Implementation and Validation of SAFEPORT System at Sines Harbour

Abstract:

SAFEPORT safety system aims to daily reports to the Sines harbor administration, potential emergency situations regarding ships’ operation in port areas caused by extreme weather-oceanographic conditions, that may occur in the next three days. It consists of a set of numerical models and a qualitative risk assessment and forecasting. It uses forecasts provided offshore of the area under the study of sea agitation, wind and tide. The characterization of the response of the free and moored ships at a berth is performed using numerical models which deal with formulations in the frequency and time domain. The system issue alerts, through danger levels associated with risk levels of exceedance of recommended values for movements and forces imposed on ship mooring systems. SAFEPORT can be adapted to any port. So far, it has been developed and adapted to three terminals of the port of Sines, where three different ships were simulated. This paper presents the developments made to date of the safety system, in terms of its implementation and validation. The numerical models run every day, in real-time mode, in a computer cluster. The results are disseminated on a web page and a mobile application in a variety of formats.

• Periodical: Defect and Diffusion Forum (Volume 427)
• Pages: 215-226
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-2SBfIR
• Online since: July 2023
• Authors: Liliana Vieira Pinheiro*, Andreia H. Gomes, Conceição Juana Fortes, João Alfredo Santos
• Keywords: Moored Ships, Risk Analysis, SAFEPORT, SWAMS, Wave Propagation

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