PREFACE 



This report is published to assist coastal engineers in investigating 

 the feasibility of designing and constructing a deepwater port for an 

 offshore breakwater-oil storage system. The work was carried out under 

 the coastal construction research program of the U.S. Army Coastal 

 Engineering Research Center. 



This report was prepared by Raymond Technical Facilities, Inc., under 

 CERC Contract No. DACW72-73-C-C005. Cost estimates used in this study 

 are based on market prices for December 1972; any proposed construction 

 must include inflation increases. 



The authors, Joseph Peraino and Tomasz Plodowski, gratefully 

 acknowledge the generous assistance and encouragement provided by CERC 

 personnel during preparation of this study. 



Dr. J. Richard Weggel was the CERC contract monitor for the report, 

 under the general supervision of Mr. Robert A. Jachowski, Chief, Design 

 Branch, and Mr. George M. Watts, Chief, Engineering Development Division. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th 

 Congress, approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 

 88th Congress, approved 7 November 1963. 



JAMES L. TRAYE 



Colonel, Corp306f Engineers 



Commander and Director 



