A turning basin,[1] winding basin or swinging basin is a wider body of water, either located at the end of a ship canal or in a port to allow cargo ships to turn and reverse their direction of travel, or to enable long narrow barges in a canal to turn a sharp corner.
For a complete 180-degree turnaround, the width of the basin must be more than the length of the longest vessel normally traversing the waterway. Onboard bow thrusters or tugboats may assist in manoeuvering the ship.
In seaports the turning basins is often not a real physical basin, but a designated area in the harbour basin where turning is possible and mooring is prohibited. In the example from Gdynia the plan is to enlarge the existing turning basin by removing a part of an existing quay (shown in red in the image).
Dimensions
editPIANC guideline 141[2] recommends a turning basin diameter for channels of 1.2 times the ship's length; in China, twice the ship's length is used. For seagoing vessels, PIANC guideline 121[3] recommends a diameter of 2 times the ship's length if tug assistance is present. Without tugboats, three times the ship's length is recommended. The Spanish guidelines for turning basins for seagoing vessels[4] provide very specific dimensions for different types of manoeuvres that may occur at a turning basin in a seaport.
Examples
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References
edit- ^ Thoresen, Carl A. (2010). "22: Definitions". Port designer's handbook (2nd ed.). London: Thomas Telford. pp. 522–535. ISBN 9780727740861. OCLC 868200455.
- ^ Design guidelines for inland waterway dimensions (Incom-wg141) (PDF). PIANC. 2019. pp. 131–133. ISBN 978-2-87223-257-4.
- ^ Harbour approach channels design guidelines (MarCom-wg 121). PIANC. 2014. p. 96. ISBN 978-2-87223-210-9.
- ^ Recommendations for the Design of the Maritime Configuration of Ports, Approach Channels and Harbour Basins (PDF). Puertos del estado. 2007. p. section 8.6.4. ISBN 978-84-88975-39-3.
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