Chilean National Maritime Authority approves Siport21 Maritime Training Center for developing manoeuvring studies in Chilean ports

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Chilean National Maritime Authority (DIRECTEMAR) has approved Siport21 Maritime Training Center for developing manoeuvring studies in Chilean ports thereby, this Center will be the unique non Chilean facility with this certification. This certificate has been approved after an exhaustive analysis of the staff from the Chilean Directorate General of the Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine.…

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to maritime traffic management at Port de Barcelona

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The consortium of Siport21, Port de Barcelona, and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC) will develop COMPASS+, an innovative system for maritime traffic operational control based on artificial intelligence and machine learning. This project, in a pre-commercial level, has been selected in the second call of the innovation fund Ports 4.0, managed by…

Siport21 develops a simulator for evaluating the cost-benefit and carbon footprint of an OPS installation in a Port

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The electrification of ports should be a reality in the European Union by 2030. It is therefore necessary to invest in infrastructure able to supply power to the moored vessels so that they can switch off their auxiliary engines, decreasing the greenhouse gas emissions. To achieve this, the European Union ports must implement OPS (Onshore…

Aitor Acha joins Siport21 team

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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

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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

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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…