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The APB unveils Palma's new seafront promenade with the first Balearic Port Authority Charity Run

The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) unveils Palma's new seafront promenade with the first APB Charity Run on 15 and 16 November 2025. The initiative is intended to be ongoing and has two objectives, namely to promote physical activity in an iconic setting in Palma and to support a charitable cause.

The sporting and family weekend will begin on Saturday, 15 November, with a fair featuring exhibitors from entities and organisations linked to sport, health and charitable causes in the Plaza de Sant Domingo de la Calzada. There will also be free sports activities for all ages and fun activities for children from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Race numbers and T-shirts for Sunday's races will also be collected on the same day.

On Sunday 16th, from 9.30 a.m., the sports day will begin with a joint warm-up and at 10am, the APB 10km Charity Run, aimed at people over 14 years of age, will get underway. The route will allow the participants to discover the Ponent-Paraires quays, an area of the port which is usually closed to the public and which, for the first time, will be open to runners. Starting at 11 a.m., the children's races will take place, with routes adapted to each age group, and at 12 noon, the 4 km race and the 4km Fun Walk will take place, open to everyone.

The president of the APB, Javier Sanz, emphasised that “all activities will be free of charge, although those who wish to run competitively may make a symbolic financial contribution. All proceeds from this first edition will go entirely to Projecte Home Balears, an organisation committed to the care and reintegration of people with drug addiction problems”.

Solidarity fundraising

All proceeds from registration for the 10 km and 4 km races in this first edition, which costs €10, will go entirely to Projecte Home Balears, an organisation committed to caring for and reintegrating people with drug addiction problems. While the walk and children's races are free and non-competitive. At the end, all participants will receive a commemorative medal and a piece of fruit.

The event is also intended to be a reflection of the commitment to sustainability. A drinking water station will be set up so that runners can use reusable bottles to reduce the use of single-use plastics.

Registration is now available on the EliteChip website and race bibs must be collected on Saturday 15 November at the Plaza de Sant Domingo de la Calzada.

The port of Palma to use a green hydrogen fuel cell for energy supply before the end of the year

The institutional headquarters of the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) in the port of Palma hosted the Mallorca International Blue Marine Talks 2025 on Monday, organised jointly with the Spanish National Association of Electric Boats (ANBE). The event, dedicated to marine decarbonisation and sustainable nautical tourism, brought together international experts, institutional representatives and pioneering companies in blue innovation.

As part of the meeting, APB director Toni Ginard announced that a green hydrogen fuel cell will be opened in the port of Palma before the end of the year. This facility, which is part of the European Green Hysland project, will supply clean energy to Maritime Station No. 4.

Ginard also highlighted the drive towards onshore power supply (OPS) for docks, which already has its first operational point in Palma for ferries and fast ferries at the Poniente docks. The APB is working to extend this system to more docks in Palma and to the ports of general interest in Ibiza, Mahon, Alcudia and La Savina. This system allows ships to connect to the electricity grid in port and switch off their auxiliary engines, drastically reducing CO₂, particulate and noise emissions. "This is a real paradigm shift towards the decarbonisation of port operations," Ginard emphasised.

The celebration of the Mallorca International Blue Marine Talks 2025 has turned Mallorca into the international epicentre of sustainable sailing, with the participation of leading institutions, associations and companies that debated the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition in the marine field. Speakers included representatives from Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Spain, who shared experiences on port electrification, electric marine mobility and fleet remotorisation.

Sustainable mobility within ports

During the event, the APB also reaffirmed its commitment to sustainable mobility, consolidating the nautical bus service in Ibiza, which was put out to public tender last June for a period of 15 years. As well as the tender for another public tender to manage the new nautical bus in Palma, which will have at least three lines to improve mobility and reduce road traffic in the port area.

The director of the APB recalled the renewal of agreements on good environmental practices with concessionaires of sports marinas such as Alcudiamar, Club de Mar and Marina La Savina.

He also highlighted the projects to promote marine biodiversity in the Portitxol and Molinar breakwaters, where construction techniques are applied to regenerate marine habitats, and the recent ban on open circuit systems on moored vessels, a key measure to improve water quality.

A comprehensive commitment to the future

"We are not talking about isolated actions, but about a comprehensive strategy that combines innovation, public-private collaboration and environmental sensitivity," Ginard concluded.

