Nearshore logistics anchorage hub

A floating structure for installing in a water body, the floating structure comprising:

• a hull;
• a plurality of dampers disposed on lateral sides or corners of the hull for absorbing physical impacts on the hull;
• a plurality of piles configured to be erected in the water body around the hull, each of the plurality of piles comprises:
• a first end;
• a guiding plate coupled near the first end, the guiding plate includes one or more guiding surfaces configured to about at least one damper from the plurality of dampers respectively
• a second end configured to be embedded in a floor of the water body;
• and
• one or more auxiliary piles connected near the second end of the pile by truss structures and configured to be partially embedded in the floor of the water body;
• wherein each of the plurality of dampers is configured to slidably about a corresponding guiding surface of the guiding plate on the plurality of piles such that, the hull is confined within a space defined by the plurality of piles and the hull is able to translate substantially vertically in the water body by sliding along longitudinal axes of the plurality of piles.