North Quay Small Harbour

& South Quay Large Harbour

Port of Piombino - Livorno | Italy

This huge project falls in the works

envisaged in the 1st phase of the
implementation of the Port Masterplan of
the Port of Piombino in Livorno, Tuscany,
Italy, within the perimeter of the Site of
National Interest of Piombino, and covers
the remediation of the sea sediments
bordered by the new quays and the
emergency protection measures of the
groundwater.
The investment of the Port of Piombino
for the project in question amounts to
31 million €. The contract encompasses
different projects, mainly:
•  creation of functional berths “West
quay of the Small Harbour” and “South
quay of the Large Harbour” and the
consequent adjustment of the yards
behind;
•  upgrading of existing sedimentation
basins;
•  reconstruction of the sewer system and
industrial water discharge to the sea of
existing plants (Lucchini and Magona);
•  remediation of sediments of the sea area
within the perimeter of the new quay
walls, including two sedimentation basins
for the discharge system of industrial
Typical cross section water to the sea;
31.00
•  emergency protection measures of the
100 t Bollard
2.20 27.00 1.80 groundwater along the new quay walls;
Capping beam Flexible paving
+2.50
0.90 1.30
Flexible pavement Foundation
0.90 0.90
•  creation of a temporary jetty to protect
the Magona dock;
+1.00
1.00 2.50

+1.00
+0.50
•  demolition of the pier Ex-Ilva. The
3.50

1.35

0.00 m 0.00
Drain Ø300 mm
-1.00
Tie rod n°1 Ø 60
demolition material will be reused for the
Backfill
Duct c/c1.93 m ASF 600 L=30.95 m execution of ecological islands in the sea;
Darsena grande variable level -0.90 ~ -5.80
after removing of polluted soil One of the criteria for the choice of the
Anchor beam
Epoxy coating
1.80 x 1.35 m deep retaining structure of the quay walls
over 4.00 m of the North and South Docks was to
Silty Sand guarantee its imperviousness during its
Cathodic protection Roxan®Plus system into
system the interlock of AZ 28-700
L = 34.00 m
HEA 1000
SPT 15 service life of 100 years. A cost-effective
L = 14.00 m
c/c 1.79 m solution, with low maintenance costs that
-12.00 fulfils the criteria is a steel wall system
-13.00 HZ®-M/AZ® in combination with a sealing
-15.00
HZ 1080M C-14
+1.00 m to - 6.00 m HZ 1080M C-12
system.
- 6.00 m to -16.00 m HZ 1080M C-14 S 355 JO+M
The quay wall for the functional berths
Borelog S4

(Dredge level -16.00 m to -17.50 m HZ 1080M C-12 L = 34.00 m

Darsena grande) -17.50 m to -33.00 m HZ 1080M B-12 Sand
SPT 20 of the South, West and South Quay is
495 m long. The original tender specified
AZ 28-700 an old HZ/AZ combined steel sheet pile wall
S 355 GP
L = 34.00 m -25.00 HZ 975D-12 / AZ 26 in S 270 GP steel
grade, tied back to an HZ 775A anchor
pile with a pair of Gewi bars (Ø = 40mm),
Sand placed at intervals of 1.79 m.
-33.00 SPT 37
 North Quay Small Harbour & South Quay Large
Harbour, Port of Piombino - Livorno | Italy
Project owner Autorità Portuale di Piombino
Design engineer dott. eng. Antonio Riccardi
Contractor JV CMC / Sales SpA
Sheet piles
Main Quay wall
HZ 1080MC-14 34.0 m S 355 JO+M 3205 t
AZ 28-700 34.0 m S 355 GP 1920 t
HEA 1000 (H pile) 14.0 m S 355 JO+M 660 t
Sedimentation basins
HZ 880M / AZ / PU 6.0 ~ 14.0 m S 355 JO+M / GP 300 t
Darsena Magona
AZ 18-700 / 26-700 17.0 ~ 22.5 m S 355 GP 115 t
AZ 13-700 9.0 m S 355 GP 35 t
HEA 1000 (H pile) 14.0 m S 355 JO+M 40 t
PU 25 reused material from JV’s stock
Total approx. 6275 t

water), a cathodic protection system with

10.00 20.00
HZ 1080M C-14 / AZ 28-700
L≈200m impressed current was installed, as well as an
epoxy coating on the water side, in order to limit
20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 20.00 8.88
39.01 38.54 38.54 38.54 38.54 8.69
V1
2.20

the corrosion of the sheet piles and tie rods.

