1          Introduction

There is need of a floating offshore container terminal which has to be used more or less universally in various seas including the North Sea. The terminal is constructed as a floating concrete box caisson with dimensions of 800 meters length, a width of 240 meters and a draft of 16 meters.

 

The caisson has to be moored in such a way that it can serve as a floating breakwater for ships which transfer their containers onto the floating terminal. This means that when the terminal is located in the North Sea containers can be transferred whenever the significant wave height is less than 3,5 meters. Obviously, the caisson must be held in position during the worst reasonable sea conditions. It also means that the terminal must be able to rotate into the desired position.

continu to chapter 2: problem analysis

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