Previous Experience

26, Jul, 2018

Using ship motion modelling to achieve
significant benefits over the standard methods

Using ship motion modelling to achieve significant benefits over the standard methods

Experience

Channel Design, Dredge Optimisaion, UKC Analysis

Dynamic Moored Vessel Analysis

Full Scale Vessel Motion Analysis

Channel Design, Dredge Optimisaion, UKC Analysis

Dynamic Moored Vessel Analysis

Full Scale Vessel Motion Analysis

2021
Associated British Ports	Channel UKC study for The Humber river ports.
(JNPT) Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust	DUKC® benefit study.
2020
Tanger Med	Tanger Med Assessment of UKC requirements for Ultra Large Container Ships at the Port of Tanger Med (TM1).
Dampier Salt Ltd	Study to evaluate optimum berth pocket depths at Mistaken Island.
Viva Energy	Dredge optimisation analysis for the deep draft tanker route at Geelong.
T-Ports	UKC and accessibility assessment for the Lucky Eyre transhipment vessel.
Confidential	Full scale measurements and squat analysis for a passenger vessel.

2019
ExxonMobil	Assessment of UKC requirements for larger tankers and LNG vessels at the Caution Bay terminal in Papua New Guinea.
T-Ports	Dynamic Port Capacity Modelling of the greenfields Lucky Bay transhipment operation.
North Queensland Bulk Ports	Channel depth assessment for Capesized vessels at Weipa.
Woodside	UKC risk assessment for Woodside’s Dampier operations.
TangerMed	Assessment of UKC requirements for Ultra Large Container Ships at the Port of Tanger Med
Pilbara Ports Authority (Port Hedland)	Channel Risk & Optimisation Project (CROP) update.
TasPorts	Assessment of the static UKC regime for the port of Burnie.
Teck Resources	Assessment of maximum potential sailing drafts for outbound bulk carriers at the Port of Vancouver.
Belfast Harbour	Review of UKC requirements for bulk carriers, ferries and cruise ships.

2018
South 32 / GEMCO	Groote Eylandt UKC analysis.
North Queensland Bulk Ports	Jessica Point study.
Rio Tinto	Dredge benefits analysis for Dampier and Cape Lambert.
Rio Tinto	Dredge volume analysis to accommodate capesize class vessels at a port facility.
Flinders Ports	Navigational risk assessment for container vessels at Port Adelaide.
AECOM (Confidential)	Channel accessibility study for container vessels at an existing port.
WA Port (Confidential)	Channel accessibility and dredge optimisation study to assess the viability of larger vessels.

2017
Mid West Ports Authority	Feasibility assessment for new vessel class including full bridge simulations.
Mid West Ports Authority	Channel design for new vessel class.
Mid West Ports Authority	Dredging benefits analysis.
AECOM	Channel accessibility study for the Port of Newcastle.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Dampier)	Post dredge analysis to assess the benefits of the dredging campaign.
Lyttelton, NZ	Evaluation of channel capacity for a nominated channel profile, and optimisation of the depths to achieve the same throughput.
WA Port (Confidential)	Channel accessibility and dredge optimisation study to assess the viability of larger vessels.
Caltex	UKC at berth risk assessment for Kurnell Berth at Port Botany.
Woodside	UKC risk assessment for Woodside’s Dampier operations and development of an operational planning tool.

2016
Montreal Port Authority	Optimisation of the dredging requirements for the St Lawrence river between Montreal and Trois-Rivieres.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Cape Lambert)	Progress survey channel analysis to assess the benefits of additional dredging to assist in the management of the dredge campaign and determine the most critical areas to target.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Dampier)	Progress survey channel analysis to determine the benefits of achieving a revised depth target to inform the direction of the dredge campaign.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Cape Lambert)	Assessment of the impacts on sailing drafts resulting from channel accretion.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore (Dampier)	Analysis of the expected benefits with respect to sailing windows and maximum drafts for a number of alternative dredged channel profiles.

2015
Pilbara Port Authority (Port Hedland)	Assessment of the benefits expected from the Channel Risk and Optimisation (CROP) proposal.
Aurizon	Evaluation of channel capacity for a nominated channel profile, and optimisation of the depths to achieve the same throughput.

2014
Pilbara Port Authority (Port Hedland)	Analysis of expected benefits gained by increasing the depth of the channel.
Geraldton Port Authority	Vessel motion analysis to assess UKC requirements.

2013
Geraldton Port Authority	Channel UKC risk assessment.
Port of Brisbane Corporation	Dredging impact study to quantify the expected increase in maximum sailing draft gained by increasing the depth of the channel.
Port of Melbourne Corporation	Tanker Access Study for 14.7m tanker vessels accessing the Port of Melbourne.
Port Hedland Port Authority	Inner Harbour dredge capacity study for Port Hedland Port Authority to target critical dredging spots considering UKC requirements.

