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.
Event: Fruit Attraction – October 18-20, 2017, Madrid
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 18, 2017 – The Fruit Attraction trade fair, organised by IFEMA and FEPEX, will take place from October 18-20, 2017,...
Barcelona port records best Q3 in its history
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – Barcelona port has registered its best third quarter of the year ever. Total traffic grew by 31.2% on...
Carlos del Corral joins iContainers in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – iContainers, the online freight forwarder, has appointed Carlos del Corral as director of sales and...
Qatar invests in Barcelona superyacht facility
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – QINVEST, a leading private Qatari investment group, has announced that its subsidiary BOH LLC has...
Valencia companies to attract container transhipment from Barcelona
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – The tensions and instabilities that the Catalan independence process caused are not only causing changes...
Barcelona port presented schedule of planned trade fairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – Barcelona port has presented the schedule of trade fairs in which it plans to participate. The event was...
Spanish ports cruise traffic rises 0.5% in Jan-Aug 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The influx of cruise passengers to Spanish ports in the first eight months of the year remained at...
Gas Natural Fenosa to relocate head office from Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Last Friday, Gas Natural Fenosa announced that is to move its registered office from Barcelona to...
Barcelona port expects 119 cruise ships by Nov 5
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – A total of 119 cruise ships are scheduled to call at Barcelona port in the period between October 6 and...
Bags & Go relies on Barcelona cruise port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Spanish company Bags & Go is relying on the largest cruise port in Europe, that of Barcelona, to boost...
Finland’s Containerships launches line linking Barcelona port to Algeria, Turkey
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Finnish shipping group Containerships has launched a regular service connecting Barcelona port with Algeria...
Barcelona port starts project for design of natural gas-fired tugboat
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched a project for the operation of a natural gas-fired tugboat, included in its...
Hamburg Süd launches regular line connecting Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – German shipping company Hamburg Süd Group (Hamburg Süd-Gruppe) has presented a weekly service that links...
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas Malta, 5 October 2017 EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas At...
Grandi Navi Veloci increases passenger traffic in Q3 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) is performing better than expected and saw the number of passengers increase by...
Cruise ships change routes to avoid calls in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Demonstrations and riots in Barcelona have had a side effect in Valencia. Two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 3...
Dockworkers block Catalan ports on October 3
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Catalan stevedores have agreed this afternoon to join the general strike called on October 3 in Catalonia....