JP 4-01.7 JTTP for Use of Intermodal Containers in Joint ... - BITS

• Causeway Section, Non-Powered
(Beach End [BE]). The Navy CSNP
(BE) is equipped with a folding beach
ramp. The modular CSNP (BE) is
equipped with a sloped end for the beach
ramp. It is used as the beach end of
causeway ferries which permits container
handlers to drive onto the causeway and
pick up containers. Additionally, the
CSNP (BE) is used as the shore end of
the causeway pier used by the Navy
assault support forces during JLOTS
operations.
• Causeway Section, Non-Powered (Sea
End [SE]). The Navy CSNP (SE) is
equipped with a sloping notch and rhino
horn. The modular CSNP (SE) has a
sloped end to facilitate the discharge of
cargo from a lighter onto the causeway
pier from the RRDF into the lighters. It
is used as the seaward end of the
causeway pier. The notch is designed to
receive the bow of a LST, landing craft,
utility (LCU), or a landing craft,
mechanized (LCM-8). The rhino horn
slips through a hole in the bow ramp of
the LCU or LCM-8 to hold the LCU or
LCM-8 in position while vehicles are
embarked and debarked.
d. Elevated Causeway Installable. The
ELCAS (NL) is an installable pier facility
designed to provide the capability to deliver
containers across the beach. The ELCAS
(NL) is a key element in the movement of
containerized cargo ashore. It provides the
capability to off-load lighterage from beyond
the surf zone and difficult beach gradients,
such as sandbars, that may cause conventional
lighterage to ground far from a dry beach.
• The ELCAS (NL) currently operational
in the Navy inventory are Navy
standard systems, designated as training
ELCAS (NL), 810 feet long and elevated
from the surf by hydraulic jacking gear.
Installation of the ELCAS (NL) starts
Container Operations
with the arrival of a Navy construction
engineer (SEABEE) or LASH ship
modified to carry ELCAS (NL) and other
lighterage at the LOTS/JLOTS site.
Installation, operation, maintenance, and
retrieval of the ELCAS (NL) are covered
in Naval Facility Publication P-460,
“Elevated Causeway Facility.”
• ELCAS (NL) require significant effort
and time to install. Installation of a
3,000 foot ELCAS (NL) takes
approximately 7 days of double shift
work. Once the ELCAS (NL) has been
installed, containers can be lifted directly,
by crane, from lighterage onto motor
transport vehicles. This greatly reduces
the requirement for container handling
equipment at the beach.
e. Elevated Causeway, Modular. The
ELCAS (M) is a modular pier facility
composed of container-compatible modules,
providing an interface between displacement
craft carrying containers and the beach. The
ELCAS (M) will have a nominal length of
up to 3,000', as required to reach a 20" water
depth at pierhead. The pierhead will be 72'
wide by 240' long. The two long sides or the
pierhead will have a fendering system to
accommodate lighters. The ELCAS (M) is
constructed by erecting initial section(s)
and mounting a construction crane on top
of them. Subsequent sections will be
cantilevered from the previously erected
sections and secured in place with piles. An
ELCAS (M) roadway section measures 24'
x 40', consisting of three ISO pontoons, each
measuring 40' x 8' x 5'. Emplaced on the
ELCAS (M) pierhead are two vehicle
turntables for truck turnarounds. Two
container-handling cranes will be stationed
on the ELCAS (M) pierhead to transfer cargo
from lighters to container-handling vehicles
for subsequent transfer to shore. Side
Loadable Warping tugs and Barge Ferries
will be used to install and retrieve the ELCAS
(M) system. The ELCAS (M) uses a
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