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JTTP for Joint Logistics Over-the-Shore - BITS

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Planning JLOTS Operations<br />

THROUGHPUT PLANNING ANALYSIS<br />

CONSIDERATIONS<br />

Reception capabilities<br />

Existing facilities (considers storage space, marshalling areas, and <strong>the</strong><br />

number of port exits)<br />

Host-nation support<br />

Topography (soil conditions)<br />

Wea<strong>the</strong>r (analyze prevailing wea<strong>the</strong>r patterns and conditions)<br />

Hydrography (cargo transfer operations normally cease as <strong>the</strong> seas<br />

reach sea state 3)<br />

Number and types of ships to be unloaded<br />

Number of anchorages and <strong>the</strong>ir distances offshore and maneuvering<br />

space available<br />

Number of crane ships available<br />

Number of cargo handling and clearance units available<br />

Status of training of cargo handling and clearance units<br />

Number and types of lighters available and <strong>the</strong>ir transit times<br />

Number of beach transfer systems available, such as elevated<br />

causeway system and floating causeway piers<br />

Ship cargo transfer rates<br />

Length and depth of beach and natural and/or manmade obstacles in<br />

<strong>the</strong> beach area<br />

Beach egress route<br />

Communications systems in <strong>the</strong> operational area<br />

Distance and transit time to <strong>the</strong> marshalling yards<br />

Access to rail and road networks<br />

Type and quantity of cargo to be handled<br />

Cargo configurations<br />

Day and/or night evolutions<br />

Figure III-1. Throughput Planning Analysis Considerations<br />

III-3

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