Port Business Glossary - E-

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Liquefaction phenomenon

It mainly refers to the fact that the ground with uniform particle size and loose, such as landfills, is suddenly shaken by an earthquake or the like, and the particles of the soil fall apart and float in the water. As a result, ground collapses and sandings occur. Granule size distribution and density are used to measure the ground that is easy to liquefaction.

Liquid cargo (liquid cargo)

Cargo containing liquid inner products in containers such as cans, Tal, and bottles. A lot of oil, sake, medicine and food. Since there is a risk of ricage (leakage) due to damage to the container, it can be stacked separately from clean cargo.

Ezent

In general, it is an agent (= proxy/agent, agent, agent), but it is often used as the name of a general port carrier (shiping agent, landing agent) that ships and unloads. (Example) Yokohama Esent Association

wave overtopping (eppa)

It is a phenomenon in which water exceeds the top of a structure due to the action of waves, and is simply called overtopping.

N value (Enuchi)

→Standard penetration test

M0 Ships

A ship that can sail unmanned in a normal voyage and is registered as a "M0 Ship" by Nippon Kaiji Kyokai.

apron (apron)

A place for smooth movement of cargo between the ship and the direct rear shed or cargo handling area. The width is the distance from the front end of the quay to the front of the shed entrance or the cargo handling area. It usually takes about 10m to 30m.

El Nino

Once every few years, the sea surface temperature is higher than normal in a wide sea area from the date change line in the Pacific Equator to the Peru coast in South America, which has a significant impact on weather conditions around the world, including Japan.

Coastal Technology Research Center

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Longshoring Business

Carrying cargo carried by ships and barges into sheds and other cargo handling areas, transporting cargo to be transported by ships and barges from cargo handling areas, storing and storing these cargoes, or transporting cargo from ships and barges A business that wholesales or loads on ships and barches. Due to the revision of the Port Transport Law in 1984, it was integrated with the ship cargo handling business and became a "port cargo handling business".

Arc slide (circular trapture, circular failure)

It is also called a circular slide, and is one of the slip forms assumed in the stable calculation of the foundation ground.