In response to the war in Ukraine, European governments took swift and decisive action to reduce their dependence on Russian gas and diversify their sources of supply. One of the key strategies was to launch projects to set up maritime liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals in the shortest possible time. These terminals allow receiving…
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…
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…
The Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport has invited Siport21 to present their maritime traffic simulation software, Siflow21, at the 12th International Maritime and Logistics Conference “Marlog 12”, held in Alexandria (Egypt) from 12 th to 14 th of march. The main topic of the Conference is “Innovative Technologies for Ports and Logistics…
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…
Siport21 has joined SLOM (Latin American Maritime Oil Terminals and Mono Buoys Association) in order to promote initiatives that lead to continuous improvement in the operational performance and management of the Maritime Oil & Gas Terminals. It will be a Class B Member, as a company providing services or goods for the terminals. The association…
The specific conditions of the Pacif coast, with high wave energy content, generatea marked impact over moored ships at jetties or buoysystems. Although the usual waveconditionsdo not involve impressive wave heights, the dominant presence of longperiods (between 12 and 25 seconds) causes very significant interaction forces on the moored vessels. Due to these circumstances, high…
Nautical RiskAssessmenton Offshore Wind FarmsApplying Big Data and Artificial Intelligence In several European projects, Siport21 has applied a methodology of nautical risk assessment on offshore wind farms that includes Big Data and Artificial Intelligence techniques. The location of an offshore wind farm should be carefully studied to analyze its impact on maritime traffic. The methodology…
Siport21 has been awarded acontract from Qatargas, for up to six years,to deliver navigation studies mainly focused to guarantee the safety of operations at the Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLIC) port expansion projects. The area of interest for this project includesnew Oil and LNG Terminals that must be fully and safely integrated into the rest…
Siport21, together with Gasnam, Basque Maritime Forum, Cotenaval, and Murueta Shipping Company, will develop a simulator of ship configuration related to economic and environmental efficiency (ECOBUQ). This project has been presented by Gasnam, as an Innovative Business Group, to a research program from the Spanish Department of Trade and Industry. The aim of this project…