Project Management of the New Terminal and Warehouses for Potash and Salt at the Port de Barcelona
NTi provided project management and PMO services for the new logistics terminal for potash and salt at the Port de Barcelona. The facility comprises two covered warehouses, a truck reception area, a railyard connected to the Barcelona Port Authority rail network, a material handling system and two shiploaders. The project was started in 2015 and is currently under operations.
Project facts
- Client
- ICL Iberia (Tramer SA)
- Location
- Port de Barcelona, Spain
- Sector
- Potash and salt logistics
- Start
- 2015
- Status
- Under operations
- Investment
- €80M
- Warehouse capacity
- Salt: 100 kt. Potash: 120 kt.
- Transport system
- FGC train, trucks and vessels of up to 70,000 t
- NTi scope
- Project management and PMO services
Our role
NTi provided project management and PMO services for the terminal, supporting the coordination of the project through to its completion and entry into operation.
Warehouses
- Maximum internal height of 20.3 m.
- 2,659 precast concrete piles, each 18 to 20 m deep.
- Concrete slab and walls, with a steel structure and laminated roof.
- Salt warehouse: 65 × 150 m², capacity 100 kt.
- Potash warehouse: 50 × 240 m², capacity 120 kt.
- Capacity extendable by 40 kt in each warehouse.
Truck reception
- Nominal handling reception capacity of about 300 t/h.
- De-dusting system with 55 m³/h capacity.
- 25,000 m² of concrete pavement for parking and circulation, with 25 parking places.
- Fully integrated access control for drivers and vehicles.
- Weighbridges for weighing trucks both full and empty.
Railyard
- Four rail tracks, 450 m long: one for potash trains, one for salt trains and two for shunting.
- Two additional maintenance tracks of 100 m and 150 m.
- Interchangeability between rail tracks through 17 switch tracks.
- Rail tracks embedded in a concrete platform.
- Unloading capacity of up to 7,500 tonnes per day.
Material handling system
- 2.7 km of conveyors.
- Two independent systems, one for potash and one for salt, operating simultaneously.
- Global process covering discharge from trains and trucks, filling and discharge of the warehouses, and loading of vessels.
- De-dusting, screening and oiling processes implemented for the potash system.
- Processing capacity of 1,200 t/h.
Shiploaders
- Two shiploaders, one for salt and one for potash.
- Nominal loading capacity of 1,200 t/h each.
- Height of 53.2 m and weight of 380 t.
- Width of 25.7 m (side) and 19.6 m (front).
- Largest operable vessel of 70,000 t (Panamax), simultaneously with a 30,000 t carrier.
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