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A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg , Manchester and Duluth ; these access the sea via rivers or canals .
Container port design process is a set of correlated practices considered during container port design, aiming to transfer general business mission into detailed design documents for future construction and operation. [1] The design process involves both conceptual design and detailed design.
There are three broad port business models: The landlord business model in which: “the port is an entity that owns the port infrastructure and has agreements with third party operators”; The integrated model in which “the port is itself an operator that provides all cargo handling services”; and
A loading dock leveler is a piece of equipment which is typically mounted to the exterior dock face or recessed into a pit at a loading dock. Commonly referred to as “bridging the gap”, a dock leveler allows for the movement of industrial vehicles (e.g. forklifts, pallet jacks ) between a building and a transport vehicle .
Berth is the term used in ports and harbors for a designated location where a vessel may be moored, usually for the purposes of loading and unloading. Berths are designated by the management of a facility (e.g., port authority, harbor master). Vessels are assigned to berths by these authorities.
Wharf under construction on the Upper Mississippi in Fountain City, Wisconsin [1] A wharf ( pl. wharves or wharfs ), quay ( / k iː / kee , also / k eɪ , k w eɪ / k(w)ay [ 2 ] ), staith , or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
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Bremerhaven container port Intermodal terminal in Garden City, Georgia at the Port of Savannah. Shanghai Port is the world's busiest maritime container port. A container port, container terminal, or intermodal terminal is a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for onward transportation.