Delft University of Technology
Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Transport Technology
J. Schim van der Loeff Development of a Global Planning Tool for Rock Transportation. Safety and other Improvements at the Al Hamra Al Jazeerah Port
Internship, Report 2007.TEL.7206, Transport Engineering and Logistics.
Rock transport is an essential part in the chain of activities to protect large reclamation projects. The different projects in Dubai are growing in size and the demand for rock is increasing. What once started with one tugboat and two barges has grown to 20 barges and 10 tugboats until today. In the next six months 12 barges and 6 tugboats will be added to the arsenal. These barges are loaded in two different ports, where the increasing growth has also taken its toll. The number of accidents have started to increase caused by the increasing production and movements, this is why safety is becoming an important subject.
This report focuses on two main subjects.
The first subject is the transportation of rock and how the increasing production can be managed logistically. A simulation tool will be presented which will help the global planning of the whole transportation-cycle.
The second subject concerns with the events in the port and its stockyard and how measures can be taken to improve the safety conditions and eventually cause an increase in the production.
The structure of the simulation software has been changed to achieve more flexibility. Chapter C and appendix D4 of the report contain a description of these changes.
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