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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.

EC urges trade unions, employers to negotiate and avoid strikes at Spanish ports

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – European Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc has urged the operators and stevedores’ trade unions at...

Spanish trade unions call port strikes on five more days

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring trade unions have called strikes for five more days in June, adding to the three planned...

Spanish government sets up commission to ensure minimum services during port strikes

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope), June 2, 2017 – The Spanish Public Works Ministry has set up a commission to monitor the strike at ports called by the...

Puertos del Estado president calls for decarbonisation of ports

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – The president of Spanish ports agency Puertos del Estado, José Llorca, called for the reduction of logistical...

Spanish trade unions to stage strikes at ports on June 5, 7, 9

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 1, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Cetm (Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar) said it plans to carry...

Anesco, trade unions to meet on June 1 in effort to resolve port sector labour problems

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – Trade unions of the stevedoring sector and leaders of the association of dockworkers association...

Tarragona port attends 25th edition of cereal industry meeting

Tarragona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The president of Tarragona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Tarragona), Josep Andreu, attended the 25th...

European Ports Forum invites membership applications

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) May 31, 2017 – The Commission’s Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport (DG MOVE) has set up a group of experts...

Spanish logistics firm MPG opens office in Barcelona

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 30, 2017 – Spanish logistics company MPG Tránsitos S.A.U. is immersed in a development plan that will lead the company...

Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard delivers two MARPOL vessels to Barcelona port

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish company Nodosa Shipyard, based in Marín, has delivered two marine pollution (MARPOL) vessels...

Barcelona port launches two projects for promotion of LNG as alternative fuel

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched two projects to promote liquefied natural gas (LNG) as an alternative fuel, which...

Spanish Public Works Ministry expects Mediterranean Corridor to be completed in three years

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Ministry has assured that “most of the works” of the Mediterranean Corridor...

Rosneft looks at business opportunities in Spain

Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) May 29, 2017 – Rosneft, a leading Russian oil company, is looking at two potential projects in Spanish ports. Firstly,...

India’s SCI incorporates Barcelona into Indian Subcontinent-Mediterranean service

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) has incorporated Barcelona port to its service between the Indian...

APM Terminals Barcelona beats container record

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 26, 2017 – The “OOCL Brussels” container ship carried out a total of 4,607 movements at APM Terminals...

Barcelona port discusses the future implementation of the SECA

Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) May 28, 2017 – The Port of Barcelona is working actively to minimise the impact it generates in environmental and mobility...

Spain’s Anesco calls on stevedoring trade union to stick to commitments

Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) May 25, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association Asociación Nacional de Empresas Estibadoras y Consignatarias de...

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