CENTRAL TERMOELECTRICA TOCOPILLA SEAPORT

Location

Tocopilla, II Region - CHILE

Characteristics

Mechanized wharf for coal unloading and storage, founded on driven steel piles anchored to the rock, with an access bridge of 192 m long by 7 m wide and an unloading platform of 82 m long by 20 m wide, that supports two unloading cranes of 600 ton/hr. each. The port may berth ships up to 60,000 DWT. Construction of all the necessary infrastructure for the coal storage and handling such as level spaces, internal roads, laboratories, control rooms, store houses, environmental control system, diesel storage reservoir and others.

Work's Main Figures

Embankment

92,300 m3

Rock Protection

56,000 m3

Production and placement of Dolloses 1.83 tons

1,882 un.

Production and placement of Dolloses 5.50 tons

5,879 un.

Rock Excavation

18,000 m3

Concrete Foundations

15,000 m3

Supply and Driving of Steel Piles

2,720 m

Rock Drilling for Pile Anchorage

800 m

Fabrication and installation of Anchorage

1,400 m

Supply and erection of Steel Structures for Belt Conveyors & Transfer Towers

1,980 ton

Supply and structural erection of Diesel Storage Reservoir

728 ton

Type of Contract

Procurement and Construction

Execution period

July 1985 - October 1987

Owner

Codelco Chile, División Tocopilla