en.Wedoany.com Reported - The Port Authority of Melilla, Spain, has awarded the contract for the demolition of fixed berths at the fishing pier to Jarquil Construcción, with a contract amount of €644,080.52 and a construction period of four months.

Since its commissioning, the fishing pier at the Port of Melilla has evolved from a single sheltered area initially used only for barge mooring into a comprehensive port zone integrating a commercial port, fishing port, and marina, equipped with two fixed berths and one floating berth.

A storm in April 2022 caused multiple damages to vessels, partially disabling two floating berths. Port management deemed it necessary to relocate some vessels to more sheltered areas. Currently, the larger of the two fixed berths is abandoned and no longer provides any service; the second berth, used for mooring yachts within the port, is also severely deteriorated.

The specific construction will first involve building a temporary auxiliary cofferdam, positioned as close to the berth as possible without interfering with its superstructure. According to port management, although this solution is more complex than the other two considered but rejected alternatives, it allows for the removal of the caissons forming the pile foundation without requiring a crane. The caissons can be crushed and transported out together with the cofferdam materials.

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