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Floating Hotel Docking Situation Assessment between Aswan and Luxor, Egypt

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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Civil Engineering.

Abstract

Because of the currently aggravating floating hotel (flotel) docking situation along the River Nile between Aswan and Luxor, this study aims to assess the present and future situation using historical data analysis. The flotel number in 2006 was obtained and that of 2035 was predicted by linear extrapolation. Dimensions of 2006 flotels were analyzed to determine the representative flotel. The analysis revealed a flotel of 75-m length, 15-m width and 1.8-m draft. Real data of tourist trips between Aswan and Luxor including other tourist cities such as Kom-ombo, Edfu, and Esna were utilized to determine the actual number of cruises that dock at each tourist site in years 2006 and 2035 considering that a flotel needs a 90-m length to dock at the river bank in one single row. The capacities required at each site were also estimated for 2006 and 2035. The study revealed that docking in one single row was inadequate and critical in 2006 and would be much worse in 2035. It was also warned of inshore docking in adjacent multiple rows since it causes delays, long waits and difficulty in maneuverability during taking off. Accordingly, a jetty arrangement of multiple spaced rows was proposed to improve the docking capacities at the tourist sites.

DOI

10.21608/jaet.2021.71197.1109

Keywords

River Nile, Inland Navigation, Floating Hotels, Docking Capacity

Authors

First Name

Wael

Last Name

Fahmy

MiddleName

Ahmed

Affiliation

Civil Engineering Department, Shoubra Faculty of Engineering, Benha University

Email

wael.ahmed@feng.bu.edu.eg

City

El Qanater El Khairia

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First Name

Nasr

Last Name

Hekal

MiddleName

Tawfik Hassan

Affiliation

Nile Research Institute, National Water Research Center, Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation

Email

nasrhekal@gmail.com

City

El Qanater El Khiaria

Orcid

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Volume

42

Article Issue

1

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29280

Issue Date

2022-01-01

Receive Date

2021-04-05

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

255

Page End

270

Print ISSN

2682-2091

Online ISSN

2812-5487

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https://jaet.journals.ekb.eg/article_219652.html

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1,142

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Publication Title

Journal of Advanced Engineering Trends

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https://jaet.journals.ekb.eg/

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Floating Hotel Docking Situation Assessment between Aswan and Luxor, Egypt

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Created At

22 Jan 2023