Docks Dock is an artificial enclosure (basin) providing shelter for berthing of ships.

Water i n docks may be kept more or less at the same level for ease of operations If it is used less at the same level for ease of operations. If it is used for loading/ unloading of pas sengers and cargo, it is known as a Harbour Dock or Wet Dock.. If it is used for re pairs, it is called Repair Dock or Dry Dock Classification of docks Harbour Docks (Wet Docks) Provided with lock and entrance gate to keep water at constant level Use: Where there ewxist considerable range of tides (1) Tidal range is sufficiently high; more than 5 M. (2) Silting is excessive and draft of entry to dock is reduced. (3) Draft of an old port is to be increased for modern ships. Rectilinear docks are preferable over curvilinear because of ease of berthing. Walls are designed as gravity retaining structures and should : (1) Withstand backfill pressure when dock is empty. (2) Withstand internal pressure when dock is full with no backfill. (3) Withstand shock when ships contact with dock walls. (4) Withstand concentrated loads of crane foundations bollard (4) Withstand concentrated loads of crane foundations, bollard fixtures for mooring of ships. 7

Repair Docks (Dry Docks) Repair Docks (Dry Docks) Lift docks : These are platforms, lowered into and raised out from water with hydraulic power. Slip Docks : a dock having a sloping floor that extends from deep water to above highwater mark , and upon which is a railway on which runs a cradle carrying the ship. Floating Docks : Dock which is made to become buoyant, and, by floating, to lift a vessel out of water vessel out of water. Graving: dock for holding a ship for graving or cleaning the bottom, etc.