Tech
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
will save time and money at port
sector
T
he maritime and port engineering company,
Siport21, in cooperation with Instituto
Tecnológico de Informática (ITI) have
developed an algorithm to predict six
degrees of freedom of a moored vessel at
port of A Coruna.
The outer port at Punta Langosteira in
Galicia was built to increase capacity and
move most sensitive goods out of the city.
This port moves two million tonnes, a relevant part of total 7.6
million of the port of A Coruña.
Hegemony of data
The continuous increase of both the load and the size of the
vessels pushes the importance to coordinate the different port
agents. An enormous quantity of massive data is changing
the sector in order to optimize time consume, foster growth of
business and improve the economic performance.
This trend is aligned with the collaboration between
Siport21 and ITI to develop advanced algorithms to predict
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the motions in six degrees of freedom of moored vessels at
port of Langosteira.
Big Data and Artificial Intelligence
Precise prediction of moored vessels motions under the
action of waves, wind and maritime traffic considering their
specific characteristics is vital to establish operation and safety
conditions.
Siport21 and ITI have achieved this predictive model using
massive data processing and powerful statistics techniques
available to technology enablers: Big Data and Artificial
Intelligence.
In order to check the results, two 3D models were developed
aimed at representing the ship movements, along with a twin
model who represented the predicted motions. This rendering
shows the high similarity of movements in six degrees of
freedom.
This project is based on Siport21 measurement campaign
carried out over 4 moored vessels at port of Punta Langosteira.
The data obtained in this campaign were used to characterize
the behavior of the moored ships in six degrees of freedom.
http://en.siport21.com/