APM Terminals invests €47 million in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 18, 2019 – APM Terminals, a subsidiary of the Danish shipper and terminal operator Maersk, has invested €47 million ($52.6 million) in…
Spain stays committed to developing Barcelona port’s infrastructure
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, met today with the president of the port…
Barcelona port hosts MEDports Association meeting
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 13, 2019 - The Executive Committee of the MEDports Association has met in Barcelona port, where it was hosted by its President Mercè…
Barcelona port hosts the SINO-European International Freight Forwarders Conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 - Barcelona port President Mercè Conesa has inaugurated the SINO-European International Freight Forwarders Conference, the main meeting of Chinese…
Puertos del Estado and MedCruise to improve the sustainability of maritime passenger transport
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) June 12, 2019 - The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador de la Encina, has met with the president of MedCruise, Airam…
‘Blockchain’ and artificial intelligence to shape ports’ future
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Spain carried out major port works more than two decades ago, important investments were made to gain land to…
Barcelona port presents itself as the first logistics hub in southern Europe at Transport Logistics fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 - A Catalan delegation, with several companies of the Port Community, will promote the advantages of Barcelona for the…
Spain signs collective labour agreement for port workers
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2019 – The president of Puertos del Estado, Salvador De la Encina, has met with union representatives to sign the…
Barcelona port joins chainPORT event in Montreal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 - The Port of Barcelona has participated in the conference 'Ports into the future' in Montreal May 13-14, and…
Barcelona port has hosted a presentation of the China International Import Expo fair
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 - The Port of Barcelona has hosted a presentation of the China International Import Expo fair in Shanghai, supported…
Grimaldi Group presents the first Mediterranean cruise ferry with zero emissions in Barcelona
Naples, Italy (PortSEurope) May 30, 2019 - In the port of Barcelona, Naples-based Grimaldi Group has presented the "new" Cruise Rome, the first Mediterranean ship…
Spain completes bulk of Mediterranean Corridor’s Tarragona-French border rail section
Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2019 – The bulk of the works of the Mediterranean Corridor from Tarragona towards the French border are completed, but there…
Barcelona port’s cruise passengers decline 10.7% in Jan-Apr 2019
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 17, 2019 – Barcelona port recorded a 10.7% decline in the number of cruise passengers in the first four months of 2019…
Spain’s Moldtrans launches weekly service linking Spanish ports to Dubai
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 15, 2019 – Spanish freight transport operator Grupo Moldtrans has launched a new weekly maritime service between the Iberian Peninsula and the Middle East. The service…
A Chinese delegation of vehicle manufacturers visits Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 - A delegation of automotive companies from China and Hong Kong visited Barcelona port last week to study the…
Spanish port traffic exceeds 140 million tons in first quarter of 2019
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 - The traffic of goods through state ports handled 140,494,899 tons in the first three months of 2019, an…
Bergé leads port digitalisation project of Spanish ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 – Bergé is leading a project for the digitalisation of Spanish ports through its port operations business unit, which…
Global Ports Holding Plc reports stable Q1 2019
Istanbul, Turkey (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 - Global Ports Holding Plc, a leading global independent cruise port operator, has issued a trading update for Q1…
Shuttlewise launches freight rail service linking Netherlands to Spain
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 14, 2019 - The latest new service of Shuttlewise is the CoolRail train from Rotterdam to Barcelona and Valencia. The service…
IAPH names Santiago Garcia-Milà president for third consecutive term
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 13, 2019 – Santiago Garcia-Milà, a strategy vice president of Barcelona port authority, was re-elected president of International Association of Ports and Harbors…