OVERVIEW

The course provides the fundamental elements for Port Planning and Design taking into account the maritime operations and the land requirements for terminals and inland transport.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The main objective of the course is to provide the fundamental knowledge about port planning and design either for the maritime areas and for the terminals layout. Part of the course will be dedicated to give some insight about the managing and organization of a typical italian commercial harbor.

LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO)

Within the course the student will learn how to carry out an efficient and detailed planning of maritime and land areas for a commercial harbor through:
- detailed reccomandation for safe navigation and operativity for the design of the maritime areas taking into account information about ship characteristics;
- optimal terminal layout for different type of goods and different way of loading/unloading procedures;
- analysis of harbor operativity depending on different environmental loads (long waves and wind).

The student will get as well an insight, through practical cases, on the management and the operations that are necessary in order to run a modern commercial harbor.
 

TEACHING METHODS

Oral classes and thematic seminars

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

DESIGN METHODOLOGY

Characterizatin of location (bathymetry, wave cliamte, tides, sediment transport).
Harbor types depending on tidal excursion.
Maritime areas design and planning (access channels, basins and maneuvering areas).
Terminal layout and planning (logistics, type of goods, offshore terminals, transhipment).
Environmental loads effects on harbor operativity (long waves and wind).
Repair, rehabilitation, maintenance adn upgrading of harbor structures.

MANAGING AND RUNNING A COMMERCIAL HARBOR

The Masterplan.
Maritime structures and dredging project in the Port of Genoa.
The process of design and constructing maritime structures: critical issues, typical problems and involved stakeholders.
Fundamentals of Project Management for solving criticalities.

Port logistic planning.
Financial management and license fees.
 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Borzani, G., 1980, Linee di tendenza e criteri generali di progettazione delle calate e dei terminali marittimi commerciali, ESA.
• Bruun, P., 1990, Port Engineering, Gulf Publishing Company.
• Thoresen C.A.,2003, Port designer's Handbook, Thomas Telford.
• Velsink, H.,1993, Ports and terminals, T.U., Delft.
• Tsinker, G.P., 1997, Handbook of Port and Harbor Engineering, Chapman & hall.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

GIOVANNI BESIO (President)

PAOLO BLONDEAUX

LAURA LANDO' REBAUDENGO

ALESSANDRO STOCCHINO

LESSONS

LESSONS START

At the beginning of the second semester, according to the official timetable.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Oral discussion about course topics.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The examination consists in an oral discussion about the course topics starting from a detailed analysis of an international port chosen by the students.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

http://civamb.dicca.unige.it/eng/insegnamenti/1516/