B / BERTH SHIPPING

Generally, the term "berth" refers to an area within a port where a ship can be docked, usually for the purpose of loading or unloading cargo. Port authorities or harbormasters designate berths for facilities like ports. These authorities assign berths to vessels.

• Solid Structure Berth: It has solid vertical piles filled with filler material. A gravity wall is usually used to build these.
• Open structure berth: In addition to being flexible, the open structure berth can not carry a lot of weight, i.e. it can hold a limited amount of cargo.

Apart from the above mentioned, there are Finger pier, Offshore berth, bulk berth, Container berth, General berth, Layby berth, Liquid berth, Marina berth, X&Z berth.