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FEASIBILITY OF THE INSTALLATION OF GANTRY CRANES ON QUAY 1

Quay 1 is not originally designed to accommodate container gantry cranes. Within the frameworks of this study, it is required to assess the feasibility of the installation of Panamax gantry cranes and if required develop options for the retrofitting of quay 1 to this purpose.

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GANTRY CRANE CHARACTERISTICS

The following characteristics of the container gantry crane have been considered for the study of the stability of quay 1: - Type of gantry crane: Panamax - Outreach about 35-37 meters - Number of sea-side wheel under the two legs: 10 - Number of land-side wheels under the two legs: 8 - Spacing between wheels (land and sea sides): 0.90 m - Maximum load under each sea side wheel : 30 tons - Maximum load under each land side wheel : 30 tons - Distance between sea side and land side rails: 20 meters - Distance between leg axis (parallel to the quay) : 16 meters It has been considered that in case of the installation of a container gantry crane along quay 1, the sea side rail would be placed at 2 meter from the quay line.

1.1.2

SOIL DATA

The outputs of the geotechnical and geophysical surveys carried out within the framework of the project are given in the Geotechnical Survey report dated June, 2007 and the Addendum to the geotechnical report dated December 2007. The geophysical investigations carried out along the existing quay 1 revealed that the subsoil in the area of the project is constituted of 3 main layers: - A sandy-gravel layer slightly silty and which thickness is apparently null near the existing structure (profiles P27 P28 and P29) which not seems to correspond with the three in-situ tests, An alteration of the substratum between 3 to 5m of thickness, - A basalt layer. The following boreholes were also carried out in the quay 1 area: - At the south end of quay 1 : borehole S5, - Along the south part of the existing breakwater : boreholes P2 and P4 These boreholes allowed to identify: At S5 : - The structure of the quay foundation and blocks constituted of compacted basalt somewhat fractured. They have been identified at level -13.0 m ZH, which is the low level of the foundation layer of the quay.

- Basaltic sand more or less silty till 20m depth At P2 : the penetration test showed: - A low resistance until 2 m in depth where we can be noted the presence of layers having very low resistance between 0,5m and 1,5m under seabed with SPT value: 2 N 15 with a mean value NM # 9 - A mean resistance between 2m and 4m depth with: 14 N 20 - A high resistance until the refusal is obtained with : 29 N 60 The excavation conducted at a depth of 0,8m under the seabed have indicated the presence of sand and locally silty gravels. The sieve analysis indicated 10 to 20 % of fines - At P4, we noted a very similar geotechnical context to that of P2: - A mean resistance over 1,2m depth with: 15 N 29 - Bad characteristics between 1,30 and 2,40 m : 5 N 18 with a mean value NM # 9 - Below 2.4m, an acceptable resistance value until the refusal at 4,90m below the seabed :17 N 52 with a mean value NM = 29 Laboratory tests carried out on samples taken during an excavation of 0,4m depth, showed during a shearing test (triaxial test): - Cohesion : Friction angle : c = 0,53 kg/m3 = 29,4

- Sieve analysis indicated 6 to 13% of fines in surface soil.

1.1.3

STABILITY CALCULATIONS

The structure of the concrete block quay shall be computed with special software developed by the consultant. The modeling consisted in the input of the following data: - Size of each concrete block of the quay and of the copping beam. - Density of material - Mooring loads, - Seismic loads - Vertical loads (container stacking, reach stacker) According to the construction drawings, the gap between the concrete block quay and the old caisson type quay located behind it had been filled with compacted stone fill with lean concrete. Consequently, the active earth pressure back to the quay is reduced to 0. The software shall calculate the stability: - Global stability of the quay wall - Sliding of quay on its base - Sliding of blocks between each others - Stress under the lower block