The Port of Houston Authority (PHA) plans to develop a major marine terminal complex at the Bayport Ship Channel off Galveston Bay in Pasadena, Texas The Bayport Ship Channel presents the potential for a large terminal development with sufficient water frontage for seven container terminal berths, three passenger cruise berths and intermodal transfer terminal. Phase 1A of the project will consist of a two-berth container terminal with the face of the concrete wharf located 380 ft from the channel centerline. The new container wharf, 1,660 feet long and 135 feet wide, will be constructed on drilled shafts supporting a concrete deck. Included in the wharf design is a 100-foot gauge container crane track, a landside fill retention wall, fendering and utilities. This paper discusses the challenges encountered, engineering investigations performed and the selected options that were adopted for the design of the facility with particular emphasis on design criteria for state-of-the art container terminals, selection of the best schemes for deck design, fender system, underdeck slope protection, prevention of a slip failure of the frontal soil wedge, crane rail system and power cable protection, and proper selection of materials in order to achieve the design life of facility.
Container Wharves At Bayport Terminal Complex
Ports Conference 2004 ; 2004 ; Houston, Texas, United States
Ports 2004 ; 1-10
2004-05-13
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Outfitting Container Wharves for Tomorrow's Cranes
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