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.
Nan paralèl ak enstalasyon bollard la, pò a te di ke li se tou ranpli dènye mèt yo nan gwo bout bwa kwen an. Dènye seksyon an te deja betoné ak yon chariot kofraj e sèlman kèk seksyon rete pou fini. Sa a pral fè manyèlman akòz difikilte pou aksè, pò a te di.
Port Tarragona te kòmanse tou prepare esplanad la ak travay tè final yo pare pou pavaj lavni. Yo enstale premye lanp yo pou limen waf la tou.
Lè nouvo enfrastrikti a ap fonksyone, li pral ogmante kapasite pou resevwa plis vizitè ak nan pi bon kondisyon. Li pral gen yon liy amaraj total de 700 mèt, bay sou 240 nan 460 mèt yo li pral posib yo mare sou tou de bò yo ak zòn nan nan brik la Llevant tou te ajoute.
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.
