Further to developing an anchorage planning tool for Maritime and Port Authority (MPA), Singapore, SimPlus has now been engaged to help the MPA think-tank in strategizing sea space planning, so as to ensure Singapore port stays competitive. The study hopes to come up with practical ways to improve space usage in the anchorages.
SimPlus is to customize its AnchorageView system to simulate various ‘what-if’ scenarios of anchorage space management in Singapore. The quantified results will help the MPA management to gauge the impact of each change and ultimately decide on the most suitable steps to take in the future, when the vessel traffic starts growing beyond capacity.
Chen Chuanyu, a Director of SimPlus feels that “several ports in the world will be facing similar situations now and in the coming years. AnchorageView will prove to be a very useful tool for such sea-space planning and optimization.”