With this set of projects, the APB reinforces its leadership in the energy transition and its role as an international benchmark in the construction of a cleaner, more competitive and sustainable port model.

The APB is planning a redevelopment of Portitxol in the port of Palma aimed at opening up the inner harbour to the city, while preserving the neighbourhood's working-class and seafaring character

The Port Authority of the Balearic Islands (APB) presented yesterday, together with Palma City Council, the Portitxol redevelopment project, an initiative that seeks to open up this strategic location between the port and the city and transform its seafront into a more integrated, accessible and sustainable space. The proposal involves freeing up 4,300 square metres for public use, gaining 5,500 square metres of green areas, eliminating architectural barriers that impede access to and view of the sea, improving urban mobility for residents, optimising port uses and strengthening the connection between the quay and the neighbourhood.

APB Chairman Javier Sanz, together with its director, Toni Ginard, and the councillor for Tourism, Culture, Sports and Municipal Coordination, Javier Bonet, yesterday presented the redevelopment project to representatives of the harbour's neighbourhood associations at a meeting in the Can Salas building, known as sa Petrolera. According to Sanz, "from a closed and overburdened space, we will move on to an open, planned and sustainable area, which will provide more quality of life, more city and more sea for everyone". "With these measures, the Portitxol will no longer be a barrier and will become a lively and accessible space, which will place people at the heart of things," he concluded.

One of the most interesting actions of the project is the redesign of the promenade and the intervention at the na Bàrbara river mouth. The project envisages the elimination of the current height difference of about four metres between the promenade and the docks, as well as the improvement of accessibility throughout the urban space. Architectural barriers will be removed to provide more than 4,300 square metres of open space for public use.

The new configuration envisages the harmonious coexistence of the neighbourhood's residents with the compatibility of other existing uses, such as restaurants, shops, port facilities and public recreation. Thus, while new spaces are being created to encourage socialising, relaxation and outdoor enjoyment by the general public, a surface car park is being created for residents, Calle de la Sirena is being pedestrianised and the accesses to road traffic are being reorganised, prioritising the needs of residents and pedestrian traffic.

The redeployment of these port uses will allow the creation of a large public square facing the sea, as well as the construction of an underground car park, replacing areas currently occupied by road traffic, and the dry marina with 5,500 square metres of green areas or areas for recreational use.

Renovating the port

The proposal also involves an ambitious intervention in the port area, renewing infrastructures, reorganising water sport uses and services, optimising underused spaces and creating new berths for small vessels.

Thus, the current sailing school run by the Club Nàutic Portitxol (Portixol Sailing Club) will move to the fishermen's wharf, while the dry dock and the dry marina will occupy the Troneras area. Both the Troneras and Sa Roqueta areas currently have an inefficient layout and a lack of basic services, which will be remedied with the installation of a fuel service station for boats and the optimisation of the water area to meet the demand for affordable moorings.

The symbiosis between public and port uses will have a new landmark with the construction of a treadableroof attached to the breakwater of the outer sea wall of Troneras. Under this deck, new spaces will be created for port facilities such as warehouses, storerooms and workshops. This solution will be similar to the one implemented a few years ago with great success in the neighbouring port of Molinar, which has a viewpoint overlooking the sea that has been very popular with local residents and walkers.

A port within the port

El Portitxol, located at the eastern end of the port of Palma, is today a small artificial dock used for mooring small boats. It is very popular with Palma's residents as a place for strolling, leisure and contact with the sea and the open air, as well as with marine sports users, due to the affordability and comfort of its mooring points.

Its origins as a natural inlet at the na Bàrbara river mouth as a shelter for boats can be traced back to the end of prehistoric times and it was used as a trading hub by several later civilisations, such as the Romans, Phoenicians, Byzantines and Carthaginians, among others. In the 18th century, the Molinar neighbourhood emerged from the fishermen's houses and summer homes that were established in the area and around the mills that were built on the coast.

But it was in the 19th and early 20th centuries that the area grew considerably with the emergence of gas, oil and electricity industries, which turned it into a working-class neighbourhood with a strong trade union and political character. Today it forms part of the public port domain assigned to the APB, used to manage moorings for seagoing vessels, most of which are less than eight metres in length, 460 of them directly and 301 through the Club Nàutic Portitxol.

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