Leixões Cruise Ship Terminal
Porto, Portugal
Client
APDL - Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões SA
Location
Porto, Portugal
Date
2009 - 2011
Status
Completed
The Leixões Cruise Ship Terminal – which opened in 2015 – is one of the biggest projects promoted by the APDL and part of the Leixões Port Strategic Development Plan.
The project consisted of the following elements:
- Construction of a 340 m bridge pier;
- Reinforced concrete platform 18 m wide for the first 220 m and 13 metres wide on the remaining 120 m;
- Porticoed structure resting on ⌀1000mm reinforced piles using lost metal sheath sunk into the bed-rock;
- Creation of a core and support for water sports with portico dock, dredging to 12.00 (ZHL), platform for the future Passenger Terminal Building, Floating Tourist Pier and Leisure Pier.
