OFFSHORE BULK RECEIVING STATIONS: A SYSTEMS APPROACH CONCEPT

Describes a new approach to the transportation, unloading and receiving of bulk, sized, dry, bulk raw materials. The concept described in the paper was developed in the course of long range master planning studies for an industrial complex to be located on the West Coast of the United States. An area was studied as a prospective site for the industrial complex, where 80 foot water depths exit in an unsheltered ocean area about one mile off shore.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference, held in Houston, Texas, May 1-3, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

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  Dallas, TX  United States  45206
• Authors:
  • Bernat, H J
  • Guralnick, M
• Conference:
  • 4th Annual Offshore Technology Conference
  • Location: Houston TX
  • Date: 1972-5-1 to 1972-5-3
• Publication Date: 1972-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 723-730
• Serial:
  • Volume: 1

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk cargo terminals; Deepwater harbors; Dry bulk cargo; Economic analysis; Offshore terminals
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050176
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 1587 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 14 1974 12:00AM