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.
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
Barcelona port increased container traffic by 15% in 2018
News – Port de Barcelona – May 8, 2019 The Port of Barcelona closed FY 2018 with record results in the main traffic indicators and reinforces its...
Hutchison’s Synergy adds third rail frequency between Barcelona port and Miranda de Ebro
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Synergy, the logistics operator of Hutchison Ports group, has started a third train frequency between...
BEST container terminal in Barcelona port increases capacity
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Hutchison Ports’ BEST container terminal in Barcelona port, has received six new Automated Stacking...
AMT Terminals receives two SPPx cranes at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) May 2, 2019 – APM Terminals has started unloading two new STS Super Post Panamax cranes (SPPx) at Barcelona port to improve...
Barcelona port handles its first LNG-fired cruise ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Barcelona port handled on April 26 its first cruise ship powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), the...
Barcelona port extends concession of Cilsa
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Barcelona port has approved the extension of the concession of Cilsa by 62,169 m², a land where it has...
CILSA, the ZAL Port’s management company, increases revenues by 12.6% to reach €50.1 million
News – ZAP Port – April 8, 2019 CILSA has finished 2018 with the best economic results in its history: it has registered a total revenue of €50.1...
Spain’s CCOO calls off ports strike scheduled for April 26
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) April 25, 2019 – Spanish trade union CCOO (Confederacion Sindical de Comisiones Obreras) has called off the strike...