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.
Paralelno s postavljanjem stupića, iz Luke su poručili da dovršava i završne metre rubne grede. Posljednja dionica je već betonirana s kolicima za oplatu i ostalo je samo nekoliko dionica za dovršetak. To će biti učinjeno ručno zbog poteškoća u pristupu, priopćeno je iz luke.
Luka Tarragona također je počela pripremati esplanadu sa završnim zemljanim radovima spremnim za buduće popločavanje. Postavljaju se i prvi stupovi za rasvjetu pristaništa.
Kada nova infrastruktura bude u funkciji, povećat će se kapacitet za primanje većeg broja posjetitelja iu boljim uvjetima. Imat će ukupnu priveznu liniju od 700 metara, s obzirom da će se na 240 od 460 metara moći vezati s obje strane, a dodan je i prostor lukobrana 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.
