Aitor Acha joins Siport21 team

The maritime-port consultancy, Siport21, has appointed Aitor Acha Bedialauneta as the new Commercial and Business Development Director, betting for a person with extensive professional experience in the port sector. Aitor Acha is a Civil Engineer. He began his professional career as a Construction Manager in several national and international building companies. Subsequently, he joined the…

Siport21’s offshore wind projects reference in the Spanish Naval Architecture Congress

Nowadays, Spain is a benchmark in the value chain of offshore wind power installations, so confirmed by Spanish Naval Architecture Congress, held in Bilbao, where Siport21 has presented two of its projects related to this industry. Offshore wind turbine fields require the manufacture of large-scale elements (cylindrical structures of the tower, the nacelle, or the…

HAZID-HAZOP processes in hazardous products terminals using manoeuvring and mooring simulation

During the II ANPRA Congress of Lessons Learned from Serious Accidents or Incidents in Pilotage Maneuvers, organized in Cartagena by the National Association of Colombian Pilots, Siport21 explained the paramount importance of HAZID-HAZOP processes as a tool for risk analysis in port operations. The Formal Safety Assessment (FSA) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) includes…

Buque Haugesud Knutsen GNL bunkering

Siport21 involved in the design of mooring equipment and compatibility studies of the first Spain-flagged small-scale LNG carrier

Siport21 is involved in the review of the mooring equipment design and compatibility studies of the first Spanish small-scale LNG carrier, the “Haugesund Knutsen”. The ship, owned by the shipping company Knutsen OAS, began operating in January. This new carrier, built by Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon in Gijon and flagged in Spain, has 92 metres…