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ICL Iberia's new terminal, a work carried out by Sorigué, recognised as the best 2020 infrastructure in Catalonia
June 17, 2021
The infrastructure, which consists of two large hangars and covers a developed area of 35,000m2, was built to improve the distribution of the salts extracted from ICL's salt and potash mines in the Port of Barcelona.
The Infrastructure Advisory Council of Catalonia has awarded the Best Infrastructure 2020 Award to the new Granels Sòlids terminal at ICL Iberia in the Port of Barcelona, work carried out by Sorigué’s Civil Works Catalonia delegation through its company Acsa Obras e Infraestructuras, together with the company Dragados.
The infrastructure, consisting of a set of buildings and facilities for unloading, storing and loading potash and salt material ships, has been awarded for reinforcing its commitment to the railway when transporting materials to the port.
The terminal consists of two hangars of mixed concrete-steel structure with a rectangular plan of 240 m x 50 m and 150 m x 59 m respectively, separated by a 10 m wide aisle, for the storage of potash and vacuum salt respectively.
The facilities include an outdoor storage area for de-icing salts, an unloading terminal for lorries, a parking area for lorries, an office building and 4-track platforms to allow trains to enter and manoeuvre in the terminal.
In addition, two harbour cranes have been installed on the quay for the loading of large ships and the entire circuit of covered conveyor belts on a metal structure together with the hoppers and screening equipment.
The infrastructure, consisting of a set of buildings and facilities for unloading, storing and loading potash and salt material ships, has been awarded for reinforcing its commitment to the railway when transporting materials to the port.
The terminal consists of two hangars of mixed concrete-steel structure with a rectangular plan of 240 m x 50 m and 150 m x 59 m respectively, separated by a 10 m wide aisle, for the storage of potash and vacuum salt respectively.
The facilities include an outdoor storage area for de-icing salts, an unloading terminal for lorries, a parking area for lorries, an office building and 4-track platforms to allow trains to enter and manoeuvre in the terminal.
In addition, two harbour cranes have been installed on the quay for the loading of large ships and the entire circuit of covered conveyor belts on a metal structure together with the hoppers and screening equipment.
The Infrastructure Advisory Council of Catalonia has recognised the four agents involved in the construction of the new terminal: the joint venture formed by Sorigué's company, Acsa Obras e Infraestructuras, SAU and Dragados S.A. as constructor, ICL Iberia as developer, IDP Ingeniería y Arquitectura as planner and NTi Projects & Construction Management as project manager.
The judges valued the public-private collaboration on the project as it has long enjoyed the active participation of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) and the Port of Barcelona.
The new facilities also represent significant environmental benefits, as the Advisory Board has pointed out: "The environmental improvements are also worth mentioning, with a more intensive use of rail on the one hand, and with the new dust collection systems at the loading and unloading points on the other".
The new terminal will double the amount of ore transported by rail to 1 million tonnes and increase annual ship loading capacity from 800,000 tonnes to 4 million tonnes. The ship loading capacity is also increased by being able to load two ships, one of 70,000 tonnes and the other of 30,000 tonnes, compared to 25,000 tonnes before the new infrastructure was put in place.
The judges valued the public-private collaboration on the project as it has long enjoyed the active participation of Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) and the Port of Barcelona.
The new facilities also represent significant environmental benefits, as the Advisory Board has pointed out: "The environmental improvements are also worth mentioning, with a more intensive use of rail on the one hand, and with the new dust collection systems at the loading and unloading points on the other".
The new terminal will double the amount of ore transported by rail to 1 million tonnes and increase annual ship loading capacity from 800,000 tonnes to 4 million tonnes. The ship loading capacity is also increased by being able to load two ships, one of 70,000 tonnes and the other of 30,000 tonnes, compared to 25,000 tonnes before the new infrastructure was put in place.
