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Wood pilings grouped into a pair of dolphins serving as a protected entryway to a boat basin. A dolphin is a group of pilings arrayed together to serve variously as a protective hardpoint along a dock, in a waterway, or along a shore; as a means or point of stabilization of a dock, bridge, or similar structure; as a mooring point; and as a base for navigational aids.
Most berths are alongside a quay or a jetty (large ports) or a floating dock (small harbors and marinas). Berths are either general or specific to the types of vessel that use them. The size of the berths varies from 5–10 m (16–33 ft) for a small boat in a marina to over 400 m (1,300 ft) for the largest tankers.
The initial construction consisted of a pier into the Humber with two berths, suitable for ships up to 200,000 dwt. The dolphin berths were constructed from 71 inches (1,800 mm) diameter tubes with 1.3-inch (32 mm) wall thickness driven over 60 feet (18 m) into the underlying ground, in groups of 3 to 6 tubes. [50]
The wharf at the base measured 4750 lineal feet of deep-water berths as well as 1500 lineal feet of shallow-water berths. [1] The base also included: 64 dolphin berths for Landing Craft Mechanized craft. A calibration and ship degaussing slipway. A marine railway for amphibious landing craft. An ammunition dump. 21 storage warehouses.
The outer harbour has eight berths, a single point mooring (SPM), and a fishing harbour. M/s.Hindustan Shipyard Ltd. and the Headquarters of Eastern Naval Command also exist adjacent to Visakhapatnam Port. The Dolphin's Nose Hill to the north of the entrance channel protects the harbour from cyclones that strike the east coast.
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Type of berth Quantity of berths [22] Notes General cargo berths: 6: Container berths: 14: Dolphin Oil Jetty: 3: For handling crude and product oil vessels of up to 186 meters Grain Silo Jetty: 1: Vessels up to 186 meters Cement Clinker Jetty: 1: Cement Clinker Jetty TSP: 1: Vessel up to 175.25 meters Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Jetty: 1
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