New TEAM bridge for Alabama Cruise Terminal

The latest dedicated passenger boarding bridge (PBB) designed by Spain’s TEAM has entered service in the US at the Alabama Cruise Terminal in Mobile.  The first vessel to use the new Hydra PBB design was Carnival Fantasy.

The Alabama Cruise Terminal, since its inauguration in 2004, has been homeport to the Carnival Holiday. This vessel has now been replaced by the larger, 2,056 passenger capacity, Carnival Fantasy, which in turn will be replaced in May 2010 by the Carnival Elation.

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New TEAM boarding bridge enters service with Carnival Dream

The world’s leading designer and manufacturer of sophisticated passenger boarding bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals, Spain’s TEAM, has recently completed the installation of the first of two new generation PBBs of the CREUERS BARCELONA class to operate at the A and B cruise terminals on the Adossado quay in the port of Barcelona, Spain. The new PBB was used for the first time during the inaugural call of Carnival Cruise Line’s new 3, 646 passenger capacity Carnival Dream.

TEAM’s new generation CREUERS BARCELONA class PBB has the capability to move along the whole quay and is able to connect with the various levels of the cruise ship entry doors.  The seaside cabin of the PBB is equipped with an uniquely integrated hydraulically operated, telescopic tunnel and 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.  This PBB provides six metres clearance for the overhanging lifeboats of the latest generation of Mega cruise ships and clearance underneath the structure to allow continuous truck, equipment and supplies traffic on the quayside. 

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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
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TEAM passenger boarding bridge for Alabama

TEAM, the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of sophisticated passenger boarding bridges (PBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals has just been awarded a contract by the City of Mobile, Alabama, USA, to design, build and install a HYDRA PBB for its Alabama cruise Terminal. The new facility is scheduled to enter service in October this year.

The Alabama Cruise Terminal has been in operation since 2004 and is currently homeport to Carnival Cruise Lines 1,600 passenger capacity Carnival Holiday. This vessel will be replaced by the larger, 2,052 passenger capacity Carnival Fantasy in November 2009.

The current passenger access system in Mobile, which cannot move longitudinally along the quay, is in need of replacement by a completely moveable PBB in order to serve larger cruise vessels. One of the major challenges in the design parameters for the HYDRA PBB is the ability to connect its integrated hydraulic ramp with the various entrances along the oval-shaped terminal building. 

The PBB for the Alabama Cruise Terminal, currently in the design phase, will have the capability to move along the whole quay and will be able to connect with cruise ship entry doors at various levels.  Sphere: Related Content

TEAM passenger boarding bridges for Marseille cruise terminal

In its first contract yet in France, Spanish cruise passenger access specialist TEAM is to design, manufacture and install this year two of its Hydra passenger boarding bridges at the cruise terminal on the Leon Gourret Pier in Marseille. 

The contract has been placed by Marseille-Provence Cruise Terminal (MPCT) with the two boarding bridges being used at the Gare Maritime du Croisiere du Mole Leon Gourret. MPCT, which is operated jointly by Costa, MSC Cruises and Louis Cruises, is currently upgrading the cruise terminal, employing Genoa’s Studio Vicini to lead the project, which includes the construction of fixed elevated walkways leading from the cruise terminal to the pier. After completion of these walkways, TEAM will install the two Hydra boarding bridges 

In the design parameters for the new Marseille passenger boarding bridges set out by MPCT, the capability of the two bridges to move along the quay was an important factor, along with the adaptability of the units to connect with the elevated walkway and the various entrances of the cruise ships.  Sphere: Related Content