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The San Vicente Port Project is a multidisciplinary project (student project from Delft University of Technology).

The goal of the project is to make a climate change impact analysis for the seaport of San Vicente near Concepción, Chile.

09/11/2018

The project is finished!

Last week was a busy week. We wrapped up our report and presented the results of our research at the international seminar on Ports (Siop 2018). Several interesting topics where covered by different speakers. Last night, we were invited to a drink with the Dutch ambassador of Chile, the Dutch Consul in Concepción, Navy people and the mayor of Talcahuano. We were very proud to be part of this conference. Our time in Concepción has been great!

From now on, we will explore the north of Chile and travel to Peru. We will keep in touch!

24/10/2018

We will be participating in SIOP 2018!

Siop 2018 is the 'Seminario Internacional de Ingeneria y Operación Portuario'. In other words an international conference on ports. We will be presenting the findings of our project during this 3 day event on 7 November (in two weeks).

In the meanwhile, we are nearing the end of our project so we are finishing our analyses of the port. One of the topics of our research is the operations in the port, including loading/unloading and the operations in the port.

18/10/2018

The end of the project is soon, and this means that we are getting results. We have been modelling the waves in San Vicente Port to investigate the motions of vessels during loading and unloading. Vessel motions are important for the efficiency of the crane operation. This process becomes less efficient when there are larger motions. To increase the efficiency, a breakwater extension is studied. We have been focusing on the heave motion because this is the most severe in this situation. For larger extensions, the heave motion will decrease and the efficiency will be greater. The model predicts that a larger breakwater reduces these motions, but if this is feasible is still to be investigated. This mainly depends on the future throughput and market share.

(First two figures are top views of the port)
(Third figure shows the vessel motions)
(Some results are present in figure 4 and 5)

08/10/2018

Last weekend we had an amazing adventure in Pucon. We climbed the Villarica, which is the most active vulcano in Latin America. We left early in the morning for this 1700 meter climb (the top is at 2,8 km height). It took us about 4.5 hours to reach the top, where we were awarded by amazing views of the area and swirling magma in the crater.

Today we are back in the office running simulation in Delft3D. We are performing offshore-to-nearshore transformations (calculating the wave heights in the port) to assess the hindrance of waves in the port.

05/10/2018

Besides working on our project we are also learning how to barbecue Chilean style. Our supervisor Rafael has made us a great meal!

04/10/2018

Last Saturday we visited the San Vicente Port to watch the manoeuvre of the Caroline Maersk. The vessel arrived at 6am, so we were picked up very early in the morning.

The weather conditions were difficult. There were large swell waves (long waves) that caused large motions of the vessel. Therefore, the pilots boarded the vessel inside Concepción bay (on the other side of the peninsula), which is more sheltered against waves. Two tug boats assisted with the manoeuvre. Due to the large size of the vessel (347 meter), the manoeuvre was executed outside the protection of the breakwater. At approximately 6:45 the mooring operation was completed.

While the crew was gathering to start the unloading operation we left the port and started our weekend!

28/09/2018

This week we finished our climate impact analysis report and started our next phase! The main task will be to a evaluate the efficiency of the San Vicente port so that the competitive position will be improved compared to the other ports in the region. Tomorrow we will watch the mooring procedure of the Caroline Maersk, a 350 m vessel. The vessel will arrive at 6:00 am .
Today we gave a presentation (in Spanish!) for high school students that will study at UCSC Concepción next year. We gave them a short impression of studying abroad and our university TU Delft. We have only been here for less than 3 weeks and are already speaking some Spanish.

Más tarde, más nuevo!

21/09/2018

After a research period of almost two weeks we can already give some conclusions about climate change impact on the wavefield. The region around the equator is getting warmer and due to this, the atmospheric circulation cells get squeezed towards the poles. This is called tropical widening. The widening will move the polar front, which is the region where storms form, towards the poles.
Research is done about the influence of this polar shift on the storms at the southern hemisphere.
All had the same qualitative outcome, the southern hemisphere storm area will become more narrow towards Antarctica and the storms will be more intensive but less frequent. This will lead to less storm activity around 50°S and increased activity around 60°S. A smaller approach angle in combination with higher waves and longer periods is expected.

The first figure indicates the change in storms on global scale, in red more frequent and in blue less frequent. The last figure gives the result of the change in storm regions in the southern hemisphere at the coast of Chile. The data that is marked with a yellow box gives information about the location where San Vicente Port is located.

19/09/2018

We are almost two weeks into the project and we have made a lot of progress learning about climate change (more about that in a later stage of the project). We have to introduce you to one more company:

Arcadis is the leading global Design & Consultancy firm for natural and built assets. Arcadis is a company with Dutch roots, but is active almost everywhere including in Chile. Arcadis considers sustainability to be of paramount importance and that makes them a suitable partner to this project!

18/09/2018

Buenas Fiestas Patrias!

Today is an important day in Chile. Today we celebrate the independence from Spain. It is the Chilean equivalent of the Dutch 'Bevrijdingsdag' (Independence day). There are flags everywhere (this is obligated), and red, white and blue are abundant on the streets. The locals celebrate this with the Cueca (see picture).

Tomorrow is the day of the Glories of the Army. For this reason, the university is closed for the week and we will have to work from our 'home office'.

12/09/2018

The San Vicente Port project has started! Today we had our first meeting with the local port authority, Empresa Portuaria Talcahuano San Vicente and our supervisor Dr. Rafael Aránguiz Muñoz from the universityUCSC. After the meeting Rafael showed us around in the San Vicente Port area. Further side investigation is done in a later stage. The first task in the project will be a climate change study.

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