The 3rd annual Maritime Business & Technology Summit
The Portunus Project
Investigating Synergies in Maritime Commerce & Security
Based on the white paper, “Implementing the Beyond the Horizon Strategy;” McMillan, Innis, Blood, Leary, Brown,
Float Incorporated
Hank Glauser
Principal Investigator
Global Security
Physical & Life Sciences Directorate
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is operated by Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, for the U.S.
Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration under Contract DE-AC52-07NA27344.
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808, Livermore, CA 94551-0808
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What: Large Offshore Floating Platforms
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Float incorporated
How: Utilizing Port Technology Advances
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Multiple Lift Port Cranes (3&4 Lift
available)
– In use in China
– 100+ moves/hr
– 120T lift capacity
– Outreach 65m
Integrated Logistics Control
Systems
– In use at worlds largest ports
– Container tracking
– Automated Loading/Stacking
– Automated Guided Vehicle
VLFP Technologies
– DARPA contracted Float Inc.,
to develop PSP technology in
1990’s
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Off-Shore Cargo Inspection & Screening
Provide Platform for Cargo Transfer, Inspection & Ship Services
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Couple PSP technology with
LLNL core capabilities in
computing, engineering and
WMD detection
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DARPA contracted out to Float
Inc., to develop PSP floating
platform technology in 1990’s
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Project was successful and
moved to US Navy for
application to Mobile Operating
Platform
– Technology is not suitable
for cost-effective mobility
– Funding dropped
– However technology should
be evaluated for off-shore
port concept
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Pneumatically Stabilized Platform (PSP)
Float incorporated
Benefits
Economic
• Most efficient way to move
cargo across ocean
• Most efficient way to move
cargo domestically
• Modern port expedites cargo
handling by days
• Reduces domestic port
infrastructure investment
needs
• Improves environment
• Increases tariff collections
• Improves US Merchant Marine
• Allows shipment tracking &
security
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Security
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Offshore inspection of cargo
Inspections under US domain
Maintains critical infrastructure
Allows relocation of existing
investments to improve border
security
• Acts as an overall deterrent
• Dovetails nicely into existing
government strategies (DHS,
DoT, DoC, EPA, DoD, DoE)
• Technology improvements in
detection capability rolls out to 5
platforms