The sea is the most important transport corridor for goods. To accommodate the vessels of today ports and terminals have to be expanded and adapted to match the requirements.

Not least to ensure that a combined effect of globalisation, increased energy demand and improved wealth require increasingly more goods to be transported over long distances. Many of these goods are transported by sea, including oil and liquefied natural gas. To accommodate both more and larger vessels new ports and terminals are being built, and existing facilities and navigation channels are being expanded.

Today the primary source of energy is fossil fuel. The fact that this resource is limited has not only caused the exploration and production of fossil fuels move into both deeper waters increasing the design requirements to offshore structures, but it has backed up by an increased environmental awareness and also led to intensified development of sustainable energy sources. Similar to conventional offshore structures, offshore wind farms, tidal power and wave energy converters need to be designed to withstand the often rather harsh environmental conditions.

At DHI we offer a wide range of services for the transportation and energy production sector. We assist with optimisation of port layout, determination of design conditions for coastal and offshore structures and pipelines, operational optimisation of hydropower plants and predict the energy production from renewable energy sources. The services provided by DHI combine in-house expertise and state-of-the-art technologies, which include advanced numerical models and physical modelling often supported by hydrographic field surveys.