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Port Security Barrier Technology
NAVAL FACILITIES ENGINEERING SERVICE CENTER
 
About the Technology:
Click to View Full Size ImageThe Port Security Barrier System is a fencing barrier system designed to protect ships and port facilities. The system consists of a floating fence constructed of a synthetic net with a steel base, and is moored with deadweight anchors. The barriers can have a gate, or multiple gates, that can be opened and closed by security personnel.

From concept to steel prototype, the process for the current barrier design took approximately eight months. NFESC tested the barrier designs in wave tanks at the U.S. Naval Academy, building 1:56 and 1:10 scale models in which the barriers were put through the worst-case environmental conditions. A full-scale test with a 38 foot remote control boat was used, and the data was studied carefully using numerical modeling techniques. The net result was a demonstrated effectiveness against high-speed boats, and proven in-water operational performance with a simple, low cost design.

Each fence is specifically designed for each location. It rises eight feet above the water surface. HOI will continue to modify and improve this technology to create the best port barrier system available.
 
Applications:   Military and Commercial Significance:
· Harbor Protection
· Ship Protection
· Pier Protection
· Port Security 		  NFESC’s Information Technology Transfer Branch Head stated, these barriers can help protect all the valuable assets within a harbor. We want to see these commercialized, and we want to help out the private sector and the commercial world as well.

Mark Wood, HOI Project Manager said the barrier systems are specifically designed for each location. “They’re like big erector sets,” Wood said. This technology offers protection for all the valuable assets within a harbor. The net result will be effectiveness against high-speed boats, and proven in-water operational performance with a simple, low cost design.
 
Industry Contact:   Government Contact:
Harbor Offshore Inc.
4350 Transport Street, Suite 108
Ventura, CA 93005

E-Mail: info@hoi1.com
Telephone: (805) 639-2205
   Naval Facilities Engineering Command
1100 23rd Avenue
Port Hueneme, CA 93043

Telephone: (805) 982-4886
 


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