Container terminals 

Integrated services

Our service concept includes layout planning, traffic studies and assessment, container handling equipment assessment including cranes and quay structures in an integrated approach where all elements such as the quay and crane rail foundations are analysed in an integrated fashion.

Geotechnical and hydrodynamic assessment

As with other port terminal or quay structure, the analysis of geotechnical and hydrodynamic design data play a vital role in defining the design basis for container terminals.

Container berths and the associated loading and unloading operations are sensitive to vessel movements and hence detailed determination of wave disturbance and possible down time is vital.

COWI uses the MIKE 21 suite of models including Boussinesq Model for the determination of wave disturbance in port basins.

Berth layout and master plan studies

Container terminals normally require a large area just behind the quay front for the temporary stacking of containers and for the associated transport to and from the quay and to the hinterland.

Container terminal planning and design normally requires multidisciplinary teams of experts and engineers including the storage area with its heavy duty pavement and M&E installations and the traffic connections to the road and rail network at the site.