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Het beschikken over een veilig afgemeerd schip is van vitaal belang teneinde de cargo op een veilige en snelle manier te kunnen overdragen. Vele havens zijn voldoende beschermd tegen golfwerking, maar hebben op hun beurt te maken met windeffecten, alsook scheepspassages die een invloed hebben op het afgemeerde schip. Deze thesis bespreekt de volledige afmeeranalyse voor schepen in dergelijke locaties. Binnen dit studiegebied wordt de respons van ...

Ports want to ensure safe and reliable loading operations for all ships. Increase in ship sizes, especiallycontainer ships, potentially cause unsafe mooring situations. For ships moored at quay walls, there is also alack of international guidelines for mooring arrangements. This paper presents a case study for a mooredcontainership being passed by a vessel of identical dimensions. The behaviour of the moored ship is simulatedusing UGentU+2019s ...

With the increasing size of container ships, accurate methods to model manoeuvring and mooringconditions are indispensable. Especially in confined waters, where the ship speed is low or even zero,wind forces add a significant contribution to the force balance. The calculation of wind forces istypically done using wind coefficients based on wind tunnel tests. In these computations, a referencewind pressure must be used which is often based on the ...

Purpose Economies of scale drive container ship owners towards ordering larger vessels. Terminals need to ensure a safe (un)loading operation of these vessels, which can only be guaranteed if the mooring equipment is not overloaded (lines, fenders and bollards) and if the motions of the vessel remain below set limits, under external forces. This paper aims to focus on the passing vessel effect as a potential disturbing factor in the Port of ...