Sector: Marine Engineering Consultancy Services and Coastal Engineering

Multidisciplinary Maritime Engineering Services across the Entire Project Lifecycle

Our marine engineering consulting services team, comprised of the industry’s most talented marine engineering practitioners, can help provide intelligent and innovative thinking to marine facilities, whatever their size or scale.

Ayesa specialises in comprehensive marine engineering services for the expansion and development of ports and harbours across a wide spectrum of infrastructure including general cargo ports, fishing ports, dry and liquid bulk cargo terminals, cruise terminals, marinas as well as Ro-Ro and ferry ports. We help clients meet challenges such as climate change, aging infrastructure, changing regulations, and embracing new market opportunities. Where necessary, our global port consultants supplement marine engineering designs, integrating them with the adjacent intermodal connections, logistics management, landside infrastructure, and our client’s sustainability and resilience goals.

Navigating growth in the maritime industry poses various challenges for port operators around a range of issues:

Navigating Regulatory Constraints: Addressing the intricate web of regulatory requirements to ensure seamless compliance and operational efficiency.
Enhancing Berth and Channel Access Depth: Adapting to the demands of larger ships by optimizing berth and channel access depth for efficient and secure maritime operations.
Streamlining Navigation for River Ports: Overcoming navigational constraints for river ports to facilitate smooth and safe passage for vessels. This also includes tackling dredging issues specific to river ports to maintain optimal water depths for vessels to navigate effectively.
Managing Lateral Spread of Port Infrastructure: Strategising port infrastructure development to mitigate the lateral impact on neighboring seafronts and ensure sustainable expansion.
Harmonizing with Adjoining Cities: Balancing the growth of port facilities with the dynamic needs and constraints of adjoining cities, fostering collaboration for mutual benefit.
Alleviating Strain on Local Transportation Networks: Proactively addressing challenges related to the overburdening of local road and rail networks, ensuring efficient connectivity and minimizing disruptions.
The energy transition: Ports are crucial hubs for the offshore wind industry, supporting the assembly, installation, and maintenance of wind turbines. They serve as logistical centers for the transportation of wind turbine components, providing storage facilities and infrastructure for assembly. Additionally, ports play a pivotal role in vessel operations, accommodating specialized ships for turbine installation and maintenance activities in offshore wind farms.Ports are evolving into O&M hubs for both offshore and onshore wind facilities. To align with the energy transition, ports are adapting their infrastructure to accommodate the unique needs of the renewable energy sector.

Our client-centric approach aims to understand and address these challenges comprehensively, aligning our strategies with the specific needs of port operators to foster growth, compliance, and sustainable development.

Our marine engineering teams provide innovative value-driven solutions for:

Master planning
Design of ports and harbours
Design of waterside marinas, waterfronts, beaches, quays, parks and jetties
New developments and additions to terminals and facilities
Environmental assessments and monitoring
Feasibility studies
Coastal modelling and design
Planning and design of both soft and hard coastal protection structures
Dredging and reclamation projects
Flood and erosion protection schemes
Beach management programmes
Project management consulting, construction support and CQA Services

Our work on marine engineering projects such as Haulbowline in Ireland or Broughty Ferry in Scotland showcases our expertise in protecting coastlines against climate change. In addition, we have provided marine engineering solutions, including design and consultancy for ports with diverse needs, including Dubai Port, Aqaba New Port, Dublin Port masterplan, Greenore and Lowestoft Port in the UK, delivering next-generation port infrastructure.

Complex marine engineering projects require expertise in regulation and permitting, maritime and port operations, structural and geotechnical engineering, site investigations, marine ecology, dredging and reclamation, project management, contract administration and site supervision. In addition, our clients can avail of our in-house expertise in various specialist areas, including modelling, flooding, ecology, marine biology, geotechnics, geomorphology, hydraulics, navigation, dredging & reclamation, and aquaculture. As a multi-disciplinary marine engineering services consultancy, we can combine marine engineering with broader transport and infrastructure specialisms to deliver a holistic design and delivery service. With clients at the core of our marine engineering consultancy services offering, we aim to add value thinking beyond the brief to deliver lasting impacts to clients and projects.

