Seaports

Barcelona 22nd December 2009 – ADELTE has recently been awarded a contract by the Fischereihafenent wicklungsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG (FEG) to design and manufacture a KRONUS Passenger Boarding Bridge for the new terminal building at Cruise Center II in Hamburg, Germany, currently in construction. Delivery of the PBB will take place in the summer of 2010.

Hamburg, the north German harbour city is reclaiming its long overlooked and underused industrial waterfront on the River Elbe with the development of HafenCity, currently the largest urban construction initiative under way in Europe. One part of the development is the construction of a modern passenger terminal building at the Cruise Center II on the Edgar Engelhard Quay in Altona, the historic centre of Hamburg.

Barcelona, 23rd November 2009 – ADELTE has recently been awarded a contract by Ports de Balears (the Port Authority of the Balearic Islands) to design and manufacture two PEGASUS Passenger Boarding Bridges for the recently constructed Ferry Terminal in the Port of Alcudia on the Balearic Island of Mallorca. Delivery of the PBBs will take place in spring 2010.

The port of Alcudia, located on the north coast of the island of Mallorca, receives annually an average of 160.000 passengers. The new Ferry Terminal is designed and constructed with the objective of making Alcudia a key maritime connection between Mallorca, Menorca and Barcelona and possible other Spanish ports. The new passenger facility can handle up to 500.000 passengers a year.

Barcelona, 24th July 2009 – ADELTE has recently been awarded a contract to design, manufacture and install in the summer of 2010 one mobile Passenger Boarding Bridge (PBB) of the SEDNA range for the new Cruise Terminal currently in construction on Broadway Pier in San Diego, USA.

Out of fourteen bidding companies, the Port of San Diego awarded the construction contract for the new Cruise Terminal and mobile PBB on Broadway Pier to Jaynes Corporation, a leading constructor in Southern California. For having selected ADELTE over three other PBB providers, Jaynes Corporation secured their winning offer. 

Barcelona, 19th March 2009 – ADELTE, the world leading designer and manufacturer of sophisticated Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals has recently been awarded a contract by the City of Mobile, Alabama (USA) to design, build and install a HYDRA Passenger Boarding Bridge for its Alabama Cruise Terminal. Agreed delivery of the PBB is in October 2009.

The Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile is in operation since 2004 and is currently homeport to the Carnival Holiday, a cruise ship with a capacity to facilitate an average of 1600 passengers on board. To service an increasing amount of cruise guests departing from Mobile, Carnival Cruise Lines will replace the Carnival Holiday in November 2009 for the Carnival Fantasy, a 2052-passenger, 900-foot cruise ship. 

Barcelona, 6th March 2009 – ADELTE has recently been awarded a contract by Marseille-Provence Cruise Terminal (MPCT) to design, manufacture and deliver this year at the Gare Maritime du Croisiere du Mole Leon Gourret, two mobile Passenger Boarding Bridges (PBBs) of the HYDRA range.

MPCT, which is co-operated by Costa Crociere, MSC Cruises and Louis Cruises is currently upgrading their passenger access facilities at the cruise terminal on the Leon Gourret Pier and have contracted the architects of Genoa-based Studio Vicini to lead this project which includes the construction of fixed elevated walkways leading from the cruise terminal building to the pier. After completion of these walkways, ADELTE will install the ordered couple of Passenger Boarding Bridges, symmetrically on the site. The boarding bridges will allow embarkation and disembarkation in a secure and safe manner, unaffected by weather conditions or tidal ranges.

Barcelona 4th December 2008 – ADELTE, has recently signed a contract with Málaga Cruceros S.A. to deliver in the spring of 2009 two additional PEGASUS Passenger Boarding Bridges for the cruise terminal ‘Estacion Maritima de Levante’ in the Port of Málaga.

Málaga’s modern cruise terminal was inaugurated almost a year ago and cruise operator Malaga Cruceros S.A. is looking back on a very successful 2008. By years end the cruise operator will have served around 270 cruise calls with an impressive total of around 335.000 passengers, a rise of 14,5% compared to 2007.