Port Capacities
To optimise a port and/or waterway system, operations have to be analysed, a process which is often facilitated by applying simulation models. Simulation techniques have to be used when it is no longer possible to create a simple system.
Port and Maritime Systems Simulation (PMSS)
is an independent Dutch company liaising closely with the Delft University of Technology.
PMSS has an extensive record in developing and applying simulation techniques for capacity and safety assessment in ports and waterways.
We aim to bring fit for purpose advice and services of a high quality onto the market at competitive prices. We have the creativity, flexibility, energy and enthusiasm that you would expect of a small company of dedicated experts. We find effective two-way communication with our client of central importance.
We provide services to the following clients:
- engineering consultants and contractors,
- authorities responsible for the inland wet infra structure,
- the offshore industry and related authorities,
- harbour authorities and harbour operators.
Our services range from desk studies to in-depth studies applying simulation techniques and concern design, evaluation and optimisation of ports and maritime systems in terms of:
a) acceptable fleet volumes,
b) dimensions of approach channels and the wet infrastructure of ports,
c) number of berths or quay lengths,
d) functional design of terminals,
e) nautical risks,
f) functional design of inland waterway systems as canal and lock systems.
To characterise the activities of PMSS hereafter a number of selected assignments and publications are mentioned under "Company Profile".
As PMSS has a close relation with the Delft University of Technology a number of studies were carried out in co-operation with this university.