Container terminal development Port of Shanghai

Container terminal development Port of Shanghai

Riemslag, C.

Ligteringen, H. (mentor)
Groenveld, R. (mentor)
Horstmeier, T.H.W. (mentor)
Pluijm, M. (mentor)

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Hydraulic Engineering

2001-08-01

At the time of writing this report the Chinese economy is one of the largest in the world. Although China is registered as a developing country, this will probably change fast while it is highly likely that China will be entering the World Trade Organisation (WTO) soon. With the growth of China, Shanghai as a container port will also grow. Plans of the Chinese government are even to turn Shanghai into the main container hub of Southeast Asia. To sustain this growth Shanghai will probably have to expand its capacity. To be able to get an indication of the future demanded requirements regarding container handling capacity, a masterplan has been made within this report. Based on a growth scenario it has been estimated that by 2010 a maximum capacity of 12500 TEU is expected. Now the expected number of vessels and their probable dimensions have been determined, the requirements regarding the terminal facilities can be determined. With these requirements eventually a location can be sought that meets these requirements. Of 3 possible locations eventually the location near Nanhui lui has been chosen. This area lies only 80 kilometre south east of Shanghai outside the mouth of the Yangtze River. A location outside the Yangtze River was required due to the increasing number of vessels calling at Shanghai having large draughts. The disadvantage of this location is that due to its location near the mouth of the Yangtze River it faces high annual returning maintenance dredging works. The advantages of this location however led to this choice. While not sufficient natural depth is available along the coast of Nanhui lui an approach channel has been dimensioned within this report. During the calculation of this approach channel it turned out that a total volume of 200 million m3 of capital dredging should be executed. In combination with the expected maintenance dredging works, the costs would probably be very high. Within this report therefore another solutions has been investigated. This solution contains a main port on the islands of Yangshan, 35 kilometres off shore, in combination with satellite terminals along the coast.The main port at Yangshan will handle all vessels that normally call at Shanghai. While many containers with a domestic destination are transported to and from Shanghai by truck and train, a connection with mainland is necessary. This connection is formed by so called shuttle barges that sail to and from Yangshan. The home terminals of these shuttles are so called satellite terminals situated at Nanhui lui and the current container terminals of Shanghai. 4 design proposals are made for the Yangshan islands. The chosen one allows all vessels to make use of the same basins leading to a reduction of breakwater length. The construction of this project will be executed in phases. Along with the phases the investments have been projected. These investments have been converted to the year of investment using an inflation of 5% annually.

port design

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Student theses

master thesis