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, 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...
APM Terminals restarts operation of terminals in Barcelona, Algeciras
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 30, 2017 – APM Terminals has restarted operations at its terminals in Barcelona and Algeciras after closing them for two...
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...
Spanish dockers cancel strike, reach agreement with employers
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 29, 2017 – Spanish trade unions of dockworkers and the representatives of Anesco have reached an agreement this morning...
Spanish government says docking sector situation is returning to normal
Santander, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – Spanish State Secretary of Infrastructure, Transport and Housing, Julio Gómez-Pomar, has said that the...
APM Terminals closes Barcelona terminal to protect from cyber attack
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – APM Terminals has been forced to close its Barcelona port terminal due to a massive computer attack carried...
European dock workers set to strike June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
Spanish stevedores cancel strikes on June 29
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Spanish stevedores have just issued a statement announcing that they will hold a meeting with union Asociación...
Barcelona residents concerned about ever increased tourism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Residents of Barcelona are opposing local tourism development, with one of the issues being cruise ships....
Catalan exports rise 9.2% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Catalan exports rose by 9.2% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to record-high €23.157 billion...
Spanish ports’ labour dispute suspended
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The labour dispute has taken a breather after trade unions suspended three of the nine days of the strike...
EU Court of Justice to announce second sentence against Spain on July 13
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said it plans to announce the second sentence against Spain...
Solution of Spanish dockers conflict depends on consolidation of Anesco
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – It looks like the labour conflict in the stowage sector has also created an internal division in dockworker...
Barcelona port hosts presentation of CORE LNGas hive results
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – Barcelona port hosted June 22 the presentation of the first results of the European project CORE LNGas hive...
Trasmediterránea introduces new ship into Barcelona-Mahón line
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. has incorporated its “Juan J. Sister”...
Spanish trade unions cancel strikes on June 23, 26
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the strikes called for June 23 and 26, as a sign of goodwill and to give...