CHAPTER 1 SEA AND TIDES 1-13 CHAPTER 2 HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS AND CHARTS 14-27 CHAPTER 3 WINDS, WAVES AND CYCLONES 28-43 CHAPTER 4 SILTATION AND EROSION 44-53 CHAPTER 5 INVESTIGATIONS AND MODEL TESTS 54-63 CHAPTER 6 SHIP FEATURES RELATED TO PORT PLANNING 64-79 CHAPTER 7 TRAFFIC FORECASTING AND HINTERLAND 80-88 CHAPTER 8 HARBOUR LAYOUT 89-101 CHAPTER 9 CHANNEL, BASIN AND BERTHS 102-113 CHAPTER 10 BREAKWATERS 114-130 CHAPTER 11 WHARVES 131-168 CHAPTER 12 JETTIES, DOLPHINS AND MOORINGS 169-203 CHAPTER 13 BERTHS FOR CRUDE OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 204-213 CHAPTER 14 RO-RO FERRY TERMINALS 214-222 CHAPTER 15 LOCKS 223-230 CHAPTER 16 SHORE PROTECTION WORKS 231-240 CHAPTER 17 DRY DOCKS AND SLIPWAYS 241-257 CHAPTER 18 CARGO HANDLING EQUIPMENT 258-269 CHAPTER 19 APRONS, TRANSIT SHEDS AND WAREHOUSES 270-277 CHAPTER 20 SUPPORTING FACILITIES AND ANCILLARIES 278-282 CHAPTER 21 NAVIGATIONAL AIDS 283-291 CHAPTER 22 DREDGING AND DREDGERS 292-304 CHAPTER 23 CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS 305-311 APPENDIX I SHIPS FOR LPG - LNG AND OTHER BULK LIQUIDS 315-324 APPENDIX II PROPERTIES OF LIQUIDS AND LIQUEFIED GASES 325-326 APPENDIX III EXPLOSIVES AND HAZARDOUS CARGOES 327-328 APPENDIX IV DETAILS OF SELECTED SHIPS 329-332 APPENDIX V COASTAL REGULATION ZONE - CRZ 333-337 APPENDIX VI GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BERTHS AS PER IS : 4651 338-339 APPENDIX VII PORT CHARGES 340-341 APPENDIX VIII ANGLES OF INTERNAL FRICTION, UNIT WEIGHTS AND LIQUIDITY FACTORS OF SOME MATERIALS 342 APPENDIX IX METRIC CONVERSION 343-344 APPENDIX X BRITISH AND METRIC EQUIVALENT 345-346 APPENDIX XI SI UNITS 347-348 APPENDIX XII SOME RELEVANT INDIAN STANDARDS 349-350 REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING 351-357 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 358 INDEX 359-366