Port Planning and Infrastructure Design
For whom?
This course is useful for engineers involved in the design and/or supervision of ports and coastal structures. Having knowledge about the coastal processes such as wind, waves, tides and tidal currents is necessary.
Dates, Fee, ECTS
Start: 13 January 2020
End: 31 January 2020
Deadline IHE application: 12 December 2019 - 23.59 (CET)
Course fee: € 2910
VAT is not included in the course fee
Course content
The design of 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 on 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 the site selection, investigations at chosen site, the determination of design parameters and normal design sequence of berthing structures, typical lay-out and components of berthing structures. Also design criteria, structural considerations, construction methods and choice of construction equipment will be discussed.
In addition to the course work a field trip to the port of Rotterdam is included in this course.
Lecturers
- Prof. Han Ligteringen
- L. Groenewegen
- R. Groenveld
- C. Klaver
- A. Dastgheib