covers
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Three examples illustrative
What happens, step by step.
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What we connect
Six parts of the port, one point of control.
SMART MARINAcars, people and boats linked to the same visit
Vehicle access
Guests, crews and suppliers
Incoming boats
Berths and parking
Security and alarms
Operations centre
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Why it’s different
More security, less friction for whoever comes in.
Recognises situations, not people
No facial recognition: the system sees intrusions, flows and hazards, not who you are.
No badges, no app to install
A QR code or a link is all a guest needs: the permit is valid for the right berth and the right time.
Builds on what the port already has
It uses existing cameras and systems; analysis happens on site, in the port.
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How it works
Four steps: see, connect, decide, act.
01 · SEE
Cameras, number-plate readers and sensors report what happens at the gates, on the water and on the pontoons
02 · CONNECT
The car, people and boat of the same visit go into a single temporary record
03 · DECIDE
Port rules and a confidence level say whether it’s normal; in doubtful cases a person decides
04 · ACT
The barrier opens, staff get a notification, the guest receives the berth and directions
Active security
Ten situations the system recognises and reports.
Press «Play»: the situations light up one at a time where they can happen.
1Perimeter intrusion
2Person in the water
3Smoke or fire on board
4Vehicle in a restricted area
5Access without a permit
6Unusual crowding
7Abandoned object
8Suspicious movements at night
9Collision between boats
10Fuel slick on the water
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Ask the port illustrative
A question in plain words, an answer with the evidence.
pick a question · illustrative examples, names and numbers made up
What the operator sees sample figures
The whole marina on one screen, as it happens.
Berths in real time
The operations centre
Boats arrived today0arrivals
Berths occupied0per cent
Guests registered0no queues
Alarms to review0verified
Time to get in0seconds
MonTueWedThuFriSat
arrivals per day · aggregated data, nothing that identifies people
How we start
Security and access first, then everything else.
1 · Security and accessgates, video analytics, alarms, QR codes for guests
2 · Operations controlsmart berths and parking, tasks for staff
3 · Guest servicesdigital welcome, forecasts, digital twin of the port
4 · Several marinas togethershared control for different ports
The pilot
One marina, one gate, one pontoon
The first phase is tested in a small area, chosen with the operator.
What we measure
Times, alarms, queues
How long is the wait at the gate? How many alarms were real? How many guests get in without queuing?
What we need
An operator ready to start
Access to the cameras and the management software, an operational contact at the port.
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Smart Marina · the smart platform for marinas and tourist ports
What if the port already knew who was arriving?
The first step: a site visit to choose the gate and the pontoon for the pilot.
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