Coastal and Port Engineering Fundamentals Course

Learn coastal and port engineering fundamentals covering waves, tides, sediment, harbours, breakwaters, quay structures and dredging.

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Training Locations

This Coastal and Port Engineering Fundamentals Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Outlines

Introduction

Coastal and port infrastructure operates within a dynamic environment shaped by waves, tides, currents and sediment transport. Engineering decisions must balance navigation, structural performance, shoreline response, operability and environmental constraints over a long service life.

This five-day course gives civil, marine and port professionals a rigorous foundation in coastal processes and infrastructure. Participants will analyse metocean conditions, plan harbour layouts, assess breakwaters and berthing structures, and examine dredging and resilience. Workshops culminate in a concept design for a practical port or coastal intervention.

Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Interpret coastal metocean conditions.
Analyse wave transformation and forces.
Evaluate sediment and shoreline response.
Plan harbour and channel layouts.
Select coastal-protection structures.
Assess berthing and mooring facilities.
Plan dredging and sediment management.
Develop a resilient coastal concept.

Course Content

Day 1: Coastal Hydrodynamics

Waves, tides and currents
Wave statistics and design conditions
Shoaling, refraction and breaking
Nearshore circulation
Metocean data and uncertainty
Design-condition workshop

Day 2: Sediment and Shoreline Processes

Sediment properties and mobility
Longshore and cross-shore transport
Beach profiles and shoreline change
Erosion and accretion mechanisms
Coastal-process modelling concepts
Shoreline-response exercise

Day 3: Harbours and Navigation

Port functions and vessel requirements
Harbour layout and wave tranquillity
Entrance and navigation-channel design
Turning basins and under-keel clearance
Operational and safety constraints
Harbour-layout workshop

Day 4: Coastal and Port Structures

Breakwaters and revetments
Seawalls and groynes
Quay walls and jetties
Berthing and mooring loads
Scour and foundation considerations
Structure-selection laboratory

Day 5: Dredging, Environment and Resilience

Dredging methods and production
Sediment characterisation and disposal
Environmental impact and mitigation
Sea-level and storm uncertainty
Inspection and lifecycle maintenance
Capstone coastal-port concept

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Coastal and Port Engineering Fundamentals Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.