2012
Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Assessment of channel width requirements for Cape Lambert, WA.

2011
Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Channel design optimisation for maximising vessel utilisation at Cape Lambert, WA.
Worley Parsons / OPR	Oakajee channel design.
Fremantle Ports	Channel accessibility study.
Chevron	LNG vessel motion analysis.
Port of Townsville	UKC assessment.

2010
Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Analysis of current forces on vessels for Cape Lambert berths.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Channel design optimisation for proposed port developments at Cape Lambert, WA.
JFA Consultants	Oakajee barge motion analysis.

2009
Port Hedland Port Authority	Channel design study to determine dredge requirements to achieve incremental draft gains.
JFA Consultants	Oakajee channel design.
Rio Tinto Iron Ore	Channel design optimisation for proposed port developments at Cape Lambert, WA.
AECOM for API	Channel design optimisation for proposed bulk port at Anketell Point, WA.
Ports Corporation Queensland (Weipa)	Targeted dredging advice to optimise DUKC^®.

2008
Port Otago Limited	Channel design optimisation for the Port of Otago for next generation 6,000 & 8,000 TEU container vessels.
JFA Consultants / Albany Port Authority	Peer review of channel design for approach channel for proposed expansion for Grange resources.
Gasbridge, NZ	Channel design optimisation for Port Taranaki (NZ) for proposed LNG vessels consistent with the operational DUKC^®.

2007
Worley Parsons	UKC Sensitivity Study for proposed Oakajee port development, Western Australia.
Maunsell	UKC Sensitivity Study for proposed Oakajee port development, Western Australia.

2006
Worley Parsons	UKC requirements and channel depths for tankers transiting the Dampier channel to be developed for the Woodside Pluto Project.

2005
Silver Fern Shipping	Channel design optimisation for the Port of Marsden Point, (NZ) to provide a design that is consistent with the operational DUKC^®.
Ports Corp Queensland	Channel design optimisation for the Port of Hay Point to provide a design that is consistent with the operational DUKC^®.
Westgate Transport	Channel design optimisation for Port Taranaki (NZ) to provide a design that is consistent with the operational DUKC^®.
Flinders Ports	Channel design optimisation for the approaches to the Adelaide Outer Harbour to maximise the yield of their planned capital dredging.
Fremantle Ports	Channel design optimisation for Fremantle Ports to provide a design that is consistent with the operational DUKC^®.
Newcastle Port Corporation	Channel depth analysis for the Port of Newcastle following the recent implementation of a DUKC^® system.
2003
TranzRail and Beca Carter Hollings and Ferner	Desk top study to determine optimum channel depths for a proposed rail ferry terminal at exposed site at Clifford Bay, South Island, NZ.
Hamersley Iron	Study to determine depth increases and locations to achieve optimum yield increase, Port of Dampier, WA.

2002
Geraldton Port Authority	Navigation study to determine minimum depths required for the specified wave conditions to provide the required UKC for the specified design vessel for the Geraldton Port Enhancement Project, WA.

2001
Geraldton Port Authority	Navigation study to assess dredging options of North and South Channels, Geraldton Port, WA.
Ports of Auckland Limited	Review of channel design and UKC requirements for the deepening of the port approach channels.

2000
Port Authority of New York/New Jersey	Desk study of dredging options for Kill Van Kull and Newark Channels, New York Harbour, USA.
Victorian Channels Authority	Deepening study of Port Phillip Channels, Melbourne, Vic.

1998
Townsville Port Authority	Study into ship-bank interaction to assess the optimum dredging required to reduce the existing bank effect by 50%. Included full scale and model-scale measurements of bank effect forces and moments as well as numerical modelling of the bank effect being experienced at Townsville, Qld.
1992
Ports Corporation of Queensland	Development of a transit/UKC simulation model for the Port of Weipa, Qld, to investigate various options related to dredged bed level profiles, gross under-keel clearance allowances, vessel scheduling and variation of vessel engine speed along the transit through the harbour and South Channel.

