On 28 July Rota Naval Base inaugurated its new Quay Number 4, built by FCC.

The event was presided by Defence Minister Carme Chacón, in the presence of the commander-in-chief of Rota Naval Base, Rear Admiral Juan Ruiz Casas, the chief of the Defence Staff, José Julio Rodríguez, Director-General Mónica Melle of Defence Infrastructure, Avelino Acero representing FCC Construcción, and other senior civil and military dignitaries.

The caisson-type quay is a total of 398 metres long and 51 metres wide. Building it required 1,100,000 m3 of dredging in the harbour's manoeuvring area. Land-side traffic reaches the quay over a 76.8-metre-long embankment protected by rock armour.

The caissons for the new wharf were built by FCC's floating drydock Mar del Teide. The drydock manufactured a total of 25 caissons 33.95 metres long by 12.7 metres across by 14.5 metres deep.

The project included a marina for small vessels, which features a 140-metre-long wharf on sheet piles, a berthing line with eight modules of floating jetties and a 400-m2 support building. The new wharf is supplemented by a 45-metre-wide ro-ro ramp consisting of a metal structure set atop metal-sheathed concrete pilings.

At the inauguration ceremony, General Manager Avelino Acero of FCC Construcción delivered a few heartfelt words of thanks to the Ministry of Defence for displaying its trust in the company by awarding such an important project to FCC.

As the final flourish to the ceremony, the Spanish Navy took official delivery of the maritime action ship Meteoro.