Dredging Volumes Prediction for the Access Channel of Santos Port Considering Different Design Depths

Santos is the most important Brazilian port, handling about 114 million of tons in 2016. In 2010, there was a great capital dredging in order to deepen the Access Channel to 15m deep (Chart Datum - CD). This depth was not achieved, due to inefficiency on dredging procedures. As deepening and maintai...

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Main Authors: Lucas Martins Pion, J.C.M. Bernardino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gdynia Maritime University 2018-09-01
Series:TransNav: International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation
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Online Access:http://www.transnav.eu/files/Dredging Volumes Prediction for the Access Channel of Santos Port Considering Different Design Depths,834.pdf