Denmark’s largest infrastructure project progresses

The 215m pier is comprised of ten 20m x 10m SF1850 floating concrete pontoons and one 15m-long centre section with a 28° end. This allows the array to gently angle away from the stone breakwater for double-sided docking.

Heavy-duty SF1850 series pontoons are designed to handle the rigors of commercial use. Virtually unsinkable, they offer approximately 970kg/m2 of buoyancy yet are extremely stable.

Strong and buoyant

SF Marina W400 Connectors deliver two 105 tonnes per joint of breaking strength. Internal corner pile guides allow the pier to maintain its 1m freeboard while 21 aluminum bull bollards provide ample tie up locations.

Eight rescue ladders and three ring buoy/fire extinguisher pedestals help ensure worker safety.

The concrete pontoons were made at SF Marina’s Wallhamn, Sweden facility and transported to the site by truck. The company has six precast manufacturing locations across the globe and a robust delivery network to keep construction schedules on time and logistics expenses low.

Strengthening links between Scandinavia and Central Europe, the Femern Link tunnel is Denmark’s largest infrastructure project. It’s part of a growing green traffic corridor throughout Europe.

The 11-mile tunnel will connect the Danish island of Lolland with the German island of Fehmarn, reducing travel time from 45 minutes by ferry to a mere ten minutes and seven by electric rail. 

Back in April, a fatal accident at the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel site cast a shadow over the project.

But the project is on track. Recently, His Majesty King Frederik X of Denmark officially inaugurated the first tunnel element.