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.
Civitavecchia port support Motorways of the Sea project
Civitavecchia, Italy (Ports Europe) April 15, 2018 – At the second European forum “Shaping the port of the future: the societal, economic and...
Spanish state-owned ports’ profit to decline 28% in 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) April 13, 2018 – The combined profit of Spanish state-owned ports is expected to fall to €191.3 million ($235.6 million) in...
Ertransit carries out oversized cargo operation to Canary Islands
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – Spanish company Erhardt Transitarios (Ertransit) has carried out an important oversized cargo operation to...
European Parliament – Briefing – Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) April 11, 2018 – This briefing is one in a series of ‘implementation appraisals’, produced by the European...
Ecologists protest against cruise tourism in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Ecologists and neighbourhood representatives saw off on April 7 the largest tourist cruise in the world, the...
Cilsa adheres to the UN Global Compact for business sustainability
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 10, 2018 – Cilsa SA, the company that manages the intermodal logistics platform, ZAL, of Barcelona port, has...
Cruise industry invest $1 billion in new technologies, cleaner fuels
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 9, 2018 – The cruise industry has been betting for years on investing in technologies with a strong environmental...
Container, land transport operators stage protest against slow handling at APM Terminals Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 6, 2018 – The container and land transport operators of Barcelona port staged a protest on April 4 against the...
ONE Spain starts operations
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 4, 2018 – ONE Spain, a subsidiary of Ocean Network Express (ONE), the new shipping company established after the merger...
Toulouse operators visit Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) April 3, 2018 – A delegation of operators from Toulouse visited the port of Barcelona on April 2 to learn about its logistics...
Barcelona port promotes World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP)
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port is one of the promoters of the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), a project whose...
Barcelona port launches electronic public bidding platform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 29, 2018 – Barcelona port has launched an electronic public bidding platform with the aim of facilitating and speeding...
Spanish ports’ cruise traffic rises in Jan 2018
Las Palmas, Spain (Ports Europe) March 28, 2018 – Spanish ports recorded an annual increase of 45.3% in cruise traffic in January to 529,486 passengers, and...
Barcelona port cargo traffic rises 23% y/y in Jan-Feb 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Barcelona port’s cargo traffic grew by 23% on the year in the first two months of 2018, reaching 10.7...
Baleària eyes own terminal at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 26, 2018 – Spanish company Baleària Eurolínias Marítimas S.A. grew passenger traffic by 5.7% and cargo by 10% in...
Puertos del Estado reports figures for fish landed at Spanish ports in January 2018
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) March 25, 2018 – The state-owned authority for ports, Puertos del Estado, has reported fish landed by Spanish ports in...
Barcelona port takes part in ECG association annual debate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 23, 2018 – The commercial manager of Barcelona port, Lluís París, attended the ECG Annual Dinner Debate that the...