Port Construction in the Theater of Operations

Abstract

Recent developments in marine shipping will have a profound effect on military port construction. The use of large container vessels and super tankers already requires that commercial marine terminals be extensively modified in order to operate efficiently. The Army must develop the capability to construct facilities that are compatible with these new developments. The report furnishes basic reference information for use in selecting sites for military ports and port facilities, fulfilling the requirements of container facilities, and solving engineering problems that new developments in shipping will place on the military engineer. It involves only present state-of-the-art techniques and equipment that permit the off-loading of all types of commercial and military cargo vessels at the earliest practical time after a site has been tactically secured.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763175

Entities

People

  • Alton A. Clark
  • Donald N. Brown
  • Richard J. Lacavich
  • Robert W. Whalin
  • William K. Dornbush

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boats
  • Chemistry
  • Civil Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Fenders (Boats)
  • Geography
  • Marine Transportation
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Testing
  • Military Science
  • Resonant Frequency
  • Ridges
  • Terrain
  • Topography

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime Security/Maritime Homeland Security
  • Systems Analysis and Design