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.
Yn gyfochrog â'r gosodiad bolard, dywedodd y porthladd ei fod hefyd yn cwblhau mesuryddion terfynol y trawst ymyl. Mae'r rhan olaf eisoes wedi'i goncritio â throli estyllod a dim ond ychydig o adrannau sydd ar ôl i'w gorffen. Bydd hyn yn cael ei wneud â llaw oherwydd yr anhawster mynediad, dywedodd y porthladd.
Mae Porthladd Tarragona hefyd wedi dechrau paratoi'r esplanâd gyda'r gwrthgloddiau terfynol yn barod ar gyfer palmentydd yn y dyfodol. Mae'r polion lamp cyntaf ar gyfer goleuo'r doc hefyd yn cael eu gosod.
Pan fydd y seilwaith newydd ar waith, bydd yn cynyddu'r gallu i dderbyn mwy o ymwelwyr ac mewn amodau gwell. Bydd ganddi linell angori gyfan o 700 metr, o ystyried y bydd modd clymu ar y ddwy ochr ar 240 o’r 460 metr ac mae arwynebedd morglawdd Llevant hefyd wedi’i ychwanegu.
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.
