The movement of grain is a major activity of the U.S. flag ocean transportation system. Efficient handling of grain at the foreign destination ports is of importance to the cost of ocean freight and therefore directly impacts the U.S. shipping industry as well as the U.S. Government, the farming industry, and other commercial interests. Off-loading facilities at the destination ports are often inadequate or inefficient. Shallow draft berths, long vessel waiting times, and inefficient off-loading operations all have adverse effects on the cost of ocean freight. The development of a floating bulk grain unloading facility which would be readily transportable by LASH barges aboard a mother vessel is a solution to the problem and is both technically and financially feasible. Such a facility would: (1) provide rapid relief to temporary port congestion; (2) facilitate response in emergencies; (3) serve relatively undeveloped ports and river systems; (4) serve several ports at widely separated locations through movement of the unloading equipment with the cargo itself, and (5) facilitate offshore lightering at shallow water locations.


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    Title :

    Transportable, Floating, Bulk Grain Unloading Port Facilities: Feasibility Research Report


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    1989


    Size :

    129 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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