Fundamentals of Port Engineering [Hardcover]

1. Introduction. 2. Ports, Shipping, And Maritime Trade. 3. Environmental Considerations. 4. Aspects of Port Management. 5. Port Planning. 6. Ship Motions, Channels, And Harbor Areas. 7. Port Equipment and Infrastructure. 8. Conceptual Design of Port Terminals. 9. Marine Aids to Navigation. 10. Dredging. 11. Asset Management and Maintenance of Marine Structures.

This book provides an introductory text to prospective (graduate) port engineers and presents a wide variety of port subjects for practicing engineers covering all topics related to port engineering in a fundamental way with discussions targeted at a conceptual design level augmented by examples and case studies.

Koos Schoonees qualified as civil engineer at Stellenbosch University (SU), Stellenbosch, South Africa (SA) in 1978. He obtained a masters degree and a Ph. D., both in coastal engineering at SU. He is a professional engineer at the Engineering Council of SA as well as a member of the World Association for Waterborne Transport Infrastructure (PIANC) and the SA Institution of Civil Engineering. He acted as reviewer for many journals.

His career started at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Stellenbosch. Later, he joined Entech, which became part of the worldwide WSP Group of consulting engineers. From 2015 to 2020, he occupied the Transnet National Ports Authority of South Africa (TNPA) Teaching Chair in Port and Coastal Engineering at SU as associate professor. He was responsible for the postgraduate training and supervision of port and coastal engineers. He retired in December 2021.

Koos has over 40 years of experience. He worked as a consulting engineer, a researcher, and as an academic. He worked on port design (e.g. layout and container and dry bulk terminals), dredging, breakwaters (including stability, toe rock and scour), beach stability, shore protection, sizes of various types of shlsy