Harbour facilities

Principia delivers expertise and engineering design services in harbour environment, from hydrodynamics studies to general arrangement and structural concept of harbour facilities.

Principia has offices in France, Singapore and Houston and can provide expertise and engineering services worldwide.

Concerning harbour facilities, our scope of services covers today

Berthing,
Mooring,
Conception of quays and jetties,
Manoeuvrability,
Operability,
Wave propagation,
Harbour agitation,
Risk analysis,
Under keel clearance study,
Ship crossing,
Seismic analysis,
Explosion and blast analysis,
Specific Monitoring systems development and installation,
Maintenance.

Our staff of more than 100 engineers, technicians and designers encompasses the following disciplines

Naval Architecture,
Structural design,
Hydrodynamic, sea-keeping, mooring, marine operations,
Model testing,
Flow assurance, process and thermal engineering,
Risers, pipelines and subsea engineering,
Mechanical design and piping.

For 25 years, our expertise in core scientific disciplines as structural design, fluid-structure interactions, hydrodynamics and fluid dynamics has built upon multi-sector research and development activities (naval, marine, renewable energy, nuclear, space, automotive,..) and partnership with National research centers, Universities and Engineering Schools.