Ports process from the vessel perspective

Business and Economics of Port Management: An Insider’s Perspective (Routledge Maritime Masters Book 8)
Wei Yim Yap
 Port production process from the cargo
perspective

Business and Economics of Port Management: An Insider’s Perspective (Routledge Maritime Masters Book 8)
Wei Yim Yap
PARTS OF A PORT
 Parts of a Port
• Five major elements define a port site:
1. Maritime Access: which refers to the physical capacity of the site to
accommodate ship operations. It includes:

• Channel and berth depths and wideness

• It may also refer to meteo marine conditions

Transport Geography
 Parts of a Port
• Five major elements define a port site:
2. Maritime interface: Indicates the amount of space that is available to
support maritime operations, namely the amount of shoreline where
vessels can be safely accommodated. Even if a port site has excellent
maritime access, namely deepwater waterways, there may not be enough
land available to guarantee its future development and expansion.

Transport Geography
 Parts of a Port
• Five major elements define a port site:
3. Infrastructures: The port site must have infrastructures such as docks,
stacking or storage areas, warehouses.

Transport Geography
 Parts of a Port
• Five major elements define a port site:
4. Equipment: The port site must have equipment such as cranes, mobile
equipments, among others

Transport Geography
 Parts of a Port
• Five major elements define a port site:
5. Land Access: Access from the port to its Hinterland (industrial complexes
and markets) ensure its growth and importance. This requires efficient
inland distribution systems, such as fluvial barges, rail unit trains, and
roads handling intense heavy truck traffic.

Transport Geography
 Port Capacity System
MARITIME MARITIME EQUIPMENT LAND
ACCESS INTERFACE ACCESS

Machinery

Roads Warehouses
Train Terminal
Cranes

Dikes Dredging Docks Refills Land, train

conections

INFRASTRUCTURE
 Parts of a Port
Maritime Access
8
5
4
1 MOUTHPIECE 6
6
2 ACCESS CHANNEL
7
3 MAIN NAVIGATION CHANNEL 5
4 ANCHORAGE
5 CIABOGA BASIN
4
6 MANEUVER BASINS
7 SECONDARY CHANNELS 3

8 SERVICE BASIN
4

2
1
 Parts of a Port
Maritime Interface

9 DOCKS 9 9
 Parts of a Port 13 12

Infrastructure
11
9
9 DOCKS
10 EXTERNAL WORKS
11 CARGO TRANSFERENCE AREA 9
12 STORAGING
13 TRAFFIC AREAS

10 10
 Parts of a Port
Equipment
14
14
14 CRANES
15
15 MOBILE EQUIPMENTS
 Parts of a Port
Land Access

16 LAND ACCESS 16
16
External Works
Mouthpiece
Access Channel
Navigation channel
Navigation channel
Anchorage
Ciaboga Basin
Service basin
Dock
Docks
Docks
Docks
Docks
Docks
Docks
Docks
Cargo transference area
Storaging
Storaging
Traffic areas
 Port Cranes

Floating Cranes Bulk-Handling Cranes

Port Cranes

Gantry Cranes

Hammerhead Cranes
 Port Cranes

Tower Cranes Deck Cranes

 Port Cranes

Rough Terrain Cranes Overhead Cranes

 Port Cranes

Reachstacker Ship Loader

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 Port Cranes

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Land Access
Port Capacity
Maritime access and Maritime interface are concerned about navigational
space utilised by inter- and intra-port ship traffic.

They determine Maritime Capacity, which can be measured by the amount

of water surface area allocated for anchorages, basins and channels.
Port Capacity
Infrastructure and Equipments encompasses the space occupied by docks,
jetties, stacking yards, storage tanks and other facilities associated with ship-
to-shore transfer of cargo and those that cater to the needs of ships and
cargo in the port.

This is known as Shore side Capacity

Port Capacity
Land Access is predominantly concerned about the flow capacity of
hinterland connectivity.

It consists of transport capacity of road, rail, river and pipeline networks that
connect the port to its hinterland.
Hinterland connection capacity will also include connectivity to inland
terminal storage and handling facilities
Port Capacity
As a summary, Capacity from the flow perspective in ports, is determined by
the amount of traffic that can be handled in a given period.
This will be influenced by berth capacity, yard capacity, gate capacity,
interactions between these components and the cycle of arrival and
departure of shipping and hinterland traffic.
Port Capacity
In other words, capacity is determined by:
■ Maritime access
■ Maritime interface
■ Infrastructure
■ Equimpemnt
■ Land access
Parts of a Port

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Korea Container terminal

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