Extension of the Poniente docks in the port of Palma begins for large cruisers
Palma
21/03/2011
Today marks the initiation of the work on the extension of the Poniente docks in the port of Palma, which aims to provide a solution to the high demands for berths for large cruise ships in the Mediterranean. The work has been awarded to the Temporary Consortium (UTE) formed by CYES-SATO-OHL, with a total budget of 37.8 million euros, taxes included, and has a deadline of fifteen months.
The extension of the docks will allow the simultaneous mooring of vessels of over three hundred metres in length in the Paraires area in of the port of Palma. This area is intended for docking large cruise ships and the work will include the extension of the existing Poniente docks with the creation of two new berths of approximately 360 metres in length and thirty metres wide.
The solution adopted is that of a dock constructed of eighteen rectangular concrete boxes placed transversally, eight meters apart, so as to allow water to circulate through them and not increase the inner turmoil of the basin, allowing water renewal. The boxes will be manufactured at a port on the Peninsula and with the help of tugboats they will be transferred to the port of Palma. The dimensions of the boxes are a hundred feet in length, 15 metres wide and 16.4 metres deep. The boxes will be separated by concrete slabs made in situ.
