An Empirical Study on Berth-Length Calculation of Container Terminal

Song, Yong-Seok; Nam, Ki-Chan; Yeon, Jeong-Hum; Kim, Jeong-Eun

Journal of Navigation and Port Research 2003;27(2):179-184.
Published online June 30, 2003.

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An Empirical Study on Berth-Length Calculation of Container Terminal

Yong-Seok Song, Ki-Chan Nam, Jeong-Hum Yeon, Jeong-Eun Kim

Abstract

In order to mitigate the overcapacity of Busan port, Busan new port has, been developed as transshipment port which is capable of handling 8,000 TEU containership. Generally, design of transshipment port has to reflect the capacity of feeder because both mother vessels and feeders enter the planned port at the same time. However, the existing plan of Busan new port capacity needs to be reexamined since the adopted capacity of each berth at new port, 300,000 TEU, does not seem to be enough to handle both mother vessels and feeders. Therefore, in this study we calculated the required number of berth and berth length by considering cargo handling capacity in terms of the ship size and this study makes some implications in relation with the terminal development plan.

Key Words: Large(Mother) vessel;Feeder vessel;Transshipment port;Berth capacity;Berth occupancy ratio;Berth-length;throughput per ship