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1 Venice Offshore Terminal
Venice Offshore Terminal
Design Concept
Payam Foroudi
Project Director
Halcrow Group Ltd
23 September 2010
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Project Location
• 8 nautical miles east
of the porto di
Malamocco
• Site of a previously
planned oil terminal
in 1984
• In water depth of
approximately 20m
below Chart Datum
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Project Requirements – Offshore Terminal
• Deepsea Container Terminal with 1.5-3.0 million TEU
capacity
• Crude Oil Terminal with annual throughput of 7.0
million tonnes
• Space for future expansion, including development
of dry bulk and general cargo terminals
• Operational, maintenance and support facilities
• Refuge berths during MOSE barrier closures
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Conceptual Layout
Main features:
• Protective breakwater 3.5km long
• 1500m long quay for deepsea
containerships
• Container barge loading/unloading
berths
• 2 oil berths capable of
accommodating up to 150,000 DWT
tankers
• Berthing area for service ferry,
supply vessels, tugs, pilot boats,
Coastguard
• Maintenance and operation areas,
buildings and workers facilities,
medical centre, control tower,
helipad
• Area for future expansion
• MOSE closure refuge berths
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Conceptual Design Options - Breakwater
Rubble mound
Caisson
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Conceptual Design Options - Quaywall
Concrete caisson Sheetpiled “Combi-wall”
Blockwork concretePiled concrete deck
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Logistics
• Containers are transferred
between inland and offshore
terminals by a fleet of barges
• Automated container handling
• Dedicated terminal operation
systems
Image courtesy of Venice Port Authority
Barge transport
corridor
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Logistics
• Crude oil pumped directly from the offshore terminal to inland refineries by
submarine pipeline
• Terminal personnel, workers and supplies are transported by shuttle ferries,
service boats and helicopter for emergencies
• Electrical power supplied by submarine cables
• Water and fuel for the terminal provided by barges
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