Maritime Security

An IntroductionMichael McNicholas

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AMSTERDAM • BOSTON • HEIDELBERG • LONDONNEW YORK • OXFORD • PARIS • SAN DIEGO

SAN FRANCISCO • SINGAPORE • SYDNEY • TOKYO

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Maritime SecurityChapter 1

Commercial Seaports and Modes of Maritime Transport

In This Chapter• The functioning and operations of different types

of terminals

• The roles and activities of key private-sector stakeholders

• The impact and role of the development of the container and intermodalism

• The origins and development of modern commercial shipping

• The types and functioning of modern commercial ships

Introduction

• Shipping started with people crossing rivers and floating with the flow of water

• Traders began trading their goods at different locations along the river

• These locations became popular trading spots and the foundations of our modern ports

Commercial Seaports

• Seaports provide support to vessels and allow cargo operations

• There are four types of Terminals:▫ Container Terminals

▫ Bulk Cargo Terminals

▫ Cruise Ship Terminals

▫ Nontraditional Terminals

Container Terminal

• Specifically caters to the needs of Container vessels

• Provide ample staging area, specialized equipment and skilled manpower

Containers

• 20 or 40 feet long

• 8 feet wide

• 8’ 6” high

• Trailers - containers with a fixed chassis

History of Containers• Cargo was stacked loose or on pallets

• Stored in hatches below decks

• Loaded and unloaded via conveyor belts, physical manpower, ship cranes, or nets.

• Used to be very dangerous, cargo was frequently damaged, operations were very slow

• Today it takes 12 hours to do what it took 3 to 5 days with break-bulk cargo

Advantages of Containers

• Most efficient, safe and flexible method to transport cargo

• Container offers protection from adverse weather and water and handling damages

• Multiple shippers with small loads can consolidate the cargo into a single container

Container Terminal Equipment• Gantry Crane

• Mobile Crane

• Rubber Tire Gantry Crane

• Straddle Crane

• Shuttle Carrier

• Top-Pick

• Reachstacker

• Side-Pick

• Terminal Tractor

• Container Flat-Bed Chassis

• Bomb Cart

Gantry Crane

• This large crane has a boom that is capable of extending over the beam of the vessel in order to lower the container into a cargo vessel

• It is most commonly on rail tracks in order to move