DEEP WATER PORTS: SOME LESSONS FROM FOREIGN EXPERIENCE

A recent survey of foreign ports being developed for ships above 80,000 dwt yielded lessons covering vessel characteristics, dredging and traffic control, harbor configurations (tidal vs locked basins, excavated ports vs natural sited, river ports and offshore terminals, sea islands vs single-point mooring buoys, mooring and fendering), and aspects of geology, current vs wave and wind, flexibility, and environmental protection.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Held in Houston, Texas May 1-3, 1972.
• Corporate Authors:

  Offshore Technology Conference

  6200 North Central Expressway
  Dallas, TX  United States  45206
• Authors:
  • de Frondeville, B L
  • Goodier, J L
• Publication Date: 1972

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 295-306
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Offshore terminals; Petroleum; Petroleum terminals; Single point moorings
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00056536
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: American Petroleum Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: OTC #1647 Preprint
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 22 1974 12:00AM