Ports and Harbors

PBS&J offers comprehensive port development services including development of master plans, permitting, hydrographic surveying and computer modeling, design of dredging programs, design of cruise and cargo terminals and related facilities such as warehouses and wharves, assessment of market potential and financial services.

We keep abreast of the latest intermodal technological advances in cargo handling so that we can help ports develop the waterside and landside facilities they need to serve their anticipated markets. The worldwide cargo-handling trend is towards containerization, and we work with ports seeking to expand their throughputs and capture new markets by upgrading their berths and storage areas into more productive integrated container terminals. Not all ports, however, will be served by the large container ships that require sophisticated facilities and equipment. These ports need the assurance that their engineering consultant can translate their operational needs into the flexible facilities – however simple or complex – they require to satisfy those needs.

Our diversified marine and civil engineering experience allows us to design facilities that satisfy a port's particular requirements while maintaining the flexibility to expand in response to future change. In addition, because of our multi-disciplinary capabilities, we are able to address the off-port infrastructure essential to the successful movement of cargo as well as the environmental issues that often impede port development throughout the world.

Capabilities:

• Civil/marine engineering
• Cruise terminal planning & design
• Environmental assessment & permitting
• General consulting
• Landside systems planning & design
• Market analysis
• Master planning
• Site feasibility studies