Title The Guidelines for Terminal Layouts and Design Procedure of Port Facilities-Container Terminal
Dept IOT
Year 2000
Month
Price
Summary In order to meet the transportation requirement of international trade, the shipping lines and stevedoring companies will have much more opportunity to make their investment in different parts of the world. Should there be an international standard or specification for the port structure and related facilities, the operation efficiency will be escalated and the investment will be reduced. The main purpose of this study is to develop a standard procedure for the layout and structure design of a container terminal. A container terminal with standardized layout and facilities will have higher productivity and less difficulty for the transfer of stevedoring equipment.  The container terminal could be divided into Apron, Container Yard and Supporting Facilities. The layout of the container yard is closely related to the container handling equipment adopted in the terminal. The handling equipment is the key factor in the decision of the operation mode and capacity of the terminal. The land area needed for a container terminal varies with the operation characteristics of the terminal. There are three different types of container terminal, namely, mainline berth, regional berth and feeder berth. This study is concentrated on the layouts of the mainline berths with different operation modes. The dimensions of the regional berth and feeder berth are also proposed for the references of the planner.   In the design of the container terminal structures, safety should be the first priority
special considerations should also be given to the length, water depth, mooring system and loading of the container handling equipment. After evaluation, caisson gravity type, sheet pile, relieving platform and trestle type structures are regarded as suitable structure types for container berth. The flow charts and check lists for the design work of these four structure types of berths are given in the report as a reference for the design and review work.
Post date 2000/04/01
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