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ABSTRACT
Designing and implementing seaports are difficult tasks as they essentially involve pluridisciplinary team work. A large number of aspects must be taken into consideration including those related to the knowledge of the natural environment of potential implementation sites, estimated traffic in terms of size and tonnage of vessels. Mastery of the technical data related to the internal and external structures of the future seaports is essential. Finally, the selection of the site must be based upon the best compromise between the various imperatives and constraints. The project must also integrate the elaboration of an initial construction plan including the environmental schemes necessary to the good functioning of the seaport.
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Paul SCHERRER: Engineer General of Bridges, Waterways and Forests - Technical and Projects Director, GPMH (Port of Le Havre) – Port 2000 Project Director - French representative on the PIANC/PIANC EnviCom Environmental Committee
INTRODUCTION
Designing and building a seaport is a difficult but exciting task, as it necessarily involves multidisciplinary teamwork.
In particular, we need to address issues relating to :
knowledge of the natural environment of potential siting areas (swells, currents, biology, fauna/flora inventories, etc.);
potential traffic and its medium- and long-term evolution, in terms of cargo tonnage as well as ship size;
financial and legal arrangements (public-private partnerships, concessions, etc.) to build the future port;
technical data for designing the exterior and interior structures of the future port;
consultation with local populations, NGOs and various national or supra-national administrations.
The aim of these studies is to propose appropriate solutions with a view to :
select the site offering the best compromise between the various imperatives and constraints;
select a general development plan, resulting in an initial layout plan, supplemented by possible variants and subsequent phases;
This development plan will have to integrate the project's environmental integration as far upstream as possible, with measures to eliminate or reduce impact, as well as environmental support measures;
choose the best legal framework for building the future port;
build not only port infrastructures, but also other transport infrastructures (roads, freeways, railroads, waterways, pipelines, etc.) required for the port's smooth operation;
provide the port with the most appropriate means of handling the various types of traffic and information required for national and international trade as efficiently as possible.
This article cannot, of course, be dissociated from the Commercial and Fishing Harbors article. Interior fittings and equipment
All stages of the design process need to be carried out in parallel, to ensure that planning policy decisions are fully integrated...
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Regulations
Reform of French ports: the two main texts are :
Law n° 2008-660 of July 4, 2008 on port reform published in the Journal Officiel de la République Française (JORF) of July 5, 2008 ;
Décret n° 2008-1032 du 9 octobre 2008 pris en application de la loi n° 2008-660 du 4 juillet 2008 portant réforme portuaire et portant diverses dispositions en matière portuaire published in the...
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