V2 V3

8.7
4.58 4.58

4
1.93
1.93

1.93
1.93
Tie rod Lmin= 23.30

1.93
1.93

1.93
1.93

+0.30
0.60

0.60

+0.90
+0.60
0.60

0.60

V4

The system of sedimentation and sea discharge

Tie rod Lmax= 30.59

5.65
of water coming from the surrounding plant
+0.30
1.90
1.90
HZ 88
0M A-12 1.90
AZ 19
-700 L=
L=14.00
6.00
Steel Sheet Piles
AZ 13-700 L=6.00 m
128.68 +0.60
involved the construction of two small
AZ 19

Sedim
-700
L=6.00 AZ 19
-700
L=6.00 A1
46.42 46.25 Anchor beam 1.80 x 1.35m
A2
A3 basins (7 x 40 m, resp. 42 x 40 m). In both
constructions the bottom level of the basin is
entation 35.14
N°11 Steel sheet piles N°11 Steel sheet piles
1.43
1.87

Steel
1.93

1.87

1.93
1.43

Tube Basin +0.9

int.=1.79m int.=1.79m 0
L=14.00Ø800 AZ 13
-7
1.90
L=8.5070 Tie rod 1 Ø 60 (M64) c/c 1.93m HEA 1000 L = 14.00 m
equal to -2.50 m below medium sea level. The
1.90
1.90

General layout drawing. Darsena Grande
In order to improve the performance and
durability of the sheet pile wall the joint venture
CMC-SALES proposed an alternative design
during the tender period for the main quay wall:
the new HZ 1080MC-14 / AZ 28-700, where
the length of the RH connectors on the back
flange covered only the segment with maximum
stresses. Additionally, as the 34.0 m long HZ-M
king piles exceeded slightly the maximum rolling
length of the Luxemburgish mill, ArcelorMittal’s
technical support team proposed to optimize the
king pile over the depth by splicing a lighter HZ
1080MB beam on the bottom part of the king
pile, where the bending moments are smaller.
Consequently, the king pile can be subdivided
into four different sections, from
+1.00 m to
-6.00 m to -16.00 m HZ 1080M C-14 / AZ 28-700
-16.00 m to -17.50 m HZ 1080M C-12 / AZ 28-700
-17.50 m to -33.00 m HZ 1080M B-12 / AZ 28-700
The sheet piles were shipped by rail to
perimeter walls and partitions of the basins were
built with a combined wall using Ø 800 mm
steel tubes, 10 mm thick, and AZ 13-770
level, by steel tie-rods connected to an anchor
intermediate sheet piles.
pile installed about 30.5 m behind the main wall.
The HEA 1000 beams used as anchor piles are
14 m long, extending between the levels +1.00
above and -13.00 m below water level.
The next step in the optimization process of
the original specification was to increase the
steel grade: the king piles HZ-M were supplied
in S 355 JO + M, and the AZ infill sheets in
S 355 GP, thus enhancing the bending moment
capacity of the wall.
Moreover, a temporary jetty to protect the
Magona Dock was created with a row of
re-used PU 25, 13.50 m long, taken from the
contractor’s own stock. A perpendicular wall The works were performed by the joint venture
made of sheet piles at the back stiffened the CMC Cooperativa Muratori e Cementisti
main wall. (CMC) of Ravenna and Sales SpA.
-6.00 m HZ 1080M C-12 / AZ 28-700
The soil is made up of layers of silty sand The fruitful collaboration with ArcelorMittal
allowed optimizing the productivity of the work
and sandy silt to a depth of -21.0 m below
medium sea level, and lenses of “calcarenite” and ensuring the quality of the product offered
(limestone), or more commonly referred to as on following aspects:
“panchina” (bench), with a thickness varying •  reduction of lead times optimized by the
from 50 cm to 120 cm traced in different levels proximity of the ArcelorMittal Piombino
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ArcelorMittal’s mill in Piombino, which is located in depth. premises to the construction site;
directly next to the construction site. The The driving of the main quay wall was carried •  no interference with the port traffic
RZD/RZU connectors were seal-welded and the from the sea through a motor barge crane, a guaranteed through the supply of the
sealing system Roxan®Plus was applied into the vibratory hammer PTC 100 HFV and hydraulic sheet piles by rail directly from the plant of
interlocks of the AZ infill sheet piles hammer IHC S70 to drive to the final level. ArcelorMittal Piombino;
(water-swelling product in the free interlocks) A specific driving template enabled the correct •  technical assistance with the design of the
in this premises. Furthermore, the splicing of the positioning of the king piles. The anchor piles anchor piles, and the driving template for
HZ-M king piles was also carried out there. were driven from land with a vibratory hammer the HZ-M king piles.
The main quay wall was realized by driving the PTC 50 HFV hanging on a Linkbelt type crane. The construction works started in March 2012
steel sheet piles with a length of 34.0 m, and Due to the quite unfavourable surrounding and the civil works are still running.
tied back at elevation +0.50 m above water environmental conditions (salinity and brackish

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