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.
GNV launches Barcelona-Nador ferry service
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) March 4, 2017 – Starting next June, the Italian shipping company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. will launch a new maritime...
Maersk welcomes dockworkers strike suspension
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Danish company Maersk Line has welcomed the suspension of the strikes of stevedores on March 6 and 8 and...
Spanish government is willing to negotiate on stowage reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – Spain’s government is willing to give more time to negotiate on the reform of the stowage sector and to...
Spanish fruit producers association says dockworkers’ strike threatens exports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 3, 2017 – The Spanish Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Exporting Producers (Fepex) has today expressed concern...
Spanish trade unions call off strike on Mar 6, 8
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers’ trade unions have called off the first two days of the strike planned, out of...
Spanish dockworkers present reform concerns to European Parliament
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – A group of dockers today presented to the European Parliament (EP) their concerns about the hiring...
Maersk to divert ships from Spanish ports
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 2, 2017 – Danish shipping company Maersk Line announced that it has designed a contingency plan to divert ships to...
ANESCO calls on unions to ignore strike in stowage sector
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The Spanish National Association of Stevedoring and Ship Consignment Companies (Asociación Nacional de...
Gas Natural, Baleària present LNG engine for vessels at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish companies Gas Natural Fenosa and Balearia officially presented the first liquefied natural gas...
Spain’s Sevasa says trade unions cause severe damage on Valencia port
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring company Sevasa has warned against the severe damage that the opposition of trade...
Event – ESPO annual conference – Ports in a changing climate, a changing world – Barcelona, June 1-2, 2017
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – The European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) is inviting its members, policy makers and stakeholders to...
ANESCO, trade unions agree on basis of talks for future collective bargaining
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 1, 2017 – Spanish stevedoring companies association ANESCO and trade unions Coordinadora, UGT and Comisiones...
IDC prepares measures to avoid cargo diversion
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) is preparing to announce measures to avoid the diversion of...
Adif, FdC agree start of Barcelona harbour railway access upgrade
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 27, 2017 – Spanish state-owned railway infrastructure operator Adif and Ferrocarrils de Catalunya (FdC), the...
Med ports unite on southern gateway alternative
Marseille, France (Ports Europe) February 25, 2017 – Ports from around the Mediterranean coast have agreed to form a specific organisation to promote the...
Spanish Public Works Minister urges trade unions, employers to negotiate
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish Minister of Public Works, Inigo de la Serna, has called on employers and stevedores unions to...
Coordinadora again asks government to postpone stevedoring sector reform
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 23, 2017 – Spanish dockworkers trade union Coordinadora has called on the government to include a clause...