Programme

Presentation of the Course, Introduction and Definitions
Port design
Meteocean analysis for port design
Port layouts and check-lists
Commercial ships and management
Navigation channels
Nautical cartography
Port silting
Numerical modelling for wave propagation and penetration (SWAN + FIDELL)
Dry bulk terminals
Container terminals
Project tasks (subdivision in groups)
Review activity of the projects

Core Documentation

Lecture notes.
Book THORESEN "Port Design Handbook".

Type of delivery of the course

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Attendance

Not mandatory.

Type of evaluation

Oral exam with discussion of the exercises and the project. The exam consists of 3 questions. Each question will be given a score between 0 and 10 points.