4.0 RECOMMENDATIONS 
The use of a floating pier on an exposed coastline will require 
some significant advances in the state of our current technology. This 
operation has never been undertaken before. We have only the experience 
of floating piers in protected waters from which to draw. Research will 
be required in the areas of port operations in sea state 4 and develop- 
ment of a breakwater to reduce the effects of high sea states. 
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