The Council of Ministers has authorized this Tuesday the tender of the contract for the construction of the first phase of the Catalonia dock in the port of Barcelona, a project that is estimated to complete its first stage within 27 months.
This new infrastructure will allow APM Terminals to move its current operations from the Sud dock to the Cataluña dock, where it will invest in a new container terminal. semi-automated container semi-automated container terminal. This development will concentrate container traffic in the southern area, in the El Prat area, as it is located in front of the Prat dock, where the Hutchison Ports BEST terminal operates.
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First phase of the Cataluña wharf
The contract tender for the first phase of construction has an estimated value of 94.27 million euros (excluding VAT) and will be financed by the Port of Barcelona. This initial phase will focus on the construction of the mote of enclosures, delimiting the dock in an enclosed space of 44.7 hectares, which will allow future operating surfaces protected by the South dock.
The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona had already announced in March that the materials extracted from the dredging of the dock will be put to productive use in this project, using them as fill for the esplanades in this area. This will eliminate the need to dump these materials externally, according to the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility.
Finally, the Government emphasizes that the execution of this project will allow the port of Barcelona to comply with the Delta Plan. will allow the port of Barcelona to comply with the Delta Plan, which foresees the creation of a large logistics area in the Llobregat river delta. which foresees the creation of a large logistics space in the Llobregat River delta, according to the port’s newspaper
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