Ports 2010: Building on the Past, Respecting the Future

Proceedings of the 12th International Conference, held in Jacksonville, Florida, April 25.28, 2010. This collection contains papers that share technological advances related to the development of port and harbor facilities. Topics include:

• Environmental protection: innovative port programs, habitat and wildlife, coping with contaminants;
• Port planning and operations: facility maintenance and management, master planning and inland links, master planning;
• Terminal planning and design, container terminals: automated, U.S., foreign;
• Terminal planning and design: energy and RO/RO terminals, small craft & recreation, military & cruise;
• Navigation and waterways: widening and deepening, beneficial reuse, modeling and simulation, sediment management;
• Engineering analysis, structural: seismic, durability, military facilities, piers, docks, and wharves;
• Engineering analysis, coastal and extreme: seismic, coastal/waves, breakwaters, harbors;
• Engineering analysis: dredge materials, navigation works, and geotechnical
• Port infrastructure: power, corrosion, pavement, foundations;
• Equipment and systems: automation and new technology, novel approaches, development technique; and
• Project development: finance and information.