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Port Planning after Earthquake Damage
The earthquake of March 1985 affected two important ports in Chile: Valparaiso and San Antonio. While emergency measures succeeded in solving immediate operational problems, there remain...

The Application of Computer Simulation in the Design of Marine Terminals and the Scheduling of Ship Traffic
This paper describes a software package which simulates the operations of marine terminals. The computer programs were designed to assess the effectiveness of the available design alternatives...

Terminal 18 Entry Facility?Port of Seattle
This paper presents a successful approach that was used in the planning, design, permit coordination, and expansion of the entry/exit facilities at Terminals 18 and 20 at the Port of Seattle....

Tacoma Terminals Pier Designed for Economy
This pier is a representative and highly refined sample of what is known as the Puget Sound system of construction, an economical system that maintains the durability necessary in the...

Port of Long Beach Supertanker Terminal
The supertanker marine terminal and crude-oil transfer facility at Berth 121 on Pier E in the Port of Long Beach, California is the largest tanker-handling berth on the West Coast. This...

Installation of the Port of Singapore's SPM System
To achieve an increase in refining capacity from 70,000 barrels per day to 170,000 barrels per day, a local oil refining company entered into an agreement with the Port of Singapore Authority...

Fourth Generation Container Crane Characteristics
The specification of container crane characteristics requires the examination and identification of numerous ship and terminal operating parameters and trends to ensure that the specified...

Trends in Containerships and Their Impact on Terminal Design
A revolution in ocean shipping operations, affecting both landside equipment and cargo handling methods, is underway. In today's container shipping industry, maximum efficiency...

Terminal Development as Affected by New Generation Ships
Howland Hook Marine Terminal, New York, serves to illustrate how an existing terminal, built to the older standards, can be adapted to accommodate these larger ships that not only stretch...

Port Design and Ship Characteristics
The close relationship between ship characteristics and terminal design is recognized and should be considered as integral part of the total transporation. Ship characteristics to be considered...

Container Crane Transfer Methods
Four schemes are presented for transferring container cranes around a corner: 1) transfer of crane on curved rail, 2) recessed short-radius shuttle, 3) recessed turntable and, 4) at-grade...

Dual Hoist Container Cranes for Virginia Port Authority
The dual hoist container crane has proven to be substantially more productive than conventional container cranes. Virginia Port Authority has purchased three new dual hoist cranes with...

Water Use Planning�Boston Harbor
This paper establishes a methodology for harbor planning based on comprehensively evaluating the water resource, categorizing the vessels which use the harbor, and prioritizing locational...

South Beach Harbor Project: Redevelopment of the San Francisco Waterfront
The redevelopment of a portion of San Francisco's Northern Waterfront is recounted, describing the planning and design process used to take an area of obsolete maritime facilities...

Recent Trends and Advances in Bulk Cargo Unloading
The progress in loading of bulk cargo into ships has matched the advances in ships' size. The same could not be said for getting bulk material out of the hold of a ship, in...

Expansion of the Electro-Coal Transfer Terminal
This paper briefly describes renovation and expansion of the coal and phosphate marine terminal in Davant, La. The program included: replacement of existing berths damaged by marine accident;...

Improving Maintenance Performance
This discussion concerns Maintenance Management concepts that emphasize how the human element among Port personnel can be organized and efforts channeled so as to: increase the actual...

Louisiana Avenue Wharf E: Rehabilitate the Existing Wharf into a Container Terminal
The Port of New Orleans is currently modernizing the existing facilities in order to handle the containerized cargos, therefore enabling it to compete with other ports located on the Gulf...

Puget Sound Alluvium: A Challenge in Design of Pile Supported Port Facilities with Dredged Slopes
The geotechnical investigation, evaluations, and recommendations for the Port of Seattle Terminal 18/20 Improvement Project are described and compared with observed performance during...

Geotechnical Considerations in the Design of the Wando Terminal Wharf Extension, Charleston, South Carolina
The South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) is currently examining construction concepts for the proposed 1,200-foot wharf extension and 40 acres of adjacent upland development at the...

 

 

 

 

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