Port Planning and Infrastructure Design

The design of the port layout, including the port master planning, port basins, and terminals will be discussed.

The content of this part of the course is as follows:

• Maritime transport: various types of merchant ships; commodities and types of vessels.

• Port Master Planning: port functions and organization, port planning methodology, planning process.

• Design of Wet Areas: ship maneuvering and hydrodynamic behavior, approach channels, maneuvering areas within the port, port basins, and berth areas.

• Design of Terminals: terminal services, terminal components, types of terminals, terminal capacity, terminal dimensions.

• Introduction to queuing theory as a tool for port planning.

Also, an extensive overview of the design and construction of berthing structures (bulk cargo terminals…etc) will be given.

This part of the course will cover site selection, investigations at the chosen site, the determination of design parameters and normal design sequence of berthing structures, typical layout, and components of berthing structures. Also, design criteria, structural considerations, construction methods, and choice of construction equipment will be discussed.