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Halibut Point Cruise Terminal
Float Type: Steel Frame
Owner: Halibut Point Marine Services
Owner’s Representative: TRANSPAC MARINAS
Location: Sitka, AK
Date Completed: 2020
Design Features:
Transpac designed, engineered and manufactured a floating steel-pipe pontoon boarding and berthing float measuring 415’x35’, delivered direct from manufacturing to project site as a single piece.
Designed to withstand severe wave and wind activity in its unladen state; significant wave height of 8.8’ (maximum wave height 14.5’) with 5.4 second period. Design vessel is Quantum-class having 1140’ LOA and displacement of 76,000 tons. Freeboard of 6.5’, with integrated fender panels for single-sided berthing, and 100-ton mooring bollard. Heavy timber deck milled for skid-resistance, rated for pedestrian loading. Pontoon simplex coating system with cathodic protection anodes. Dead-load draft of 3’-6”. Access to the float is via a 20’ x 20’ pedestrian-rated transfer ramp with slide-bearing assembly integrated into the pontoon structure.
Designed for year-round installation without seasonal removal.
For Today’s Marine Environments
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Our boarding and cargo docks contemplate safe, efficient transfer of passengers and cargo, as well as longest life possible.
We design both commercial and recreational boat harbors for durability and longevity, user safety, and low maintenance.
Using extreme design flexibility we can address the unique challenges of each location to protect your infrastructure.
Many of our projects have utilized galvanized steel-bar decking, molded and pultruded fiberglass (FRP) decking.
Our projects are built to withstand the harshest environments, these are some examples of our systems put to the test.
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