Seaports
- Autonomous Port of Le Havre-Port 2000
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Sea ports development
Sea ports evolution
Fishing and leisure ports
Autonomous Port of Le Havre-Port 2000 ( rights reserved )
A modern commercial port comprises:
terminals or "stations" where loading and unloading of vessels takes place, areas sheltered from the swell (outer harbour), allowing vessels to carry out their manoeuvres, a channel which links the outer harbour to the open sea and allows the vessels to locate sufficient depth of water in order to navigate safely.
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The Port of Le Havre at the end of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ( rights reserved )
Seaports have had to continually adapt their facilities and equipment to changes in ships and traffic. This has led to a very substantial increase in their size and the installation of highly specialized equipment.
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Port of Beaulieu (Alpes Maritimes) ( rights reserved )
Certain ports can only receive fishing or leisure vessels, others are used for both activities.
Commercial ports can also receive fishing and/or leisure vessels.
When fishing and leisure activities are carried out at the same port, distinct areas are allocated to each of them.
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Seaports infrastructure
Quay-side vessel stations
Dyke at the port of Le Havre-Antifer ( rights reserved )
The infrastructures which are specific to seaports are the works which :
ensure the protection of internal areas of water against choppiness coming from the waves, permit the berthing and mooring of vessels, permit the transit of vessels between areas of water of different levels serve for the construction and repair of vessels.
These specific projects are :
Dykes which ensure the protection of internal areas of water against choppiness coming from the waves, Quays, landing-stage or Ducs d’Albe, which permit the (...)
Port of Le Havre ( rights reserved )
Modern commercial ports are made up of terminals or "stations" where loading and unloading of vessels takes place.
These stations are designed and sized according to the nature and amount of traffic and merchandise, as well as the characteristics of the vessels.
This is how the different stations are distinguished; there are those for merchandise in packages, those for bulk solid merchandise and those for bulk liquid products.
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