The Trieste’s port is the most favorable sea connection for goods handling direction South-Est to the corridor North, Centre and Est Europe; a new logistic platform has been designed wrapping ca ¼ of one million square meters to the sea in order to load and unload Ro-Ro & container vessels and various material & good transships. An approx 150.000 square meters sea suspended dock has been designed in a 2 working phase lots; foundations has been performed in flysch overlaid by alternation of arenaceous layers and marle of variable thicknesses, above clayey silts of plastic consistency. A subsea dump of ca. 500.000 cubic meter capacity is as well realized. Main works foreseen are: consolidation and foundation works for the sediment tanks (dragging and piling works), construction of water proof confinement beach diaphragm walls (mixed technique cutter soil mix and sheet piles), river diversion foundation works (secant piles), drainage trenches and heavy off shore piling works. Particular it is also the design and usage of special technologies able to realize the marine deep and large diameter piles and the peculiar lifting equipment able to erect the huge sea suspended deck.
Subjects: foundation equipment, piles, lifting, port, offshore, Icop, LWN Liebherr, LB36-410, LR1300
Author: M. Bringiotti, L. Grillo, S. Vitalini and R. Grisolia
Publisher: DFI, EFFC