Maritime Consultancy Services Proving Simulation

Conduct a 1-day Proving Navigation Simulation Study (NSSP) for an LNG’s access to and from a potential new liquid berth development at Lekki Deepsea port, Nigeria

Bridport Energy are considering using Liquid Berth 1 (to be developed) at Lekki Deepsea port for LNG access. An LNG would berth outboard of a Floating Storage Unit (FSU). The proving simulation is to establish access to and from the berth with 20kts of wind.

CARES Maritime Division was commissioned to:

• Prove whether a c300m LOA x c48m beam LNG can access to and from Liquid Berth 1 with 20kts of wind and with all other harbour berths occupied;

• Establish a broad appreciation of the levels of maritime safety risk to the LNG vessel and the port;

• Develop operational baseline statements to boundary the LNG vessel’s wind, wave, and swell operating limits;

• Identify key Pinch Point areas for the harbour berth arrival, turn, and departure;

• Use prevailing (southwest), seasonal (north), and rogue

(southeast) wind, wave, and swell climate data; and

• Provide observations, findings, and recommendations regarding maritime safety risk.

Project Aim: To assess an LNG vessel’s access to and from a potential liquid berth at Lekki Deepsea port.

CARES services included:

• Provide: A Full Mission Bridge Simulator capability;

• Provide: An NTPro 5000 Simulator System’s Electronic Navigation Chart (ENC) to reflect Lekki Deepsea port’s harbour bathymetry, geography, and AtoN regime;

• Provide: An appropriate simulator system ship model to reflect real-life design LNG vessel and local tug characteristics such as dimensions, power capabilities and capacities etc.;

• Create: A system methodology and metric to test and analysis maritime safety risk levels for the LNG and the port;

• Provide: A Kick Off Briefing (KOB) for the observers attending the NSSP.

• Provide: A Final Report of observations, findings and recommendations relating to maritime safety risk levels for the design vessel’s access to and from the proposed quay complex.