The use of a floating quay for container terminals

The use of a floating quay for container terminals

van der Wel, M. (M.vanderWel@student.tudelft.nl) (TU Delft, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Hydraulic Engineering)
de Gijt, J.G. (J.G.deGijt@tudelft.nl) (TU Delft, Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Hydraulic Engineering)
Dudok van Heel, D. (D.DudokvanHeel@gw.rotterdam.nl) (Public Works department, Rotterdam)

2010-06-22

The increase of global shipping leads to competition between container terminals. In order to meet the demands of the shipping companies (service time < 24h.) innovation is necessary. A new indented berth layout is used at Amsterdam Container Terminals to achieve a berth productivity of 300 moves per hour. Since there is a scarcity of land within ports, the use of a floating quay with portainer cranes seems to be feasible to stimulate higher berth productivity and obtain more flexibility within ports as well. The idea of a floating quay consists of several elements which connected together should provide a working system which is useable within the logistic process of a container terminal. The design of such a flexible system is different for each port. Two designs were made which should be capable to receive the latest ships. The first design is build up of 3 pontoons (160x40.5x16m), the second design is build up of 1 pontoon (480x40.5x15.5m). For both designs the static and dynamical stability is determined. For the smallest design the hydrodynamic behavior of the construction is analyzed. The construction is schematized as a mass spring system and the hydrodynamic behavior is computed using DELFRAC. The output of DELFRAC consists of the Response Amplitude Operator for six degrees of freedom. At first glance the static stability due to wind at the portainer is a problem for the designed floating quays.

floating quay
transshipment
quay wall
container terminal

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(c) 2010 van der Wel, M.; de Gijt, J.G.; Dudok van Heel, D.