2022
Gladstone Ports Corporation	Moored vessel risk analysis
Pilbara Ports Authority	Dynamic moored vessel analysis including the impact of passing vessels.
BHP	Comprehensive dynamic moored vessel analysis to ensure safe mooring practices.
Antofagasta Minerals	Dynamic moored vessel analysis for vessels at Puerto Punta Chungo, Chile, including the impact of long period waves.
NQBP	Optimisation of mooring arrangements for multiple vessel classes at each berth.
Lyttelton Port Company	Mooring analysis to evaluate expected operability and downtime for a berth expansion project, considering both traditional and active mooring systems.
Alcoa	Analysis of moored vessel motions and mooring line forces.
Eastland Port	Dynamic moored vessel analysis at Gisborne, including infra-gravity waves.
2020
Antofagasta Minerals	Dynamic moored vessel analysis for vessels at Puerto Punta Chungo, Chile, including the impact of long period waves.
Pilbara Ports Authority	Assessment of alternative mooring arrangements for the Dampier Cargo Wharf.
Maritime Constructions	Dynamic mooring analysis for the Smith Bay Floating Wharf study at Kangaroo Island.
NQBP	Dynamic mooring analysis for the Hay Point berths.
Flinders Ports	Dynamic mooring analysis for Port Adelaide Outer Harbour berths.
Gladstone Ports Corporation	Passing vessel interaction study for RG Tanna berths.
Rio Tinto	Assessment of alternative mooring configurations.
Port Hedland	Dynamic mooring analysis including passing vessels.

2019
Port Hedland	Dynamic mooring analysis including passing vessels for Utah Point berth with Cavotec MoorMaster units.
Fremantle Ports	Dynamic mooring analysis examining motions of moored vessels in the Inner Harbour.
Fremantle Ports / Alcoa	Dynamic moored vessel analysis including analysis of infragravity (long period) waves.
Rio Tinto	Post incident mooring analysis, including an assessment of alternative mooring configurations.
Port of Napier	Dynamic moored vessel analysis for Cavotec MoorMaster system.

2018
Caltex	Passing vessel interaction study at the Port of Brisbane.
Caltex	Dynamic moored vessel response analysis for MR and LR1 tankers at the Port of Mackay.

2017
AECOM / BP	Tangguh LNG project.
Caltex Australia	Barney Point moored vessel response analysis for passing vessel interactions, Gladstone.
Fremantle Ports	Moored vessel response analysis for passing vessel interactions.
Rio Tinto	VLOC mooring analysis for Cape Lambert.

2016
Viva Energy	Mooring analysis for LR1 tankers at Dampier.
Wallbridge Gilbert Aztec	Kangaroo Island floating wharf mooring analysis.
Gladstone Ports Corporation	Clinton vessel interaction study assuming Cavotec MoorMaster.
Jacobs	Moored vessel analysis for Amrun project.
Pilbara Ports Authority	Passing vessel interaction study for MoorMaster moorings at Utah Point, Port Hedland.

2015
Rio Tinto	Assessment of alternative mooring configurations for iron ore berths at Dampier.

2014
Rio Tinto	Numerical modelling study of vessel motions, mooring line tensions and fender deflections for Ehoala berth, Madagascar.
Rio Tinto	Moored vessel analysis for Cape Lambert operational Berth Warning System.
AECOM	Moored vessel analysis for Geraldton Berth 7.

2013
Jacobs	Moored vessel analysis for Amrun project.

2012
GHB / Arrow Head	Dynamic vessel mooring study for Gladstone LNG jetty.
AECOM	Numerical modelling study of vessel motions, mooring line tensions and fender deflections for proposed Port Kembla Outer Harbour development.
FASTJV / BHP	Quantum Project, Port Hedland Western Australia.

2011
SKM	Passing vessel interaction study for Port of Newcastle.
KLH / James Price Port	Dynamic vessel mooring study for proposed LNG Berth at James Price Point.
AECOM	Numerical modelling study of vessel motions, mooring line tensions and fender deflections for proposed Port Kembla Outer Harbour development.
AECOM	Dynamic vessel mooring study for Port Hedland’s FMG3 berth.
SKM / BHP	Dynamic vessel mooring study for Port Hedland’s AP4 and AP5 berths including MoorMaster units.
Aztec Analysis	Numerical moored vessel study for a Land Helicopter Dock (LHD) vessel at BAE site.
Beca	Mooring study for Clifford Bay including MoorMaster units.

2010
AECOM	Dynamic vessel mooring study for Geraldton #7 Berth including MoorMaster units.
SKM / Rio Tinto	Mooring analysis for proposed Cape Lambert Port B berths.
Aspec Engineering	Mooring analysis for Hay Point upgrade.
Cavotec	MoorMaster mooring analyses for Hay Point.
Geraldton Port Authority	Dynamic vessel mooring study for Geraldton #3, 4 & 5 Berths.
PHPA	Utah Point Port Moorings Analysis including MoorMaster units, Port Hedland.

Previous Experience

Using ship motion modelling to achieve
significant benefits over the standard methods

Using ship motion modelling to achieve significant benefits over the standard methods

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