Preparing for Larger Cruise Vessels. Gary Ledford AAPA Facilities Engineering Seminar November 17, 2009

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1 Preparing for Larger Cruise Vessels Gary Ledford AAPA Facilities Engineering Seminar November 17, 2009

2 Bigger is Better (for the cruise lines) Current Ships New Ships LOA (ft) Beam (ft) Draft (ft) PAX (max)

3 When Pigs Will Fly America World City 250,000 GRT PAX Concept feet LOA

4 Celebration GRT 47,262 PAX 1896 LOA 733

5 Fantasy Class GRT 70,367 PAX 2600 LOA 855

6 Sovereign Class GRT 73,192 PAX 2880 LOA 880

7 Destiny Class GRT 101,353 PAX 3360 LOA 893

8 Disney Class GRT 85,000 PAX 2600 LOA 964

9 Voyager Class GRT 137,300 PAX 3860 LOA 1021

10 Freedom Class GRT 158,000 PAX 4370 LOA 1112

11 Genesis Class GRT 225,300 PAX 6300 LOA 1187

12 When Pigs Will Fly

13 Larger Ship Design Issues Cruise Ships large sail area Significant yaw angle (crab) Effective beam = 1.5 X actual beam

14 Navigation Simulation RTM STAR Center Dania, Florida

15 Passing Ship Effects Run: Outbound Current - Ebb Wind SE at 15 Knots (25.3 m/sec)

16 Passing Ship Analysis

17 Mooring Line Forces due to Passing Ship % of Strength Vw = deg Vr = 4.5 Knots Vc = 0.5 Knots, opposing MAX SURGE EXCURSION Excursion at Target (m) LINES 1 AND 3 MAX DYNAMIC DEMAND MAX SWAY EXCURSION Minutes 0 from Start

18 Propulsion Scour PREDICTED AZIPOD WASH VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION Dp = 5.6 m, Power = 10 MW or 13,410 hp, n = 100 rpm for Maneuvering Ship Speeds, 45 degrees Submerged Jet Velocity (mps) X/Dp (Number of Propeller Diameters from Propeller Face) Vmax (Romisch & Fuehrer, 1981) V(x,r) (Romisch & Fuehrer, 1981) Vmax (Blaaw & Van de Kaa, 1978) V(x,r) (Blaauw & Van de Kaa, 1978)

19 Shore Power

20 Older Berths Too Short

21 Security Clear Zones

22 Narrow Finger Piers Overhanging upper decks Larger ship thrusters against smaller vessels

23 Mariner of the Seas at CT 10

24 Falmouth Cruise Destination Designed to accommodate 1 Genesis Class ship at western berth and 1 Freedom Class ship at eastern berth Text First ship is scheduled to arrive November 2010 Developer: Project: Location: Royal Caribbean International Falmouth Cruise Port Falmouth, Jamaica

25 Disney Cruise Line Castaway Cay 500-ft expansion of existing berth to accommodate the new Disney XL Constructed Value: $11 M

26 Upland Planning

27 Upland Issues One Voyager vessel = Eight 747 Jumbo Jets =

28 Upland Issues Baggage Handling Passenger Queue Security, Ticketing Ticketing Stations CBP regulations vs. manning Gangways vessel overhang Stores Delivery Traffic Patterns and Signage Crew Amenities

29 To Use Conveyors or Not To Use Conveyors?

30 Conveyors

31 Conveyors

32 Alternative Luggage Tables

33 Luggage Tables

34 Passenger Queue

35 Passenger Queue Security Ticketing

36 Ticketing

37 Ticketing

38 Ticketing more is better

39 Homeport Gangways

40 Homeport Gangways

41 Homeport Gangways

42 P.O.C. Portable Gangways

43 Homeport Gangway Interface Move away from traditional shell doors

44 Homeport Gangway Interface Move towards using lifeboat deck gates

45 Homeport Traffic Flow Mixing Trucks with POV s Parking - Percent Drive To Market

46 Approach Signage Adaptable Clear and Concise Ship Names

47 Interior Signage

48 Stores Loading Voyager Class requires about 25 to 50 trucks Truck security screening Truck staging and traffic circulation

49 P.O.C. Traffic Patterns

50 Crew Amenities

51 Passengers Cruise passengers cargo that complains Keep the Cargo Happy!

52 Port Canaveral

53 Port Canaveral CT 8 Expansion Expansion of east mooring dolphin adding three additional 125-ton bollards Pier extension and new land bridge Text Three stern shore mooring dolphins New west bulkhead wall New scour protection mats at the stern thrusters and main propulsion Cruise Terminal 8 Construction Cost: $6 Million

54 CT 8

55 CT 8 DCXL about 3 feet longer than Freedom Class

56 CT 8

57 CT 8

58 CT 8

59 Port Canaveral CT 10 Expansion Pier extension to access the stern provisioning doors on Carnival Dream East mooring dolphin expansion to accommodate Royal Caribbean s Freedom Class bow lines Construction Cost: $2 Million Cruise Terminal 10

60 CT long pier extension East mooring dolphin expansion added two 125-ton bollards

61 CT 10

62 CT 10

63 CT 10

64 CT 10

65 CT 10

66 Interim Corner Cut-Off (ICCO) Sands to -13 : 227,000 CY, recovered into upland dike Clay to -35 : 235,000 CY, off-shore disposal Construction Cost: $6.9 Million

67 ICCO

68 ICCO

69 Dredging Surprise

70 Overhead Surprise

71 Preparing for Larger Cruise Vessels Voyager and Freedom Classes will someday be average size vessels New Panamax size will make it easier for large cruise ships to re-position Integrate landside and waterside planning

72 Thank you