Definition of nautical feasibility and safety for large container ships’ manoeuvres in the planned expansion of Cuyutlán Lagoon in Puerto de Manzanillo (Mexico). Passing ships studies were carried out to assess the influence of large container ships’ manoeuvres in in-port navigation on the vessel moored in the future Hydrocarbons Berth, located at the end of…
Implementation feasibility studies were carried out for the installation of the first commercial in-port FLNG in the world, in Bahía Blanca (Argentina). The 16,100 m3-long Exmar FLNG Tango Barge, operational between 2019 and 2020, a collaboration between the companies YPF (Argentina) and Exmar (Belgium), which enabled Argentina to become an LNG exporter country. Review of…
Support studies for the development of off-shore wind farms: buoyancy, towing and anchoring conditions for the design of different gravity structures supporting off-shore wind turbines (Scotland and the Canary Islands); analysis of the risks of interaction with maritime traffic in nearby ports (Dunkirk, France).
The first work in Spain on to measure berthed vessels’ movement on a real scale using GPS-IMU in Punta Langosteira (A Coruña Outer Harbour). The same project was carried out in 2015, on the Cepsa jetty at the Port of Algeciras. Siport21 developed the measuring instrumentation and methodology, which enabled the dynamic response of 13…
Analysis and optimisation of the anchoring process for concrete caissons at the dock at the Port of Gijón, a work with a uniquely sized vertical structure on the Cantabrian coast. The study enabled the limits of the anchoring operation to be fixed (direction-height-wave times) over and above the technical literature for use, for the specific…
Nautical feasibility studies were carried out for the installation of the first commercial FSRU in the world, in the port of Bahía Blanca (Argentina). Subsequently, supplementary studies were carried out for progressive adaptation of the infrastructure to larger capacity vessels, from 138,000 m3 to 151,000 m3, raising the supply vessels up to Q-Flex class (216,000…
Maritime traffic and nautical risk studies for the expansion of the Buenaventura Channel (Colombia) and Bahía de Batangas (Philippines) to help make decisions on the design of new infrastructures (additional berths, dredging large navigation channels) and traffic planning (windows of access, capacity of anchorages, navigation rules, DST). Application of a predictive model based on AIS…
Studies for putting LNG Bunker systems in place (Ferrol, Barcelona, Huelva and various European ports) to supply vessels in port, including recommendations for operation and safety procedures. SiBunker Project (Conceptual simulator for LNG bunkering operations, with indicators of availability for making decisions about the most suitable configuration and potential improvements to it) with AEI Gasnam,…
Technical support for the design of port infrastructures for 42 LNG Terminals, development of all the nautical and maritime safety aspects, and training Pilots and Captains. Entre los servicios que se han realizado destacan:
Nautical studies for large vessel access at worldwide maximums: Triple E container ships (Port of Valencia) (18,000 TEUs 399 x 59 x 15.5 m), Valemax (Port of Gijón) (400,000 TPM 360 x 65 x 23.0 m), “Oasis of the Seas” cruise ship (Port of Barcelona and Cartagena de Indias) (225,000 TRB 362 x 47 x…
