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The Battery of Dique del Oeste Dock will have a cafeteria

02/06/2011

The APB has put out to tender the operation of two leisure facilities in the port of Palma. The first is a cafe and tourist information point in the old San Carlos Battery located in the Dique de Oeste dock, which has recently been restored by the APB. This initiative aims to provide a new urban space, open to both citizens and passengers of cruise ships, to admire the views of the Bay of Palma from a location previously inaccessible to the public. The other proposal concerns what is known as Bar Varadero, located at the beginning of the Commercial Docks, whose concession has just ended. The objective of the competition is the exploitation, for a period less than fifteen years, of a bar-cafe-restaurant of 411 square meters and for which approximately forty-nine thousand euros are required for annual improvement fees.

The APB increases the draft at the port of Alcúdia

20/05/2011

The APB is carrying out the execution of the works to stabilize the foundation of the springs attached, and the west bank of the port of Alcúdia, which will get a draft of 8.50 meters Dockside throughout the commercial dock. Thus, the APB is committed Alcúdia as a key port for unloading goods in Mallorca. It is recalled that the supply is made Alcúdia cement, coal and liquefied the island. This work complements the work of improving drafts of the port´s commercial docks that ended in April 2007 that affected the entrance channel and the commercial dock. The most suitable alternative for the dredging and strengthening of the sidewalk from the docksis the installation of micro piles and a concrete slab discharge also stresses on micropiles grounded.The completion of the works awarded on a competitive basis to the Ferrovial consortium-Rhodium Kronsa is planned for next October. The budget execution of the work amounts to little more than ten million euros.

The APB announces the II Painting and Photography Contest of the ports of Palma and Alcudia

16/05/2011

The APB has announced the II Painting and Photography Competition. This edition of the contest is dedicated to the ports of Palma and Alcudia and is in collaboration with the Circulo de Bellas Artes (Circle of Fine Arts) of Palma de Mallorca and the Center for Military History and Culture of Palma. The competition is open to all artists and photographers who wish to participate, on condition that the subject of the works presented are related to the locations in the ports of Palma and Alcudia and to the programmed departures organized by the APB and the Circulo de Bellas Artes. A total amount of six thousand euros will be distributed over several awards in three categories: watercolor, other pictorial techniques and photography. The Board of Selection and Qualification will consist of a representative from the APB, a representative of from Círculo de Bellas Artes de Palma de Mallorca and several persons of recognized standing in the world of art that will be appointed by the APB at the suggestion of the Círculo de Bellas Artes. The works must be submitted from 17 to 28 October to the headquarters of the APB in Palma. The winning works will be exhibited in an exhibition to be held later this year at the Center for Military History and Culture of Palma (cloister of Santa Margalida). The contest rules are available on www.portsdebalears.com.

The APB presents the docks of Botafoc as model of environmental management

10/05/2011

The APB and the Technical Association of Ports and Coastlines have organized a technical visit today to the work site of the docks of Botafoc in the port of Ibiza, to raise awareness of the environmental measures being adopted throughout the project. The session included several lectures and a tour of the works in situ. The technical seminar exposed the weaknesses currently afflicting the Ibiza port in regards to safety, passenger comfort and traffic, among others, and went on to explain the solutions adopted in the expansion and remodeling inside the port. In addition to the aspects relevant to the execution of the work, special emphasis was given to environmental and archaeological controls. In this sense, they explained in detail the measures taken in the Environmental Monitoring Plan to meet to the requirements of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) issued by the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs. They also described the actions carried out in the Special Environmental Surveillance Plan for Dredging and Disposal, developed to comply with the requirements provided by UNESCO, with the aim of not affecting the good of "Ibiza, Culture and Biodiversity " declared as a World Heritage Site. The chairman of the APB, Francesc Triay, stated that due to the environmental accusations it has received, the project "has been subject to more demands and, to counter these demands, many environmental actions have been promoted. I believe that in environmental matters and construction management we have reached a standard of excellence. " The Technical Association of Ports and Coastlines is formed by technicians from the departments of engineering and environment from the different port authorities, as well as, from the General Directorate of Coastlines. The fifty members of the association who have visited the port of Ibiza, from various parts of Spain and Cantabria, Andalusia and Galicia, participated in the talks in the morning and visited the work site in the afternoon. The construction of the Botafoc docks, with an esplanade of 63,000 square meters and two quays, 200 meters long and 30 meters wide, will provide a suitable surface for the new terminal for regular passenger ferry traffic and general RoRo cargo, away from the city center and with sufficient guarantees of security. The new ferry terminal building will have high walkways for boarding passengers, loading zones for cargo and vehicles and parking areas. At the same time, this action will permit a total reform of the Ibiza port which includes the new ferry terminal for passengers travelling to the port of La Savina.

