The new fence meets the latest requirements of the International Security Protection Code (ISPS) and is more aesthetically pleasing.
The Port Authority of the Bay of Cadiz (APBC) will invest 180,000 euros in improving the enclosure that currently separates the area restricted to cruise traffic in the Cadiz dock.
As is known, the entry into force –on July 1, 2004– of the ISPS security code following the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, promoted a set of protection and security actions in port facilities that provide services to passenger ships, cargo ships (equal to or greater than 500 GT) and mobile offshore drilling units, being especially rigorous in the case of cruise ships.
In this regard, it was necessary to establish a restricted zone within the rest of the customs area for cruise ships, which the Port Authority resolved three years ago by placing fences of various formats on the different affected docks, which are now being unified and renewed in order to meet the latest security requirements and also to improve their appearance.
To this end, the APBC is tendering the contract for the manufacture and assembly of this type of enclosure for the Reina Sofía, Ciudad, Reina Victoria and Marqués de Comillas docks, which are the ones that accommodate cruise traffic.
In total, 1,270 linear meters of enclosure, distributed in the different docks as can be seen in the attached plan, which must be formed by the union of concrete pieces 2 meters long, by 0.45 high and 0.65 wide at their base, on which galvanized tubes of 76/1.5 mm diameter and thickness respectively will be inserted.
The height of the pipes will be 1.80 meters, so the fence will reach 2.25 meters in total and will be installed 25 meters from the cliff.
The delivery and assembly time will be two and a half months.
It should be remembered that this fencing is temporary, pending the final design of the enclosed area that will isolate the cruise ships, once the containers have been moved to the new terminal and it has been put into operation. Work is already underway with the Cadiz City Council on this design.
The current enclosure of the Ciudad dock will be moved to the facilities of the Free Zone, where the implementation of the new security project (SECURE), which the APBC is currently working on, has raised the need to install an isolated perimeter in this space.
