Abstract
This paper describes the motion characteristics and cargo handling efficiency of the Large-Scale Floating Coal Transshipment Station (LFTS). In considering feasibility of the LFTS system, it is important to know the cargo handling operation rate in the target area. LFTS can load 500,000 tons of coal and the draft will fluctuate greatly depending on the loading condition of coal. Accordingly, it is conceivable that wind load and the wave force including the slowly varying wave drift force affect the fluctuation greatly affect the fluctuation. Also, LFTS and bulk carrier are large-scale structures, the fluid forces acting on both affect each other, so the influence of hydrodynamic mutual interference between two floating bodies cannot be ignored. In this study, Grasp the motion response of bulk carrier under composite external force considering influence of hydrodynamic mutual interference, Based on the results, cargo handling efficiency was calculated, and the operating status of the LFTS system was grasped.
