Unit 1 Ports and harbours as the interface between the water and land

5 lecture hours

• infrastructure- an infrastructure layer between two transport media- History of port growth- factors affecting growth of port- Classification of harbour
• Selection of site and planning of harbors
• location of harbor
• master plan
• ship characteristics
• Site investigations – hydrographic survey
• topographic survey
• soil investigations
• current observations
• tidal observations
• Layout of port and Harbour
• Port planning

Unit 2 Port Demand Estimation and Management

7 lecture hours

• Forecasting demand for services of a new port
• Optimal handling capacity estimation
• Evaluation, and management of port projects
• Long-term port planning
• Modeling port demand and supply
• Port traffic forecasting
• Strategic Port Planning
• Operational port planning
• Terminal planning module

Unit 3 Fundamentals of port structures design, design codes, guidelines

10 lecture hours

• and functional requirements
• geotechnical, and materials considerations
• for a variety of environmental conditions
• including extreme wave and current environments and seismic loading- Dry infrastructures-Wet infrastructures –Support vessels
• hydrological and oceanographic data required for port design- Determination of location- Economic viability

Unit 4 Different types of Breakwaters, jetties & quay walls and dolphins- 10 25

• Program Name: Master of Engineering Level: PG Branch: Civil Engineering (Transportation Engineering) Subject Code: ME02069051 Subject Name: Seaport Infrastructure Engineering w.e.f. 2024-25 http://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Page no. 1 of 2 Hydrodynamic loading on such structures and Structural Design aspects
• Functional designing of the various components of ports and marine terminals
• including steel
• timber, and stone structures
• Design procedures for breakwaters
• fender and mooring systems and revetments

Unit 5 Size and shape of harbour and turning basin – Type, location and

5 lecture hours

• height of Breakwaters – Location and width of entrance to harbour – Depth of harbour and navigational channel – Number
• location and type of docks or berths or jetties- Shore facilities for Marine terminals and fishing harbours

Unit 6 Docks and Sea Port Facilities

8 lecture hours

• harbor docks
• use of wet docks
• design of wet docks
• repair docks
• lift docks
• dry docks
• keel and bilge blocking
• construction of dry docks
• gates for dry docks
• pumping plant
• floating docks
• size of lock
• lock gates
• types of gates
• port development
• port building facilities
• transit sheds
• cargo handling facilities
• container handling terminal facilities
• inland port facilities
• Navigational aids
• requirements of signals
• beacon light
• Dredging & coastal protection: Types of dredgers
• usage of dredged material
• sea wall protection- sea wall revetment
• Economic evaluation of port project
• impacts of port activities