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…
After their Maritime Training Provider certification by DNV, Siport21 launches a new Training Programme, a combined International Maritime Organization learning programme: IMO 1.22 (Ship Simulator and Bridge Teamwork) and IMO 1.39 (Leadership and Teamwork). This course, complying with DNV-ST-0008, is for seafarers of whatever type of vessel, as well as for other maritime industry employees.…
The company Siport21 has presented at the 16thSpanish Coastal and Port Engineering Conference, an applied methodology based on massive simulations for the dimensioning of navigation channels, risk assessment, and maritime accidents analysis. This methodology has been used to analyze the access of a largervessel at the Port of Buenaventura (Colombia) or in the Port of…
Siport21, the maritime and port consultancy company, has obtained the quality management system certification by the ISO 9001:2015 standard. This certificate is valid for the development of projects and technical assistance in nautical studies: navigation and manoeuvring studies in port areas, mooring and anchoring studies; as well as the development of training programmes for merchant…
The Port Authority of Castellon has awarded Siport21 the impact evaluation study of the “Delphinidae” project. With abudget of 325.000 euros and six-monthexecution period, this is one of the major entity real-time ship manoeuvring studies requested by a Spanish Port Authority. The study willassessthe current configuration of the Port and two future developments which includea…