BMT ARGOSS (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd and Charta Software have announced a partnership to develop a robust, multi-functional software package, called METRIS, (Modelsysteem voor Evaluatie Tijpoortregeling en RIsico’S bodemberoering), meaning ‘Model system to evaluate tidal admission policy and risk of seabed touchdown’, for the Dutch Directorate-General.
The partnership aims to meet the client’s needs by combining BMT’s expertise in heading analysis, vessel response behaviour, weather forecasting and shallow water metocean conditions, with Charta’s ability to deliver high quality software. METRIS will provide a comprehensive hindcast assessment tool to test the performance of admission and dredging policy based on the probability of seabed touch down of vessels in anchorage areas and access channels to ports.