1.0 INTRODUCTION 
1.1 Purpose 
The purpose of this document is to present proposed system require- 
ments and design criteria for the installation of a Deployable Water- 
front Facility (DWF) on an exposed coastline and to identify research 
necessary to improve the rationale on which these criteria are based. 
The requirement to install a DWF occurs when supplies and equipment are 
needed at locations which have no port. The system may be used in either 
sheltered water or on an exposed coastline. For purposes of this docu- 
ment, deployable waterfront facility is taken to mean a floating facili- 
ty for ship berthing and cargo discharge. A DWF generally consists of, 
at minimum, a floating pier and an approachway. 
1.2 Background 
The simplest floating pier is the common barge seen at most smal] 
passenger terminals around the world. The barge is moored and access is 
provided to land through a bridge. Some of the more complex and out- 
standing examples of floating piers can be seen at: the passenger wharf 
at Liverpool, England, built in 1874; the oil and container ports at 
Valdez, Alaska, the port of Iquitos, Peru and the Flexiport in the Falk- 
land Islands. 
1.3 Scope 
This document reflects a review of the literature on floating piers 
and the literature and work done on installation of military structures 
on exposed coastlines (Ref 1 through 5). The results of this information 
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