Reykjavik September 2014

FERRY QUAYS IN NORWAY

LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN DESIGN

by
Stein Fergestad
Dr.Ing.A.Aas-Jakobsen AS
 Almost 400 ferry quays in Norway
Norwegian Public Road Administration
responsible for the quays
Vestnes ferry quay

Tough and salty environment

Tough handling, many crashes
 Vestnes ferry quay

SHIT HAPPENS
Technical error? Unconsentration? Falling asleep?
Playing with mobil? Drunken sailor? Who knows?
 Larger ferries requires:
- Wider quay bridge ramps
- Longer and more robust
Old Stranda ferry quay quay piers
GUIDE LINES FOR FERRY LANDINGS

Part 1 Land area - see HB 004 / mai 1999

Part 2 Ferry quay - see HB 141 / februar 1995

Part 3 Bridge ramp - see HB 175-1 / august 1996

Part 4 Control systems - see HB 175-2 / august 1996

KANESTRAUM NORD, BEFORE WIDENING OF BRIDGE RAMP
KANESTRAUM NORD, AFTER WIDENING OF BRIDGE RAMP

Open steel grid deck

 Magerholm ferry quay

Steel deck with

thin wearing course
Clipping from the general Norwegian design guide HB 185:
 LIST OF CONTENTS,
REVISED GUIDELINE:

1. GENERAL
2. MAIN DIMENSIONS
3. CRITERIA FOR STRUCTURAL
DESIGN
4. QUAY STRUCTURES
5. FENDER SYSTEMS
6. FOUNDATION DESIGN AND
DETAILS
7. QUAY EQUIPMENT
8. EROSION PROTECTION
9. RECONSTRUCTION AND
ENLARGEMENT
10. MOBILE FERRY QUAY

February 1995
LATEST DEVELOPMENT OF FERRY QUAYS:
- Longer quay pier lengths, deeper water
- Design principle: minimize underwater work
- Design for horisontal loads
- Improved material qualities, posttensioning
- Foundation design
- Fender systems
- Erosion protection of soil embankment
RSNESET
RSNESET
HB 185:
FESTY
FESTY FERRY QUAY, 3D-MODEL
 FESTY FERRY QUAY, PLAN

Improved material qualities:

- Concrete (strength and permeability)

- Reinforcement cover (durability)
- Steel (galvanizing+paint, stainless steel)
- Post-tensioning tendons (deck and tension piles)
TRANSITION AND FRICTION SLAB
 FERRY

QUAY PIER, TYPICAL SECTIONS

Permanent rock anchor
KARLSY
KANESTRAUM
 PARALLEL MOTION
PIVOT FENDER PANEL
FENDER PILE FENDER
PIVOT FENDER PANEL SUSPENDED FENDER PANEL
SB
PARALLEL MOTION FENDER
MORTAVIKA

DESTROYED
PM FENDER
FESTY
MORTAVIKA
EROSION PROTECTION OF SEA EMBANKMENT
SB FERRY QUAY
EROSION PROTECTION WITH
INTERLOCKED ROCKS
RVIK FERRY QUAY
EROSION PROTECTION WITH CONCRETE MATTRESS