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| Title |
THE ROLE OF MARITIME SIMULATION IN PORT AND WATERWAY DEVELOPMENT
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| Accession No |
00649598 |
| Authors |
Puglisi, J J; O'Hara, J M; D'Amico, A |
Corp. Authors
/ Publisher |
National Maritime Research Center Computer Aided Operations Research Facility  ; Maritime Administration
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| Publication Date |
19850300 |
| Description |
7 p.
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| Abstract |
One of the primary objectives of the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) is to promote the development of U.S. ports and commercial transportation systems. As part of the effort towards realizing this objective, MARAD has built and developed one of the world's most sophisticated shiphandling computer simulators. The simulator is housed at the Computer Aided Operations Research Facility (CAORF) in Kings Point, New York, and consists of a full ship's bridge and related hardware and software required to develop realistic simulators. The simulated ship is piloted by experienced licensed mariners in simulated ports and harbors. Simulation makes possible the integration of all of the important variables in marine transportation system--man, ship, and environment--in the study and evaluation of proposed system design modification. These modifications include port and waterway developments, vessel and instrument design, modification of operational procedures and risk management. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of marine simulation in one of the areas described above--port and waterway development. Two studies are described, one for Hampton Roads, Virginia, and the other for the Panama Canal, for which CAORF was used in the evaluation of channel designs proposed to enable these ports to better accommodate deep-draft vessels. |
Supplemental
Information |
Conf. paper reprint; Prepared for presentation at U.S./Japan Committee on Natural Resources, Marine Facility Panel, 12-15 March, 1985, Tokyo |
| TRT Terms |
Channels (Waterways) ; Simulation ; Structural design |
| Geographical Terms |
Hampton Roads (Virginia); Panama Canal |
| Other Terms |
Caorf; Channel design; Port planning and development |
| Document Source |
Maritime Technical Information Facility
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| TRIS Files |
MRIS |
| Database |
TRIS Online |
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