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Port of Barcelona awards US$75 million contract for new Catalunya wharf embankment

The Port of Barcelona’s Management Board awarded a €72,359,045.87 (around US$75.35 million) contract for constructing the embankment of the new Catalunya wharf to the joint venture of Sacyr Construcción, SA and José Antonio Romero Polo, SAU.

The project, set to take 27 months, involves constructing a sea embankment as the initial phase for depositing materials dredged from the Spanish port docks, the navigation channel, and other ongoing projects such as the Adossat wharf and the new mooring points at the Energy wharf.

This foundational work enables the commencement of the Catalunya wharf terraces.

Additional works include the preparation of a terrace for storing and managing construction materials, exemplifying the port’s commitment to a circular economy by recycling materials and reducing unnecessary transport.

The primary goal of this reorganization is to equip the Port of Barcelona with the necessary infrastructure to decarbonize port operations and address the maritime and port sector’s evolving needs.

The tender for this project was launched a year ago following Spain’s Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge’s approval of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in January 2024, with work anticipated to commence this summer.

Construction area of the rip-rap sea embankment




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