Predicting Vessel Motions: A Comparative Analysis of Machine Learning and Conventional Approaches

Founded in 1910, Boskalis, a leader in offshore operations, contends with limitations in ABB's Ability Marine Advisory System 'OCTOPUS' in predicting maximum vessel motions for heavy-transport vessels (HTVs). Accurate prediction of these motions, especially roll and pitch, is vital for transporting large, heavy structures, as exceeding...

Short-term vessel trajectory and manoeuvre prediction: Predicting vessel trajectories including swing manoeuvres in a scoped area of the Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Situational awareness within port areas is crucial to avoid collisions, navigate efficiently and reduce congestion. Maritime-traffic controllers constantly monitor the situation in the port and intervene when needed. This study proposes a deep learning model that predicts future vessel positions to assist in this process. The model employs a...

Marine Diesel engine response to ventilation loads

Ventilation events are the result of masses of air being transported from the water surface along the hull, through the propeller plane. Previous research in literature has shown that ventilation induces large and sudden variations of the load on the propeller. The response of the propulsion system had not been documented before. This is a...

QUAD Lift Workability Analysis: Evaluating the Dynamic Interaction Between Two Dual crane Vessels using a Frequency Domain Modelling Technique

A QUAD lift is a new lifting method in which dual crane vessels combine their vessel capability to increase their offshore lift performance. The use of the Jumbo J-Class vessels in a QUAD lift creates the opportunity to increase the offshore lift capacity and to install structures with larger dimensions. When floating vessels are close to each...

Assessment on the potential use of vessel motion limit criteria for subsea cable installation

Van Oord is active in the subsea cable installation industry and executes most of their cable lay projects with their cable laying vessel: The Nexus. In this thesis the focus lies on the normal lay phase of the cable installation, which comprises the phase when the vessel is pulling out the cable and putting it down on the seabed following the...

Motion based cable integrity limits for quadrant assisted pull-in operations on submarine inter-array cables

The installation of subsea cables connecting offshore wind turbines to the grid is a delicate process. This is especially the case for the operation of connecting the second end of the cable to the turbine. The applied method of using a quadrant means that in the workability analyses, multibody dynamics, line dynamics and sea state dynamics need...

Vessel Motion Based Assessment of Pipeline Integrity During Installation

If weather conditions become rough, vessel motions with an increased amplitude are excited due to the presence of waves. The sagbend region of a suspended pipeline catenary may experience high loads due to these motions. When the loads become too high, the pipeline integrity cannot be guaranteed. In such case, the pipeline is lowered to the...

Offshore Wind Turbine Monopile Foundation Installation with a Dynamic Positioned Vessel: A feasibility study by modeling

After years of using fossil fuel, the transition to renewable energy sources need to be made to limit the increase in temperature and to support the future energy demand. To support and speed up the transition phase from fossil fuels to renewables it is necessary to decrease the costs. Offshore Wind Turbines are widely used for the production of...

Vessel motion limits to guarantee operable pipe integrity: Methodology to determine vessel motion limits

<br/>Vessel motion limits to guarantee operable pipe integrity<br/>Subsea pipelines are extensively used to transport oil and gas from offshore facilities to offshore terminals, pump stations or to the coast. As the installation of pipelines makes up a significant percentage of the total costs of a project, the workability of the installation...

Significance of Active Tension Compensation during S-lay Pipeline Installation

During S-lay pipeline installation, tension fluctuations in the suspended pipeline are compensated by the tensioner system on the vessel. The goal of this thesis is to answer the questions: to what extent does the active tension compensation (ATC) influence the pipeline integrity during offshore installation. Secondly, which tensioner model...

Vessel motion based criteria for pipeline Abandonment and Recovery operations

Offshore pipeline installation is limited by pipeline integrity during the laying process. Pipeline integrity is evaluated with the help of buckling checks, which help determining the feasibility of pipeline installation for a given sea condition. The operational limit of pipeline installation is determined during project preparation, by...

Identification of response amplitude operators for ships based on full scale measurements

Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) operates several crane vessels, barges and tug boats for the transportation, the installation and the removal of offshore facilities. To achieve safe and successful projects, the accurate prediction of vessel motions is of great importance. Vessel motions are calculated on the basis of wave energy spectra and...

Project Specific Vessel Motion Based Abandonment Criteria

When harsh weather conditions are expected during an offshore pipeline operation, the decision to start the abandonment procedure has to be taken based on pipeline integrity limits. The pipeline integrity which is analysed by a maximum design sea state does not correspond to the situation offshore, because sea states always occur in a different...

The use of numerical models to determine the response of moored vessels to waves in a complex harbour geometry

A moored vessel can experience large motions when agitated by waves. As a result, mooring lines risk breaking, the ship becomes a dangerously uncontrolled object, but most importantly unloading and loading the ship is made impossible. From an economic perspective, it is thus important to determine vessel motions due to waves at a berth. A...