General Description
Location: Escombreras port is situated on the SE coast of Spain, in Murcia, in the port of Cartagena Bay.
General overview: Escombreras is located on the area of 116,261 m2. The Port of Cartagena’s Escombreras Basin contains the Solid Bulk Terminal at the Principe Felipe and Isaac Peral Quays. The Principe Felipe Sur Quay is 350 meters long with alongside depth of 13.5 meters. It covers over 109 thousand square meters with alongside depth of 13.5 meters that can accommodate vessels of 75 thousand TPM. Escombreras handles solid bulk (grain, ore, cement, clinker and fertilizers) and liquid bulk (LNG, LPG, chemicals, crude oil and refined oils). Two 14,600t cement silos as well as to two warehouses of 10,000t and 20,000t are available.
Berths:
● Príncipe Felipe Dock
E004 / E005 / E006 / E007
-Multi-purpose dock with 4 mooring facilities for LNG, solid and liquid bulk cargo.
-807 m. mooring line with a maximum 13.72 m. depth.
-Total surface area of 116,261 m2
-1 100t mobile crane, 2 of 80t, and another one of 63t.
-Cranes of 12, 16 and 30t.
-Reception facilities, unloading of bulk cement via a pipe with storage facilities: Two 14,600t cement silos as well as to two warehouses of 10,000t and 20,000t.
-Certification ISO 9001 for Solid Bulk Cargo Traffic.
-Total surface area: 109,125 m2.
-58,282 m2 of open storage areas.
-13,905 m2 closed storage areas.
-Connected to the RENFE railway network.
-Official services and users building.
-Weighing bridge for 60t trucks.
-38,220 m2 of warehouses for solid fertilisers.
-Storage tanks for liquid fertilisers with a total surface area of 7,000 m2.
-Facilities for the unloading of bulk liquids via pipeline.
● Isaac Peral Dock
E007 / E008 / E009
-480 m. long for mooring and with a depth of 13.72 m.
-Total surface area: 164,006 m2.
-Certification ISO 9001 for Solid Bulk Cargo Traffic.
-Connected to the railway network.
-Cranes of 12, 16 and 30t.
-1x100t mobile crane, 2 of 80t, and another one of 63t.
-19,220 m2 closed storage areas.
-Weighing bridge for trucks and railway
-Dock that is 150m long with a depth of 5m for auxiliary vessels.
●Multi-purpose dock
E021 / E022
-576 m. mooring line.
-Maximum depth of 21 m.
-Storage area of 231,605 m2
-Two mobile cranes of 100t and 140t.
-Railway connection.
● Southern Dock
E023 / E024
-601 m. mooring line.
-Maximum depth of 21 m.
-Storage area of 17,776 m2
-10,000 m2 closed storage areas.
-Two mobile cranes of 100t and 140t.
-Railway connection.
-Liquid bilk cargo terminals
● LNG carriers mooring
E001
-Pontoon that is 445 m. long with a depth of 12.50 m.
-LNG unloading facilities for vessels up to 310 m long.
● Dock for Fertilisers
E002
-Dock that is 330 m. long with a depth of 7.00 m.
-Multi-purpose dock for liquid and solid bulk cargo.
● Príncipe Felipe Northern Dock
E003
-Dock that is 277 m. long with a depth of 11.25 m.
-Multi-purpose dock for liquid bulk cargo (ammonia, phosphoric compounds and LNG)
-Capacity of 20,000 DWT.
● Southeast Pier
E010 / E 011
-2 moorings of 130 m. long with a depth of 13.20 m. for liquid bulk cargo
-2 diesel intakes and one for fuel oil.
-4 unloading arms with a 6" diameter, 2 for phenol and 2 for acetone.
-Operations with acetone, phenol and hydrocarbons.
-Terminal for loading of vegetable oils.
● Pier
E012
-Dock that is 200 m. long with a depth of 8.00 m.
-LPG unloading terminal
-Operations with acetone, phenol and hydrocarbons.
-Terminal for loading of vegetable oils.
● Pontoon
E013 / E014
-2 mooring that are 325 m. long with depths of 13.20 and 10.50 m.
-Operates with bulk liquid cargo, refined and LPG.
-12 diesel intakes and 4 for fuel oil.
● Maese Dock
E015 / E016
-Dock that is 362 m. long with a depth of 9.90 m.
-Prepared to operate with all kinds of oil refining products, vegetable oils and bioethanol.
-Biodiesel loading terminal
-12 diesel intakes.
-Dock Inspection Office
● Bastarreche Dock
E017 / E018
-E017: Dock for oil refining products that is 400 m. long with a depth of 10.80 m.
-E018: Dock that is 417 m long with a depth of 21.40 m with special facility so that 250,000 DWT super tankers can dock to unload crude oil with five swivel arms that can handle 3,500 T/h each.
-16 diesel intakes and 16 for fuel oil.
-LPG unloading terminal
● Bastarreche Pontoon
E20
-450m pontoon with a depth of 24 m for crude oil
-Capacity for 315,000 DWT.
● Other moorings:
● Southwest Dock
E025 / E026
-Sea wall that is 1,000m long
-Dock with 822 m. of mooring lines with a depth of up to 26 m.
-Intended to moor ships on standby.
Load line zone: Summer.
Max size:
The largest vessels handled:
-By draught: "VK Eddie" LOA 332m, draught 21.4m, 305,261DWT.
-By length: "Front Comanche" LOA 333m, draught 21.1m, 300,133DWT.