Category: Novel Floating Ideas
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Floating offshore transfer terminal proposed for Mississippi River Gulf Louisiana
The Louisiana Legislature gave birth in 2008 to what was expected to become the nation’s first offshore megaport capable of unloading containers of cargo from some of the largest commercial ships ever constructed — vessels too large to enter rivers, even the Mighty Mississippi.
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Floating nuclear submarine berth in Clyde, Scotland
The Scottish Royal Navy has successfully trialled a new state-of-the-art floating jetty at its submarine base on the Clyde. The Valiant Jetty is designed to move with the tide and will be used to berth nuclear subs at Faslane. A Trafalgar-class sub was berthed on Saturday, followed on Monday by…
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Floating breakwater in Monaco, constructed in Spain
Floating breakwater structure in Monaco harbour is the largest project of its kind in the world. The structure is supposed to represent a floating jetty, which extends and protects the existing harbour. The whole structure is so large, that shopping center and parking garage are accounted in the hollow body…