Port and Maritime Engineering Techniques

This training is open to anyone involved in the development or management of port or maritime infrastructure projects.

• Training in Civil or Hydraulic Engineering
• Other training with prior experience in the port/maritime sector

MODULE 1 :PORTS AND MARITIME STUDIES

• Concept on port works and the need for protective works
• Layout of protective structures and location of docking structures
• Dredging and reclamation
• Design of the access channel and the turning circle (Harbour Approach Channel Design Guidelines-PIANC)
• Design of a port layout plan

MODULE 2 :PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL MODELLING

• Wave propagation modelling, basin wave agitation, sediment transport process, mooring analysis, Dynamic under keel clearance …
• Physical models (flume and wave tank): goals, components, similarity principle, construction of models (scale, structures, bottoms, etc.), running of simulation tests

MODULE 3 : MARITIME GEOTECHNICAL INVESTIGATIONS

• ypes of surveys, objectives and comparison of selection criteria ;

MODULE 4 : BREAKWATERS DESIGN

• The different types of breakwater structures
• Breakwaters hydraulic performance
• Breakwaters design governing criteria and best practices
• Quay wall types
• Quay wall structural design

MODULE 5 : BERTHING STRUCTURES

• The different types of berthing structures and selection criteria
• Structural design of quay wall structures