Abstract:
SAFEPORT safety system aims at forecasting and alerting, on a regular
basis, emergency situations regarding ships operation in port areas caused by
extreme weather-oceanographic conditions. It uses forecasts provided offshore of
the area under study of sea agitation, wind and tide. The characterization of the
response of the free and moored ships at a berth is performed using the numerical
package SWAMS. 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, which includes tests performed in storm situations. The
numerical models run every day, in real-time mode, in a computer cluster and the
system provide forecast results for the next 72 hours. The results are disseminated
on a web page and a mobile application in a variety of formats. It was concluded
that the SAFEPORT safety system issued alerts according to the observed reality
during the storm Dora. It has also been shown to be a computer tool for the
optimization of ship mooring systems. The system is currently in testing and
validation phase therefore, forecasts should be interpreted as indicative.