The APB created a website about lighthouses in the Balearic Islands

07/05/2011

The APB has created a new website (www.farsdebalears.com) where all information about the 34 lighthouses in the Balearic Islands. Thus, the APB opens your file with the history of lighthouses and lighthouse keepers and displays images and videos of the installations and the "treasures" they contain. The site also offers a virtual tour of the lighthouse Portopí, the third in the world´s oldest active and which is one of the largest collections of pieces related to lighthouses and their history.The president of the institution, Francesc Triay said that "the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands with this website wanted to share the precious heritage, both materialand human film, which revolves around the world of lighthouses in the Balearic Islands.The initiative also seeks an interactivity with the audience, to share his special relationship with the headlights through the network. "For his part, Jorge Martin, head of Projects and Works and acting Director of the APB noted that "technological advances, such as the use of photographs in 360 degree virtual tour of the exhibition Portopí or participation through Facebook or Twitter, we can make available to citizenswho want the treasure to keep the headlights of our community. This is an unprecedented project in the international arena regarding the disclosure ofheadlamps referred to."

On Saturday the first of the caissons for the Botafoc docks arrive from Cartagena

28/04/2011

The Balearic Islands Port Authority is anticipating the arrival, on Saturday afternoon at the port of Ibiza, of the first of the eleven caissons which are being built for the future Botafoc docks. At six-thirty pm on Friday, the tugboat A. Gaudi, sailed from the port of Cartagena carrying the piece which will be moored at the beginning of next week. The caisson, which is 41.7m long, 15´27m wide and has a depth of 17.5m and which is called Clementina, was manufactured during the month of April at the port in Murcia by the company Agronauta, a subsidiary of Ferrovial. The piece is constructed of 2,031.39 square meters of concrete and 173,162 kilograms of steel. In the port of Cartagena, Ferrovial will build six of the eleven caissons that will form the border of the Botafoc docks, while the company Cyes is responsible for the construction of the remaining five at the port of Sagunto. It is expected that by the end of May all the caissons will be completed. The blocks will be anchored with landfill and positioned on the foundation, built during the month of February. The construction of the Botafoc docks, with an esplanade of 63,000 square meters and two jetties, 200m long by 30m wide, will provide an appropriate surface for the new terminal for passenger traffic and general RoRo cargo, away from the city center and with adequate security guarantees. In this area a new passenger terminal is projected, with elevated walkways for passenger boarding and designated zones for loading cargo and vehicles, as well as for parking. Likewise, this action will make possible an overall reform of the port of Ibiza, which is looking forward to a new ferry terminal for passengers traveling to the port of La Savina.

New car park building and gas station for boats in the port of La Savina

12/04/2011

The Board of Directors of the ABS has adopted to give the company "Petrofor, SL" operation for ten years, a supply of fuel in the commercial dock in the port of La Savina, after the technical committee to study bids submitted for the tender has been rated as the most advantageous solution. The purpose of this competition is to modernize the supply of petrol and diesel boats A and B to the improvement and preparation of deposits and facilities, the construction of an additional underground tank and the addition of three new suppliers. Two of them are of high flow and a double. The proposed investment by Petrofor is half a million euros and the annual fee for operation of the station is 18,000 euros. Also in today´s meeting has resolved to award the company "Sovalgaray Marítima, SL" the operation of a parking building, premises and offices in the port of La Savina, after testing the best deal of those submitted to public competition by offering an annual fee of 40,000 euros, an investment of over 3.7 million euros and a concession period of 28 years, seven years less than the maximum provided in the specifications. The project includes the construction of a new building on a plot of 1,390 square meters, where currently there is another property that must be demolished first. Will have three floors plus basement and roof. On the ground floor commercial and office are located, while the rest of the building is devoted to car parking spaces. The building will have 106 parking spaces for cars, 88 reserved for hire, and 36 spaces for motorcycles, also for rent.

Extension of the Poniente docks in the port of Palma begins for large cruisers

21/03/2011

Today marks the initiation of the work on the extension of the Poniente docks in the port of Palma, which aims to provide a solution to the high demands for berths for large cruise ships in the Mediterranean. The work has been awarded to the Temporary Consortium (UTE) formed by CYES-SATO-OHL, with a total budget of 37.8 million euros, taxes included, and has a deadline of fifteen months. The extension of the docks will allow the simultaneous mooring of vessels of over three hundred metres in length in the Paraires area in of the port of Palma. This area is intended for docking large cruise ships and the work will include the extension of the existing Poniente docks with the creation of two new berths of approximately 360 metres in length and thirty metres wide. The solution adopted is that of a dock constructed of eighteen rectangular concrete boxes placed transversally, eight meters apart, so as to allow water to circulate through them and not increase the inner turmoil of the basin, allowing water renewal. The boxes will be manufactured at a port on the Peninsula and with the help of tugboats they will be transferred to the port of Palma. The dimensions of the boxes are a hundred feet in length, 15 metres wide and 16.4 metres deep. The boxes will be separated by concrete slabs made in situ.

