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The upgrading work also includes the
construction of an administration building
(five floors plus a rooftop terrace), a public
office building (two floors), a maintenance
workshop, and other minor projects.
One of the first deliveries required by the
client was completed in Pier 5 since the
client had purchased cranes to lift con-
tainers in China and it was necessary for
part of the pier to be completed in order to
install this equipment. FCC fulfilled its com-
mitment and, when the cargo arrived, the
new platform was ready for its installation.
The port project will upgrade the infrastruc-
tures to adapt them to the current demands
Progress achieved
in the project
Pi er 11 .
280 metres long,
completed. Delivered as part
of milestone 4 on 14 February
2015. Taken over on 24 May
and started operations on the
26th of the same month.
Buildings
•
Administrative and public building
was completed and delivered to the
client on 28 April 2015.
•
Other buildings: (Workshop, Ame-
nity, already completed).
Pavement
The new access areas and enlarge-
ment of the container park are already
completed after paving 157,000 m
2
.
Pier 5.
First milestone completed
on 28 August 2014 with the first 186
metres of Pier 5 to make it possible for
the client (APMTC) to download and
the STS Super Post Panamax cranes
with a reach of 68 metres, equivalent
to 23 lines of containers, in order to
be able to receive the largest ships in
the world, and transfer 18,000 twenty
feet containers. On 15 March 2015,
another important milestone was re-
ached by completing up to 360 ml.
Of the pier which made it possible to
continue with the pier’s operations
on the arrival of large ships. The full
560 ml. were finally completed in July
2015.
of the cargo transport system and to pro-
vide it with improved performance equip-
ment in line with the different types of cargo
handled at the port. Work on the 206 million
dollar project began in 2013 and a subs-
tantial completion of the project was achie-
ved on 18 December when it obtained the
“Sectional Completion Milestone 5” taking
over certificate.
The traffic capacity
of the port will be one
million containers
per year