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General Considerations on Terminal Planning, Innovations and Challenges Read chapter Read first chapter

2020 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

20. Port Feeder Barges as a Means to Improve Intra-Port Container Logistics in Multi-Terminal Ports

Author : Ulrich Malchow

Published in: Handbook of Terminal Planning

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The unique Port Feeder Barge (PFB) can be considered as a “green logistic innovation” for container ports. The self-propelled and self-sustained container pontoon of double-ended configuration (capacity: 168 TEU) can release the terminal gates from queuing trucks and the terminal ship-to-shore gantry cranes from inefficiently serving small inland barges. The PFB can be employed in three business fields: Shifting container haulage within ports from road to waterway, supporting feeder operation, and loading and discharging inland barges. The PFB can be easily integrated in the container logistics within a port. In congested ports or ports with limited water depth and/or insufficient container handling capability even deep-sea vessels can be directly served midstream by the PFB. Hence the PFB can also be used as an emergency response vessel to quickly lighter grounded container vessels. The green potential of the vessel can be further exploited by using LNG as fuel.

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Footnotes
1
For example, empty container depots (see, e.g., PoHM 2017a and PoRA 2017a) or container packing stations (see, e.g., CPA 2017).
 
2
Depending on the liner shipping company, the terminal handling charges for 20 ft and 40 ft standard containers amount to about 225 EUR at the port of Hamburg and about 205 EUR at the port Rotterdam (winter 2016/17).
 
3
According to the Port of Hamburg Marketing Board the average TEU ratio at the port of Hamburg was approx. 1.6 TEU/box in 2015.
 
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Metadata
Title
Port Feeder Barges as a Means to Improve Intra-Port Container Logistics in Multi-Terminal Ports
Author
Ulrich Malchow
Copyright Year
2020
Book
Handbook of Terminal Planning

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-39989-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-39990-0

Copyright Year: 2020

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39990-0_20