ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Container terminal design process

Imagine you're playing with your toy blocks. You have a bunch of them and you want to make a big tower. First, you have to decide how wide and tall you want your tower to be. You might also plan where you want to put the smaller blocks and bigger blocks to make your tower strong and sturdy.

Container terminal design process is a bit like building a tall tower, but instead of toy blocks, we're talking about a big space where cargo containers will be moved around by machines called cranes. The people who plan container terminals have to decide how big the terminal will be, how many containers it will be able to hold, and where everything will go.

When designing a container terminal, they have to think about how the cranes will move around, how they will stack containers, where trucks will be able to come in and out to pick up containers, and how the containers will be loaded onto ships.

They have to make sure that there's enough space between the containers so that the cranes can move around without hitting each other or the containers. They have to make sure that the ground is strong enough to hold the weight of all those containers, and that the water is deep enough for the big ships to come in and dock.

The people who design container terminals also have to think about the people who work there. They have to make sure that the workers have access to all the equipment they need, and that they have safe places to work. They also have to think about things like lighting and ventilation so that the workers are comfortable while they're working hard.

Once they figure all this out, they can start building the container terminal. Just like building a big tower with toy blocks, it takes a lot of planning and hard work to make sure that everything is in the right place and working the way it should.