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.
I gcomhthreo leis an suiteáil bollard, dúirt an calafort go bhfuil sé ag críochnú na méadar deiridh den bhíoma imeall freisin. Tá an chuid dheireanach coincréitithe cheana féin le tralaí foirm-oibre agus níl ach roinnt codanna fós le críochnú. Déanfar é seo de láimh mar gheall ar an deacracht a bhaineann le rochtain, a dúirt an calafort.
Tá Calafort Tarragona tosaithe freisin ar an esplanade a ullmhú agus na créfoirt deiridh réidh le haghaidh pábhála sa todhchaí. Tá na chéad cuaillí lampa chun an duga a lasadh á suiteáil freisin.
Nuair a bheidh an bonneagar nua i bhfeidhm, méadóidh sé an cumas chun níos mó cuairteoirí a fháil agus faoi choinníollacha níos fearr. Beidh líne ancaire iomlán de 700 méadar aige, ós rud é go mbeifear in ann ceangal ar an dá thaobh ar 240 de na 460 méadar agus tá limistéar tonnchosc an Llevant curtha leis freisin.
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.
