Disney Engineers Voyage to the Deep
The main show at the Living Seas Pavilion, part of Walt Disney Production's EPCOT Center, Lake Buena Vista, Fla., is a visit to a tropical coral reef deep under the ocean....
Computer Cuts Tower Steel
Two computer programs developed by Lev Zetlin Assoc., New York City, revealed that some of the steel in what will be Philadelphia's tallest building, One Liberty Place, was...
Roof Membranes: New Systems, New Problems
Market trends in roof membranes are described; most important is the use of single-ply membranes of rubber or plastic in the past decade. A swing to modified bitumen membranes is predicted...
Construction Approaches to the Navy's Floating Pier Concept
The subject of this paper is a floating pier which is currently under evaluation as a more cost-effective solution for berthing Navy ships. This new approach to pier design was sponsored...
Gabon Mineral Port Master Plan?A Case History
The integrated design of infra-structure and superstructure of marine terminals for bulk cargoes presents opportunities for innovative solutions that can produce substantial economic benefits....
An OCEANWHEEL Breakwater
The compression wall and tension spoke structural system (OCEANWHEEL) transfers lateral loads from sea surface to seafloor efficiently. It promises a wide variety of uses beyond the described...
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....
Conversion of Keppel Wharves Conventional Berths 42 & 43 to Container Berths C13 and C14, Singapore
With further growth of container traffic expected in the 80's the need for additional facilities was apparent. Following an evaluation of available alternative sites, it was...
Carnation Terminal, Oakland?Preliminary Design
The Preliminary Design process is examined as it was applied to design of wharves for a new container terminal in the Port of Oakland, California. The process includes active interdisciplinary...
Siltation of the Port of Astoria
Sedimentation rates suddenly increased in the Port of Astoria, Oregon, immediately following the May 18, 1980 ash eruption of Mt. St. Helens. This ash was transported down the Columbia...
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...
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...
Innovative Bulkhead Design: Third Port Project?St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
This paper describes an innovative design making use of a 'master pile' bulkhead to support the waterside rail for travelling container cranes as well as to retain...
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...
Design and Construction of Marine Facilities for Ridley Island Coal Terminal
The design and construction of the wharf for 250,000 DWT bulk carriers is discussed in this paper. The terminal project was carried out on fast-track, 23 month schedule, with construction...
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