The Qatari Sheik, owner of Málaga Football Club, Abdullah Ben Nasser Al-Thani, has announced he is to invest 400 million € in the new port at La Bajadilla in Marbella.
He has been named winner of the tender to redevelop and extend the port with plans which include a circular wall and exterior dyke and a 200 metre quay for cruise liners.
The idea of attracting cruise ships to Marbella has been around in the town ever since the late Mayor, Jesús Gil y Gil, promised to build islands offshore.
The new port will have 1,220 berths. The current fishing port will be displaced and a new underground car park will give space for 450 vehicles in addition to the 683 places there are currently on the surface.
The Junta puts the cost of the project at 84 million, but the Sheik’s company has spoken of more than 400 million. The works project will be presented in six months, and construction is expected to take tw
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