Breakwaters
Containers and cargo terminal
Dredging and fairway projects
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
Feasibility and cost/benefit studies
Field investigations
Inspection and asset management
Jetties and piers
Landside infrastructure
Master planning
Navigational risk and channel design
Port design projects
Port extension projects
Port infrastructure planning
Port maintenance
Port planning
Port rehabilitation projects
Port terminal planning
Project management
Quays and berthing structures
Retaining walls
Risk assessments
Shoreline management
Slipways and RORO berths
Soil studies
Vessel mooring and motion studies

Artificial beaches
Breakwater & groynes
Dredging and reclamation
Edge protection structures
Floating pontoons
Flood protection
Outfalls and intakes
Physical modelling
Revetments
Scour assessment
Site investigations
Submarine pipelines and cables

Advection-dispersion modelling
Beach stability assessments
Concept design
Cyclonic & tsunami modelling
Cross-shore sediment transport modelling
Dispersion modelling
Erosion studies statistical analysis
Extreme water level assessments
Flood risk analysis
Hydraulic modelling
Hydrodynamic modelling
Oil spill modelling
Sediment modelling
Sedimentation/siltation assessments
Shoreline evolution studies
Spectral wave analyses
Water quality modelling
Wave load analyses
Wave penetration modelling

Berthing & pontoon arrangements
Breakwaters and wave attenuators
Feasibility and economic assessments
Global yachting consulting services
Inspection and asset management
Marina design and optimisation
Marina market analysis
Marina masterplans and concepts
Marine and environmental consents
Master planning
Navigation studies & AtoN
Promenades and walkways design
Quay wall & edge protections
Quay walls and piles
Slipways and boat hoists
Strategic definition and planning
Vendor and stakeholder engagement
Water edge safety

Maritime Development
⦁ Concept design
⦁ Construction supervision & support (employer’s representative, resident engineer, contractor)
⦁ Contaminated land management
⦁ Dredging and disposal licences (Including dumping at sea licenses)
⦁ Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
⦁ Environmental monitoring
⦁ Feasibility studies
⦁ Flood risk assessments
⦁ Foreshore leases, licensing and consents;
⦁ Marine licencing
⦁ Marine mammal risk assessment
⦁ Marine site investigation consenting
⦁ Numerical and physical modelling
⦁ Navigational risk assessments
⦁ Outfall licensing
⦁ Planning applications
⦁ Stakeholder engagement
⦁ Expert witness
⦁ Socio-Economic Impact Assessments (SIA)
⦁ Supervision of contracts and tender, procurement assistance

Aquaculture
⦁ Alab appeals
⦁ Alternative technologies• Appropriate Assessment (AA) and Natura Impact Statement (NIS)
⦁ Aquaculture licensing
⦁ Cage farms
⦁ Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
⦁ Hydrological studies
⦁ Landing infrastructure design
⦁ Layout design and mapping
⦁ Navigational risk assessments
⦁ New, renewal and review applications
⦁ One-off site applications and large-scale developments
⦁ Oyster trestles, trestles and longlines
⦁ Project management
⦁ Sediment analysis and modelling
⦁ Sustainability and resilience
⦁ Water and soil quality analysis

⦁ Berth sizing and layout
⦁ Containers and cargo terminals
⦁ Cruise and ferry terminals
⦁ Drainage and utility services
⦁ Dredging and land reclamation
⦁ Environmental impact assessment
⦁ Equipment selection and layouts• Feasibility studies
⦁ Ground engineering
⦁ Import and export terminals
⦁ Inland waterways
⦁ Intermodal connections
⦁ Landside infrastructure
⦁ Liquid bulk terminals
⦁ Master planning
⦁ Material handling solutions
⦁ Navigation studies
⦁ Planning of onshore areas
⦁ Port logistics
⦁ Project management
⦁ Road and rail sidings and transfer facilities
⦁ Security and IT facilities
⦁ Scour protection
⦁ Ship-to-shore cranes, loaders and unloaders
⦁ Slipways and RORO berths
⦁ Soil investigation
⦁ Stacking and storage areas
⦁ Traffic forecasts
⦁ Urban waterfronts and marinas

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