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.
Peninsula Petroleum Commences Physical Supply In Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Peninsula Petroleum Ltd has announced that it has commenced physical supply operations in the port of...
Barcelona port gets proposals for trade mission in 2018
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – The destinations of Vietnam, South Africa, Japan and South Korea, in this order, are the countries proposed...
Barcelona port to improve access to cruise terminals
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) July 18, 2017 – Barcelona port has begun the rearrangement of the access zone to the cruise terminals located at the Adossat...
Barcelona port sets up working group to solve truck congestion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 17, 2017 – Barcelona port has set up a specific working group to solve the long queues of container lorries that are...
Spain fined €3 million by European Court of Justice over stevedore sector
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 14, 2017 – The European Union’s Court of Justice has ordered Spain to pay a punitive fine of €3 million ($3.4...
Cilsa acquires warehouses at Barcelona port’s logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 11, 2017 – Cilsa, the company that manages the logistics zone of the port of Barcelona, has reached an agreement with...
Ports de la Generalitat to invest in dredging Vilanova port access channel
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 10, 2017 – Catalonia regional ports agency Ports de la Generalitat plans to invest €168,000 ($191,331) in the dredging...
Spanish ship consignment firms to set up association of companies outside ANESCO
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The Spanish ship consignment sector has begun to work intensively in a short space of time to create a new...
Spanish docking strike had mixed implications – government offical
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – The stowage strike carried out during three weeks last June was more harmful for some ports than for...
Puertos del Estado hopes for lowest possible fine for Spain
Bilbao, Spain (PortSEurope) July 7, 2017 – Spanish national port agency Puertos del Estado’s president José Llorca has said that he hopes that the...
The Alliance’s weekly maritime service in Barcelona attracts significant interest
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – The weekly maritime service between Asia and the Mediterranean launched in April by The Alliance – MOL,...
Spanish government to ensure dockworkers sector agreement is legal
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Íñigo de la Serna, has said that the government will ensure that the...
Barcelona port promotes dual education
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 6, 2017 – Barcelona port is carrying out a plan to promote the dual education in the port area with two main objectives:...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – May 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) July 5, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports May 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by port...
Barcelona, Shanghai free trade zones sign cooperation deal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) July 4, 2017 – The free zones of Barcelona and Shanghai ports have signed a cooperation agreement to enhance the relations...
Social Dialogue Committee for Ports meeting does not take place
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) July 2, 2017 – Last March 1, 2017, the Social Dialogue for Ports meeting in Brussels was interrupted after IDC and ETF...
Cilsa awards security services contract for Barcelona port’s logistics zone
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Cilsa, the company that manages the logistics activities zone (ZAL) of Barcelona port, has been tendering the...