INCREASING EFFICIENCY AND SAFETY OF BUSHEHR PORT SHIPPING BY DYNAMIC UNDER KEEL CLEARANCE

Development of ports and maritime transport is the main need of economical and industrial development of coastal countries. Now, after round of sanctions, significant potential of maritime trades has been created in Iran. Although first solution for development of maritime transport is hardware development of coastal structures,but implementation of software methods on existing tools, including ports and their facilities, plays an effective role in enhancing the transportation capacity. World experience shows that using software methods and computational tools, as Decision Support Systems in port management, would increase the efficiency and safetyof navigation in ports. Based on these experiences, it is expected that by using DSS tools, greater economic benefits can be obtained from existing installation ports inIranian harbors. The port of Bushehr is one the most important Iranian shipping centers in Persian Gulf with more than 4000 years history. Loading and unloading capacity of this port has been doubled during last 5 years, under the more attention and special support of PMO. However world’s experiences could help to improve performance and safety of transport in this port. In this paper, implementation of online assessment of physical oceanography parameters for prediction ofdynamic under keel clearance with more certainty, will be evaluated in Bushehr port.