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Project cargo terminal

C4. Ports, terminals and coastal/marine civil engineering

Definition

Heavy lift and OOG terminal.

A project-cargo terminal handles heavy-lift and out-of-gauge cargo such as wind-turbine components, refinery modules, transformers, and offshore structures that exceed normal container or break-bulk limits. It needs a high-bearing-capacity quay and laydown yard, often 5 to 15 tonnes per square meter or more, plus heavy-lift mobile or crawler cranes and roll-on roll-off ramps for self-propelled modular transporters. Berth and apron pavement design governs which loads can stage on the quay, so the geotechnical and structural capacity is the defining constraint. Throughput is measured in lifts and tonnage per shipment, not standard cargo rates.

Source: PIANC heavy-lift and project-cargo terminal guidance; BS 6349 (maritime works)