Barcelona
The Port of Barcelona is located on Spain’s Mediterranean coast about 150 km south of the country’s border with France. The state-owned port is operated by Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona). Most types of cargo are handled including dry and liquid bulk, Ro-Ro, containers, liquefied gas and breakbulk. There are also extensive facilities for cruise and ferry passengers, fishing boats and leisure craft.
The Port of Barcelona will hold the Port Summit Korea Business Mission 2021 in October
From 26-29 October, the Port of Barcelona will hold its second online Business Mission, with South Korea as the leading country. This Port Summit Korea...
Axpo Iberia powers Europe’s first carbon-free ferry crossing
Axpo Iberia and the Spanish ferry operator Baleària today reached an important milestone for zero-emission maritime shipping. For the first time in Europe, a...
Port of Barcelona awards MSC the concession to build and operate a cruise terminal
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) June 1, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has approved granting MSC Cruises Barcelona Terminal a concession to build and...
PORTIC Barcelona launches the new version of PORTIC Manifiesta for shipping companies and shipping agents
PORTIC Barcelona, the Port Community System (PCS) of the Port Community of Barcelona, has launched the new version of PORTIC Manifiesta. This application...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – April 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) May 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in April 2021 of 45.45...
Spanish ports recover and grow 8.7% during the month of April
The 46 state-owned ports in Spain closed the month of April with a movement of 45,458,749 tons, an increase of 8.7% compared to April 2020 – May 26,...
Port of Barcelona and AllRead use artificial intelligence to identify containers and wagons
The Port of Barcelona and the startup AllRead use artificial intelligence to identify containers and wagons – May 21, 2021 AllRead Machine Learning...
Spanish ports ready to resume cruise traffic with full safety guarantees
Spain’s public port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, is represented at the International...
Consortium to pay €30 million in compensation to the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 20, 2021 – The Barcelona Provincial Court has ruled on irregularities detected during the development of the works to...
PORTIC Barcelona launches new version of PORTIC
PORTIC Barcelona, the Port Community System (PCS) of the Port Community of Barcelona, has launched a new version of its PORTIC Forwarding application, aimed at...
Port of Barcelona prepares to resume cruise ship activity
The Port of Barcelona will intensify work with cruise companies in the coming days to resume activity in the coming weeks, once Procicat has approved the...
Port of Barcelona consolidates its growth and exceeds pre-pandemic figures
The Port of Barcelona continues to show clear signs of commercial recovery, with many traffic categories between January and April of this year reaching...
PIONEERS consortium coordinated by Port of Antwerp takes lead in greening of European ports
An international consortium of 46 partners led by the Port of Antwerp will receive a €25 million grant from the European Horizon 2020 programme. The PIONEERS...
BEST consolidates its position as a mega terminal with two new cranes at the Port of Barcelona
On 7 May, Hutchison Ports BEST took delivery of two new super post panamax gantry cranes, which join the eleven already in operation, together with two new...
Port of Barcelona Customer Training organises the conference “Business Protocol in China”
Yuan Gao, economist and linguist, expert in Chinese culture and international trade, participated the conference “Business Protocol in China”,...
President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce visits the Port of Barcelona
The President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Mònica Roca, accompanied by Xavier Sunyer, member of the Executive Committee, and Pere Alemany, President...
The Port of Barcelona approves a Strategic Action Plan to increase rail capacity
At its meeting today, the Board of Directors approved the Strategic Action Plan to increase the Port of Barcelona’s current rail capacity until the new...
President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce visits the Port of Barcelona
The President of the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce, Mònica Roca, accompanied by Xavier Sunyer, member of the Executive Committee of the entity, and Pere...
Port of Barcelona hosts Escola Europea meeting
The Escola Europea – Intermodal Transport has set a clear objective for this year: to intensify digitalisation with the aim of enriching its training...
Spain: Total seaport cargo traffic by port authority – Q1 2921
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 27, 2021 – The 46 state-managed ports of general interest handled 46,378,257 tons during March, growth of 4.6%...