San Diego contract for TEAM

Barcelona-based cruise and ferry passenger access specialist TEAM has won the contract to design, manufacturer and install one of its SEDNA-type mobile passenger boarding bridges (PBB) at the new cruise terminal currently under construction on Broadway Pier in San Diego, California. The new boarding facility is expected to be operation by the summer of 2010.

Designed by leading architects Bermello Ajamil and Partners, the new San Diego cruise terminal, being built for the Port of San Diego, will be a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)- certified building, meaning that it will be designed to use less water, less energy and produce fewer pollutants. The design features a unique ‘sawtooth’ roofline and glass roll-up doors. The façade of the building will be all glass, giving the structure an airing open feel.

In the design parameters for the TEAM PBB set out by the Port of San Diego, the capability of the system to be mobile and being parked behind the terminal building were important factors. Another important feature of the design is the adaptability of the PBB to connect with various entrances on the second level of the cruise terminal building and various access doors on cruise ships.

The length of the PBB will be more than 40m and the cabin is equipped with a uniquely integrated hydraulic, telescopic, docking ramp that, when attached to the side of a cruise ship, automatically follows the vessel’s movements and will immediately undock in the event of an emergency. 

The latest TEAM PBB contract brings to 10 the number of systems being designed and manufactured by the Spanish company for installation during 2009 and 20010. The contracts also include:

• Two systems for Creuers de Barcelona – Terminal A, Spain
• Two systems for Malaga Cruceros, Spain
• Two systems for Marseille Provence Cruise Terminal, France
• Two systems for Port of Miami, USA
• One system for City of Mobile, USA  Sphere: Related Content