Porto investment
Spanish marine infrastructure specialist ADELTE, formerly known as TEAM has won a contract to install a sophisticated boarding bridge at the new cruise terminal in Leixões near Porto, Portugal.
The port aims to boost its cruise passenger activity and is currently building some spectacular infrastructures which include a new terminal, a 340 metre dock, and a marina. The Administracao dos Portos do Douro e Leixoes (APDL), the port authority for the port of Leixões, will offer cruise passengers first-rate services with the construction of a new, ultra-modern building in the shape of a boat hull, and has contracted ADELTE to handle the design, manufacture and installation of an innovative, HYDRA-model boarding bridge (SPBB).
Consisting of two tunnels, each measuring 26 meters in length and with a state-of-the-art docking cabin capable of serving mega cruise ships at dock level, the first SPBB in the port of Leixões will be able to service vessels up to 300m in length by the end of 2014. An interesting design feature of the new HYDRA is that a mobile access ramp can be coupled directly to the connecting module of the bridge.
The most recent project with a HYDRA boarding bridge was delivered this May to Costa Crociere for their new terminal in the Italian Port of Savona.
By Jake Frith
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