Ports & Coasts

World-renowned engineering for the global port market

over 500 port references

Our history spans more than 500 different port projects, in more than 140 ports in 40 countries. We cover all areas of engineering and consulting (from planning to design and construction oversight), in addition to carrying out comprehensive projects with a particularly high degree of technical complexity that encompass all the required areas such as maritime, civil, geotechnical, architecture and facilities and systems. That is why we are a world-renowned engineering company in the global port market according to the ENR magazine’s ranking.

Marine works

Our trajectory in the design and construction oversight of marine engineering projects has led us to participate in the development of large port projects throughout the world, with experience in:

Designing large scale breakwaters, both sloped and vertical. Of the latter, we have designed more than 15 km of breakwaters and docks, using prefabricated reinforced concrete caissons, in more than 50 different projects in 30 ports and 7 countries.
Designing embankment dikes with protective facing, formed by different types of blocks such as cubes, cubipods, acropods, tetrapods, etc.
Design and construction oversight of different types of docks: concrete caissons, piles, sheet piles, blocks, barriers, covered dock, etc.

Port Terminals

Our experience working on all types of terminals has provided us with knowledge of the unique features of the design of infrastructures for the docking, loading, unloading and handling of any type of goods.

Thanks to our technological and multidisciplinary nature, we have become experts in terminals associated with loading and unloading, the transport and distribution of containers, solid and liquid bulk, cruise ships, ro-ro and ro-pax, among others. For this reason, we can undertake specialized services including:

Planning and management of the land and maritime area of terminals.
Capacity studies and terminal simulation.
Design of docks.
Design of superstructures and pavements.
Geotechnical studies.
Docking and mooring studies.
Manoeuvrability studies.
Operability study.
Design of port buildings.
Road and rail access.
Design and integration of port systems for both terminal operation and maintenance.
Water, electricity, control and instrumentation installations.
Fire protection systems.
Drainage.
Maritime design equipment, loading and unloading equipment, operating equipment…
Safety plans.
Smart asset management through digital twin technology.
Energy efficiency.

Smartports

In the last decade, we have applied state-of-the-art technologies to projects related to improving port operations to form a smartport. Some of them, co-financed by public administrations in R&D calls, have allowed us to gain experience and capabilities in:

Functional design of the architecture of systems that constitute a smartport.
Development of port systems.
Development of management tools for port synchromodality that integrate the operations of ships, trains and trucks.
Smart asset management through digital twin technology.
Energy efficiency.

Coasts and Waterways

A significant part of our projects contain proposals for specific solutions to coastal problems, including the fight against erosion, the prevention and fight against marine pollution, and the planning and sustainable management of the coast. These solutions are as follows:

Seabed characterization.
Wave, current and tide modelling.
Coastal dynamics studies.
Water dispersion and renewal studies.
Water intake and discharge pipes – outfalls.
Breakwaters and coastal defence works project.
Contingency plans for cargo spills.
Strategic evaluation and environmental impact studies.
Dredging and discharge project.
Beach regeneration and stabilization project.
Coastal environmental recovery project.
Boardwalks project.
Comprehensive coastal management.
Supervision and management of coastal works.

At SENER, we have global capabilities to offer a full engineering service for infrastructure projects and waterway transport management systems, as well as for all types of associated and/or complementary work. Our technicians have participated in designing some of the most important lock systems in the world and cover all the areas that the work on these facilities require:

Civil engineering.
Approach and navigation channels.
Approach and waiting structures.
Locks.
Transitions.
Equipment.
Mechanical work.
Hydraulic systems.
Control and instrumentation systems.
Electrical and communication systems.

Other Mobility lines

Consulting & New Technologies

Our rich history, combined with our professionals’ expertise, has endowed us with comprehensive technical knowledge and industry insight. We provide our clients with high value-added consulting services aimed at achieving their goals through collaborative work and the proposed practical solutions. Our coverage of the transport, mobility, and logistics value chain is comprehensive,

Urban Transport

In more than three decades of experience, we have helped improve the mobility of millions of people in more than 50 cities on five continents, developing more than 70 efficient,

Railways

We have been providing technical rail engineering services for more than 30 years to improve intercity high-speed rail connections in Europe and America. Our projects include the lines between London and Birmingham or between San Francisco and Los Angeles.