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Berth for large vessels at the docks of Poniente. Palma de Mallorca
Palma de Mallorca

Location: Palma de Mallorca (Spain)
Developer: Port Authority of the Balearic Islands
Budget: 28.518.432,26 €
Execution time: 18 months

Characteristics
Works consist in the extension of the Poniente docks in the Port of Palma de Mallorca to host the increased cruise demand in the island. The current quay will be enlarged 400 m long and 30 m width. The solution includes the provision of 18 reinforced concrete floating caissons placed individually to get a permeable wall enabling water regeneration inside the basin.

The key figures of the works are:
Pile mooring demolition
Trench dredge: 28.643 m3
Rock bedding layer: 135.250 t.
Manufacturing and sinking 18 reinforced concrete floating caissons.
Caissons dimensions
Length: 29,15 ml.
Beam: 14,95 ml.
Depth: 15,70 y 16,40 ml.
Concrete: 33.275 m3
Steel reinforcement: 2.827,115 Kg.
Filling cells
Capping beam execution
/ “In situ" slabs casted using a floating structure formwork and hydraulic lifting equipment.
Concrete: 15.377 m3
Steel reinforcement: 2.827,115 Kg
Concrete ramp between the current quaid and the new extension
Installations and pavement
Berthing and mooring elements
42 Bollards of 200 tons
36 Fenders type SC2000H

The Docking and Mooring Works, the so-called Wharves, allow ships or vessels to approach in the protected area between land and sea to carry out port activities, such as loading and unloading goods, and passenger and provisions transport, among others.

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Berth for large vessels at the docks of Poniente. Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca

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