La Coruña Port Authority in Spain has identified a need to quickly reinforce the capacity of its outer harbour to allow it to adequately handle dry bulk commodities such as coal, coke, fertilizer and rock phosphate given the fallout of the Russian
invasion of Ukraine. Above all, it is aiming to urgently increase storage areas for these goods.
A tender has therefore been issued to outfit a stockpile area on the esplanade at Punta Langosteira, which is where dry bulk is handled on quay A1. Previously, the port authority had paved quite a lot of this zone, but now says this was insufficient for forecast volumes in the foreseeable future and therefore proposes to expand this to the northern end of the quay.
In total, an area of 32,429m2 located at the back of the Langosteira A1 quay, between bays 5 and 14, will be upgraded, in what will be a provisional solution. New paving will make it possible for the quay to absorb the settlements that the deposit of materials will exert on the surface, which has not withstood any preloading since it was built.
As for the first 145.8 metres of the quay, which is made up of artificial gravel up to a width of 32.8 metres, this is not included in the project. Work, which will be completed within 45 days, is expected to cost in the region of €1.118 million.