Demolition of a Deep Sea Quay Wall in Rotterdam

Erik Broos; Tim Schmidt; Wim Hoebee; Jarit De Gijt

Demolition of a Deep Sea Quay Wall in Rotterdam

Erik Broos, Tim Schmidt, Wim Hoebee, Jarit De Gijt

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

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Abstract

The rapid development in containership dimensions creates a huge challenge for ports. But for one port basin in Rotterdam this challenge was too big. The nautical restrictions for the Amazonehaven would start at such moderate conditions that the basin would be closed for ultra large container ships (ULCS) about a 100 days a year. As this basin contains more than 60 percent of the deep sea quay length at ECT Delta Terminal, Europe's largest container terminal, the Port of Rotterdam Authority decided to widen the basin by demolishing the opposite bulk quay wall. In this way vessels up to 18,000 TEU (twenty foot equivalent unit) have access up to 6 Beaufort wind speed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ports 2016: Port Planning and Development - Papers from Sessions of the 14th Triennial International Conference
Publisher	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Pages	782-791
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9780784479919
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	14th Triennial International Conference on Ports 2016: Port Planning and Development - New Orleans, United States Duration: 12 Jun 2016 → 15 Jun 2016 Conference number: 14

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Conference	14th Triennial International Conference on Ports 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	New Orleans
Period	12/06/16 → 15/06/16

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Demolition of a Deep Sea Quay Wall in Rotterdam. / Broos, Erik; Schmidt, Tim; Hoebee, Wim et al.
Ports 2016: Port Planning and Development - Papers from Sessions of the 14th Triennial International Conference. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), 2016. p. 782-791.

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