This
report, titled Expanding Puerto Rawson: Enhancing Fishery Capacity and Project
Cargo Logistics, presents a conceptual masterplan for the eco-friendly
expansion of the Port of Rawson. The port’s proximity to a region abundant in
marine resources makes it an attractive location for expansion. However, the port
is facing strategic expansion problems and it could fail to accommodate the
rise in demand from the fishery industry. This report carefully maps out the
gap between the expected rise in demand and the currently existing
infrastructure. After that, two models are created to transform the rise in demand
that is expected by 2030 & 2040, to nautical demands for the port, like
number of berths and required waterway width. The results from these model in
combination with a strategic overview of the landscape, were used to come up
with three conceptual designs that eventually converged into one final
conceptual design by conducting an MCA. This conceptual design, together with
the port waste management plan, could enable an eco-friendly and future-ready
expansion of the Port of Rawson.