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With the growing maritime container transport, in which increasingly larger ships are active, ports have the need to expand their terminal capacities. Currently, the two conventional ways of expansion are: building a terminal on existing land or expanding harbour area by land reclamation. Recently, a third possibility has become available. Although not yet used anywhere in the world, a floating container terminal can be an ideal solution for a harbour to expand its container transhipment facilities. On this website, the possibilities of a large Floating Container Terminal are examined, with an emphasis on the mooring system of such a floating structure.
A port has several options to realize expansion of its container terminal capacities. In this part three options will be discussed:
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