Transportation.
Modernization of the port of Barcelona.
New Terminal At the Port of Barcelona, \u200b\u200bopened today by the mayor, Jordi Hereu, has capacity to accommodate cruise ships full capacity, with more than 4,000 passengers and has an area of \u200b\u200b8,300 square meters, total, to improve the cruise traffic. The new terminal, which began construction on March 1, 2007, in Adossat Moll, will be managed by the Creuers company Port of Barcelona and has involved an investment of 15 million euros for the city of Barcelona.
Jordi Hereu, that walk along the Marina boat and pointed out that the new port infrastructure " be a new entrance and exit to the city " and strengthens a model of quality tourism. The building is equipped with two new passenger walkways, escalators, elevators, 44 tables billing offices of the Guardia Civil, informative displays and a commercial area and bar, among other services. One of the new equipment of the new terminal is the new gateway of 490 meters long that connects the terminals A and B, allowing the simultaneous operation of new generation vessels of more than 6,000 passengers. The construction of the new Terminal A is part of the modernization process that has driven the Port of Barcelona in order to meet the increasing demand for berths.
Creuers the Port of Barcelona is a private company that operates five passenger terminals at the port of Barcelona. Is a company with 9 years of existence, has invested 50 million euros in the two terminals of the World Trade Center (North and South Terminals) in Terminals A and B and the proposed redevelopment of Terminal C, also Adossat dockside. All together total 27,000 square meters of covered area and 1,800 linear feet of berthing. In addition, the City of Barcelona and the Barcelona Port Authority signed an agreement on civil protection, prevention, fire fighting and rescue services including the construction of a new modern fire station with an investment of 3 million euros, by the ABS.
The statistics provided for the upcoming 2009 indicate that the Port of Barcelona may exceed 2 million tourists and cruise passengers coming in and 1,000 scales of tourist boats.
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