DEEP-DRAFT VESSEL &
FAST-FERRY HYDRODYNAMIC EFFECTS

Coast & Harbor Engineering's (CHE) clients benefit from extensive experience in analysis and predictions of vessel hydrodynamic effects from deep-draft vessels and fast-ferries on berthing areas, port structures, natural resources, and public and private shorelines. CHE personnel have the ability, experience, and appropriate engineering tools to quantify these effects with advanced numerical modeling tools. These vessel-generated effects include:

		Passing-Vessel Pressure Fields and Effects on Berthed Vessels and Adjacent Shorelines
		Berthed Vessel Motion and Dynamic Mooring
		Jet/Propeller Wash, Wash-Generated Erosion Processes, Sediment Transport, Bottom Material Stability
		Fast-Moving and Slow–Moving Vessel Wakes and Impacts on Shoreline and Bottom Slopes

These hydrodynamic effects can create significant shoreline erosion problems and impact sensitive habitat and navigation. The ability to predict and incorporate these effects into the design of navigation and shoreline protection projects reduces overall project costs, improves project performance, reduces environmental impacts, and minimizes litigation risks.

Please contact us for more information regarding CHE's capabilities and experience in vessel-generated effects.

PROJECT EXAMPLES:

		Passing Vessel Mooring Analysis: Port of Los Angeles, CA		Passing Vessel Loading Analysis: Port of Tampa, FL
		Wake Wash Impacts: San Francisco Bay, CA		Vessel Hydrodynamic Modeling: Corpus Christi Ship Channel, TX