The Port of Tarragona has announced that it has begun work on installing the bollards on the Balears Wharf. A total of 33 bollards with a capacity of 200 tons each will be installed to provide mooring for the world's largest cruise liners.
The fenders, which are also being installed at a similar pace, and the bollards are the elements that "take the strain of docking and tying up the vessel," the port wrote. Thus, when a ship is slowly approaching in a berthing maneuver, the fenders absorb the momentum of the vessel as it maneuvers, protecting both the dock and the vessel when they come into contact.
In conditions of strong winds and waves, the fenders and bollards are responsible for absorbing the vessel's energy, especially when it tends to approach or move away from the dock.
B'mod parallel mal-installazzjoni tal-bollard, il-port qal li qed itemm ukoll il-metri finali tar-raġġ tat-tarf. L-aħħar taqsima diġà ġiet ikkonkosjata b’karru tal-formwork u għad fadal biss ftit sezzjonijiet biex ikunu lesti. Dan se jsir manwalment minħabba d-diffikultà ta 'aċċess, qal il-port.
Il-Port ta’ Tarragona beda wkoll iħejji l-isplanade bl-aħħar xogħol ta’ l-art lest għall-pavimentar futur. Qed jiġu installati wkoll l-ewwel lampi għad-dawl tal-baċir.
Meta l-infrastruttura l-ġdida tkun qed titħaddem, se żżid il-kapaċità li tirċievi aktar viżitaturi u f'kundizzjonijiet aħjar. Se jkollha linja totali ta’ rmiġġ ta’ 700 metru, peress li fuq 240 mill-460 metru se jkun possibbli li jintrabtu fuq iż-żewġ naħat u żdiedet ukoll iż-żona tal-breakwater ta’ Llevant.
All this means that double the number of cruise ships can dock simultaneously, the port explained, and that the world's largest cruise liners can be accommodated.
