Our service concept includes layout planning, traffic studies, economical feasibility, environmental issues, conceptual, basic and detailed design for both the marine and land works and facilities including buildings and passenger access equipment.
Like for any other port terminal or quay structure, the analysis of geotechnical and hydrodynamic design data are important items for study in defining the design basis. Cruise terminal berths require acceptable wave disturbance conditions. COWI uses the MIKE 21 suite of models including the Boussinesq Model for the determination of wave disturbance in port basins.
Cruise terminals require normally a well planned area with quay front for berthing and roadway for access of vehicles and passengers. Container terminal planning and design therefore requires multidisciplinary teams of experts and engineers including the quay pavement and M&E installations and necessary buildings.
Cruise terminals requires the same design services as other quay and port structures, so COWI´s general marine structures expertise can be brought to bear also for this type of terminals. COWI uses state of the art software for structural calculations and design and for soil-structure-interaction modelling which is often an important element in the design of marine structures.
Thomas DahlgrenHead of DepartmentMarine and Foundation EngineeringTel. +45 45 97 26 69thda@cowi.comJørn H. ThomsenSenior Project ManagerTel. +45 45 97 26 89jot@cowi.com