Ports

Waves, tide, current, wind, dust and water quality at the berth and the boundary. Instrumenta reviews these networks, and delivers new or changed ones through monitoring system delivery.

Sources of monitoring requirements

Source	Requirement	Service
Dredging and reclamation approvals	What it asks forApprovals set turbidity and water quality triggers, the monitoring that measures them, and the response when a trigger is reached.	ServiceMonitoring system review
Environmental licence conditions	What it asks forDust, noise and air quality at the boundary, with limits, methods and reporting the regulator checks.	ServiceMonitoring system review
Marine safety and berth operating limits	What it asks forOperating limits for vessels and berths depend on metocean data that the harbour master relies on in real time.	ServiceMonitoring system review
An incident to explain	What it asks forAn exceedance, a plume beyond the approval boundary or a missed trigger that must be reported.	ServiceMonitoring system review

Metocean monitoring

Monitors	Wave height and period, tide, current and wind at the berth and the approach.
Decisions	Whether a vessel can berth, load or sail, and when to close a berth.

SAFER stages

SenseSecure	Buoys, tide gauges and anemometers are verified against the datum and kept working through the weather they measure.
AssessAccessible	Conditions are shown against the operating limits of each berth and vessel, to the harbour master and the pilots.
ForecastFunctional	The swell and wind forecast shows when a limit may be exceeded and for how long.
ExplainEfficient	Each reading is stated as what it means for the vessel at the berth.
RespondReliable	The harbour master closes or reopens the berth on the forecast, and the decision is recorded.

Dust and air quality monitoring

Monitors	Particulate concentration at the boundary and the nearest homes, and wind.
Decisions	When to stop or slow loading, and when to water a stockpile.

SAFER stages

SenseSecure	Monitors are calibrated against a reference and placed where the limit applies.
AssessAccessible	Concentrations are shown against the limit, with the wind, to the operations supervisor.
ForecastFunctional	The wind forecast says when the homes will be downwind.
ExplainEfficient	Each exceedance is stated with its likely cause and what the community experienced.
RespondReliable	A named role slows loading or waters the stockpile before the wind arrives, and records it.

Water quality and dredging monitoring

Monitors	Turbidity, dissolved oxygen and the parameters in the dredging approval.
Decisions	Whether dredging can continue, and when to stop.

SAFER stages

SenseSecure	Sondes are calibrated at a stated interval and their drift is checked against a reference.
AssessAccessible	Results are shown against the approval limits, to the dredge master and the environmental officer.
ForecastFunctional	The tide and plume model predict where the turbidity plume will move.
ExplainEfficient	Each result is stated as what it means for the seagrass or the reef the limit protects.
RespondReliable	A named role stops the dredge when the trigger is reached, and the stop is recorded.

Structure monitoring

Monitors	Movement and load on wharves, fenders and cranes.
Decisions	Whether a structure is within its design, and when to restrict a load.

SAFER stages

SenseSecure	Each sensor is verified against a survey and its purpose is recorded.
AssessAccessible	Readings are shown against the design limits, to the asset engineer.
ForecastFunctional	The load forecast for a vessel says whether a limit will be approached.
ExplainEfficient	Each reading is stated as what moved, how far, and whether the structure is behaving as designed.
RespondReliable	A named role restricts the load when the trigger is reached, and records it.

InstraData

One InstraData installation supports these monitoring systems. It takes readings from any field device, new or in place, and runs on the organisation's servers or in the cloud. About InstraData