A novel smart system for the safe management of nautical operations
Shipping is the lifeblood of the global economy, transporting approximately 90% of global trade. However, as the port traffic increases, the interaction between ships and port infrastructure (navigation channels, manoeuvring areas, docks, rivers, locks, etc.) gets more complicated, resulting in system saturation, and hence a greater likelihood of marine accidents occurring. There are very powerful meteorological forecast tools, which provide very valuable information for marine traffic management but they are incomplete and have not even been applied in the clear majority of ports. In this context, Siport21 has developed SafePort, a technology for providing port managers with the most complete and reliable decision tools to manage the operations of the vessels. This technology collects real-time information about the ship approaching the port, as well as meteorological and maritime data, determines whether the operation is viable or not and the requirements to perform the operation in the safest manner. The global marine port and service is a huge market (€ 68.5 bn in 2018) that keeps on growing at a frantic pace, hoping to reach € 78.4 bn by 2023 and hence growing at a Projected CAGR of 4.2%. In this context, SafePort will play an essential role based on its potential to manage nautical operations. 
We will target the port authorities and terminal operators of the maritime sector.  Following our business strategy, SafePort will be sell as a core product considering considered a selling price of 50,000 euros per port. We will also offer specific consulting (upfront revenue) and software updates (annual fee) services, whose prices will be based on the port complexity. Based on this price policy, our nautical operations management technology will provide a revenue of € 15.6 M by the third year, meaning a cumulative cash flow of € 9.9M. Considering a total investment of € 2.2M, we expect to get a ROI of 350% in 3 years.