Mumbai University > Civil Engineering > Sem 6 > Transportation Engineering 2

Topic : Water Transport

Difficulty : Low

Transit sheds:-

• Sometimes it is not possible to clear all the import or export cargoes to their destinations by road transport or by railway, hence these cargos should be kept in safe in the temporary storage. It is also essential for general cargo to verify the markings, quantity and safe delivery, hence all these activities are done in a temporary storage.
• Hence transit sheds is a covered arrangement for the temporary storage of import cargoes in which incoming & outgoing cargo are kept for the purpose of safe protection. Transit shield is also termed as a transit godown.
• Transit sheds may have godown type of structure having one or two storeys in height.

1. Floor are of shed is 56 m²
2. Capacity of shed is 470 m³
3. Quay space is 11 m²

Following are the various construction requirements

1. Rapid opening & closing doors are to be used
2. Transit sheds should have advanced five fighting system
3. It should have adequate light. In day time there should be continuous sky light
4. Light & fine resisting materials should be used for the construction of transit sheds
5. Transit shed should be located adjacent to the quay and it should have maximum capacity for storing incoming and outgoing cargo at a time. There should have road and rail path for fast or quick transit of cargo. Equipment such as cranes should be readily available when required.