The Port of Barcelona has awarded the construction and operation of the future G cruise terminal at Moll Adossat to a joint venture of Royal Caribbean Group and Cruise Terminals International (CTI). Named Catalonia Cruise Terminal G, the awarded company foresees an investment exceeding 85 million euros, and that the new terminal will be operational during the spring of 2027.
The commissioning of the new terminal will imply the closure of the South terminal of the World Trade Center (WTC) in 2026. This will be the last terminal to be installed at Moll Adossat, in a process initiated after the Port of Barcelona and the City Council agreed in 2018 to limit the number of cruise terminals in the Catalan capital to seven, and to move cruise ships to more distant docks from the city center.
Responding to the Port of Barcelona's strategy to increase homeport traffic due to its added value, the future terminal is designed to promote and serve cruise ships that embark and disembark from the Catalan capital to other ports. The project also outlines an efficient and sustainable mobility proposal for passengers both within the terminal and for connecting with the city and other infrastructures, such as the Airport and train stations. In addition, its spaces have been designed with the aim of ensuring fluid operations between passengers.
The proposal by Royal Caribbean Group and CTI, the only one submitted to the public tender, has been awarded after a very positive evaluation by the technicians, who highlight its commitment to sustainability. In this regard, the proposal incorporates a reservation of spaces to allow cruise ships to connect to the electrical grid when docked to reduce emissions, through onshore power supply (OPS) systems that are being installed at Moll Adossat.
Thus, the terminal's design aims to maximize energy efficiency and incorporate renewable energy solutions to reduce its environmental impact. In this vein, the project plans to include photovoltaic panels and other installations to achieve a zero-emission balance for the terminal.
The Port tenders the construction of an enclosure to deposit dredged material from ongoing works, with a base budget of 94 millionThe expansion of Moll Adossat and other works underway in the port of the Catalan capital require work involving the extraction of sand from the seabed. In this context, the Port's Board of Directors has also decided to initiate a bidding process for to build an enclosure to deposit the materials from the dredging of the navigation channel that will be used for these ongoing works. The project, which has a favorable Environmental Impact Statement report from the Ministry for Ecological Transition, has a base bidding budget of 94 million euros, and an execution period of 27 months.
The enclosure will require the construction of a breakwater mound, which will delimit an area of 44.7 hectares where these materials will be deposited. The enclosure, between the South dike and the Prat dock, will have a depth of up to 16 meters. The work will include the habilitation of an esplanade intended to manage this material, with the aim of promoting recycling and avoiding transporting it to other locations, within the port's desire to promote the circular economy.