Palma can reach a million and a half cruise passengers in 2011

17/03/2011

Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB) plans to reach this season and a half million cruise passengers in the port of Palma, according to forecasts released scales these days at the Miami Seatrade Cruise Shipping, the most important exhibition world in this sector. Throughout this week, a delegation Balearic, headed by the chairman of the APB, Francesc Triay, is participating in the annual meeting of the international tourism industry, cruise ships, representing the Balearic Islands in the framework of the promotion Ports State organizes every year in this American city. After historic season of 2010, which fought both the major brands of cruise traffic as the passengers, everything suggests that in 2011 the results will be better. The good time you go through the cruise market in the Mediterranean, coupled with the crisis that exists in North Africa, has made the Balearic ports have been a substantial increase in reserves of scales. Thus, in the port of Palma provides 549 scales, 4.5% more than in 2010, which can mean reaching the million and a half passengers a year. Along with the president of the APB have also traveled to Miami accidental director, Jorge Martin, the head of strategic planning division, Teresa Alonso, the sales manager, Matthew Ginard, and a representation of the main shipping agents island.

Balearic Islands Port Authority proceeds to change the lighting Levante dock at the port of Maó

11/03/2011

Balearic Islands Port Authority (APB) is proceeding in these days to the installation of new street lighting along the Levante dock at the port of Maó, with the aim of improving the street lighting and pedestrian and to reduce power consumption and light pollution in the area. With an operating budget of one million euros, are putting a total of 72 street lights along the nearly mile away you have the performance area. This project has enjoyed the cooperation of the Consell de Menorca, through the Consortium of Waste Urbans i energy, to adapt to new regulations for energy saving. Each lamp has two lamps that illuminate both the road and the promenade and feature modern energy saving systems and light pollution mitigation. Work began about a month and is expected for completion before the Easter holiday. Changing trees This performance, conducted by Indra Sistemas, a company awarded the contract, also includes the redevelopment of part of the woodland walk. In cases where trees currently planted match the location of the new streetlights, are affected by plant pests or are difficult to treat dead will be replaced. The new specimens of species planted will be more adaptable in size and shape to the port area, require less maintenance and by its diversity, will provide an obstacle to the easy spread of pests.

The APB invests 3.5 million euros in the lighthouses of the Balearic Islands

01/03/2011

The APB (Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) has conducted in recent years, a continuous effort to invest in the maintenance of the lighthouse facilities of the islands. Specifically, in the last five years, it has invested about 3.5 million euros in exterior reformations, restoring facades and replacing wood and metal. The APB's investment has not been limited to the lighthouses themselves, but has also included the renovation of the structures attached to the lighthouses. Part of the work accomplished in 2008 included an investment of 155,000 euros for new illumination equipment and beacons, and 98,000 euros for upgrading the enclosures of all the lighthouses of Minorca. In 2009, among other actions, the base and the wall of the canal of San Jorge in Mahon were stabilized and the facings of all the lighthouses of Formentera were restored and waterproofed. In 2010, the largest contribution was 92,000 euros for improving the facings of all the lighthouses of Majorca and also for focusing on renovating interiors and replacing railings in Majorca and Minorca. This year, the APB is planning to upgrade medium voltage lines in the lighthouses of Majorca, coverings and accesses to the outbuildings of all the lighthouses of the Balearic Islands and to improve the electrical connections on the Dique del Oeste in the port of Palma.

Initiation of the second phase of construction of the Botafoc docks

21/02/2011

The arrival of the barge DN 143 to Ibiza from Valencia this past weekend has signalled the start of the second phase of construction of the Botafoc docks in the port of Ibiza. This vessel will deposit 18,000 tons of stones to form the foundation of the new pier. The installation of this breakwater will permit the posterior placement of the foundation boxes that will contain the landfill on which the infrastructure of the new port will be located. During the month of March the construction of eleven reinforced concrete foundation boxes that will form this dock will begin. The APB expects the 41.70 metre long boxes to be ready to be anchored in the foundation trench after the third week of the month. The construction of a 63.000m² esplanade and two jetties, 200 meters long and 30 metres wide, of new reclaimed area in the Botafoc docks, will provide a suitable surface for traffic of regular passenger ferries and general merchandise, away from the city centre and with sufficient security guarantees. A new passenger terminal is expected to be built in this area, with elevated walkways for boarding passenger and loading zones for cargo and vehicles, as well as parking. This action will also allow for a comprehensive reform of the port of Ibiza which is counting on a new ferry terminal for passengers travelling to the port of La Savina.