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The port of Bilbao equips of a new terminal cruises
It will be realized in the harbour zone of Getxo in an adjacent area to the new Marine Station
June 27, 2012
The port of Bilbao will be equipped of a new terminal cruises that will be realized in the harbour zone of Getxo, to about 10 kilometers from the Basque city, in an adjacent area to the new Marine Station that is operating from september 2010. The Harbour Authority of Bilbao has assigned to the work for the construction of the new terminal cruises to the Sociedad Anónima Trabajos y Obras (SATO) and the contract has a value of 13,8 million euros. One previews that the work, that they will begin in the end of this summer, will last 16 months.
The new terminal will occupy a surface of 27.400 square metres and will have of a dock of 355 linear meters with backdrop of the profondiù of -12 meters.
The Harbour Authority has decided to construct the new infrastructure on the wake of the development of the field of the cruises is world-wise that in the Basque port, than last year it has recorded a number record of ports of call of cruise ships: to the port of Bilbao in fact 53 ships regarding 33 in 2010 are landed and in the 2011 crocieristico traffic it is piled altogether 77.345 passengers, with an increment of 78% on the year precedence.
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