Knowledge (XXG)

Turning basin

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guideline 141 recommends a turning basin diameter for channels of 1.2 times the ship's length; in China, twice the ship's length is used. For seagoing vessels, PIANC guideline 121 recommends a diameter of 2 times the ship's length if tug assistance is present. Without tugboats, three times the ship's
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In seaports the turning basins is often not a real physical basin, but a designated area in the harbour basin where turning is possible and mooring is prohibited. In the example from Gdynia the plan is to enlarge the existing turning basin by removing a part of an existing quay (shown in red in the
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length is recommended. The Spanish guidelines for turning basins for seagoing vessels provide very specific dimensions for different types of manoeuvres that may occur at a turning basin in a seaport.
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For a complete 180-degree turnaround, the width of the basin must be more than the length of the longest vessel normally
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Recommendations for the Design of the Maritime Configuration of Ports, Approach Channels and Harbour Basins
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to turn and reverse their direction of travel, or to enable long narrow barges in a
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turns at right-angles at this point, so this basin was built to allow
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The Seybold Canal's turning basin for smaller pleasure craft in
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Design guidelines for inland waterway dimensions (Incom-wg141)
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Harbour approach channels design guidelines (MarCom-wg 121)
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is a wider body of water, either located at the end of a
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Index

ship canal
port
cargo ships
canal
traversing
waterway
bow thrusters
tugboats

PIANC

Pegasus barge
Vehicle Assembly Building
Kennedy Space Center

Nottingham Canal
narrowboats

Miami
ISBN
9780727740861
OCLC
868200455
Design guidelines for inland waterway dimensions (Incom-wg141)
ISBN
978-2-87223-257-4
Harbour approach channels design guidelines (MarCom-wg 121)
ISBN
978-2-87223-210-9
Recommendations for the Design of the Maritime Configuration of Ports, Approach Channels and Harbour Basins

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