Passing Ships vs Moored Ships
Description
Effect of Passing Ships on Moored Ships (ROPES JIP)
With the growth in ship size and shipping as a whole, ports and terminals along waterways are being used more and more intensively. Passing ships can exert large forces on moored vessels due to suction. This results in large longitudinal and transverse movements and peak forces in the mooring system. The safety of people, loading/unloading installations, cargo and ship, as well as the smooth handling of shipping and the loading/unloading process are at stake.
In the ROPES-JIP, a computer model is being developed to calculate these loads on moored ships. For this development and the validation of the model, extensive practical measurements and model tests are being carried out in the port of Rotterdam. The possibilities of dynamically controlled mooring systems are also being investigated. In the three-year ROPES project that started on 23 November and was supported by the Minister of I&M on 17 January, some 20 ports, terminal operators, engineering firms, system suppliers and knowledge institutes are working together.
19.30:00 Coffee
20:00 Start of lectures
Speaker(s)
Henk van den Boom (MARIN)
Location
Faculty Room, Geb. van W&S- TUD, accessible via the
rear entrance at Leeghwaterstraat 17, immediately on the right
Organiser
Maritime Engineering
Name and contact details for information
Further information from Erik de Ridder at the e-mail address below.