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‘ The ever-growing size of vessels is one of the most important developments’
The Infrastructure market covers a wide and diverse range in many ways: from projects studying the capacity of inland waterways and the design and operation of ports and terminals, to offshore infrastructure like the futuristic hyperloop described in the previous edition of Report magazine.
ur clients are ‘owners’ of the infrastructure such as port authorities, local and regional governments or private terminal operators, but also consulting engineers that need specialist input in the design team, contractors who want to verify an alternative design or proposed construction methods, and tug companies and dredging contractors amongst others.
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Multi-party projects Infrastructure projects are often multi-party projects, emphasises Johan Dekker, Project Manager Maritime Operations and responsible for the Infrastructure market. “Port authorities and governments are on
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one side developers of new infrastructures, but on the other hand they have a role in permitting the development of new facilities in their region, setting the limits for access for ships or preparing guidelines for design. As a permitting authority, they can be an important stakeholder for our client. And professional users such as pilots, captains, tug masters or inland skippers are often involved as well.”
Johan comments: “We support our clients in all stages of a project: during concept development, detailed engineering, construction, design and operations.” Personally, he likes the port projects in
which MARIN advises clients on the full range of the nautical design. “This can include simulating the manoeuvres to/ from the berth, evaluating the under keel clearance, calculating the dynamic behaviour of the moored ship and analysing the nautical risks so we can advise on the limits for the operation and the options to mitigate risks.” He also enjoys projects in which we are involved in the early design stage and can help the client in optimising the design or construction methodology. A few years ago, the number of breasting dolphins for an FSU terminal could be reduced, which represented important cost savings, he points out. “Dredgers and other
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