A turning basin,[1]winding basin or swinging basin is a wider body of water, either located at the end of a ship canal or in a port to allow cargo ships to turn and reverse their direction of travel, or to enable long narrow barges in a canal to turn a sharp corner.
For a complete 180-degree turnaround, the width of the basin must be more than the length of the longest vessel normally traversing the waterway. Onboard bow thrusters or tugboats may assist in manoeuvering the ship.
Turning basin in the port of Gdynia, Poland
In seaports the turning basins is often not a real physical basin, but a designated area in the harbour basin where turning is possible and mooring is prohibited. In the example from Gdynia the plan is to enlarge the existing turning basin by removing a part of an existing quay (shown in red in the image).
The Nottingham Canal turns at right-angles at this point, so this basin was built to allow narrowboats to negotiate the turn.
The Seybold Canal's turning basin for smaller pleasure craft in Miami, Florida
ReferencesEdit
^Thoresen, Carl A. (2010). "22: Definitions". Port designer's handbook (2nd ed.). London: Thomas Telford. p. 522-535. ISBN9780727740861. OCLC 868200455.
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