Port is Priority For Rio 2016

At the closing ceremony of the 2012 London Games, the Olympic flag was ceremoniously passed to the Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, symbolizing the fact that the 'Beautiful City' is now officially the Olympic city.

More critically, this also means that Rio has just four short years to complete its preparations for one of the world's biggest sporting events.

In order to host the 2016 Olympic Games, Rio promised, amongst other measures, to create at least 45,000 beds for visitors, a figure which means doubling the current number available, according to IBGE figures released in February this year.

As such, the construction of a new pier at the city's port has been cited as one of the most important of the 264 projects necessary for the hosting of the games, the idea being that cruise ships docking at the new six-berth pier will increase the number of beds available by 12,000.