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.
New K Line LNG-powered ship visits Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Shipping company K Line has included Barcelona in the inaugural voyage of its new vehicle carrier...
Uzmar Shipyard delivers tugboat joins P&O Reyser, Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 25, 2024 – Turkish shipbuilder Uzmar Shipyard has a new tugboat to Spanish shipping company P&O Reyser, part...
Cruise ship visits to Spanish ports up in Jan-Sep 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – The state ports of the archipelago, with Palma as the docking point for the vast majority, have handled...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Sep 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) October 24, 2024 – Between January and September 2024, Spanish general interest ports handled a total of 422,109,603 tons,...
TotalEnergies will supply renewable energy to the Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 22, 2024 – TotalEnergies has signed a contract with the Port of Barcelona to supply 23 GWh of renewable...
Eurostat: Maritime transport statistics – short sea shipping of goods at port level – 2022
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Eurostat has published statistics for short sea shipping (SSS) statistics in the European Union...
Trafigura acquires 50% of Meroil Tank in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 21, 2024 – Singapore-based Trafigura, a global commodities trader, has acquired 50% of Meroil Tank SL in the Port...
Possible precursors for chemical weapons, nerve agents seized in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2024 – Spanish police arrested four people suspected of organising a sanctions-busting network after customs...
Port of Barcelona signs Hamburg Declaration to promote green maritime corridors
The Port of Barcelona has signed the Hamburg Declaration for the decarbonisation of global maritime transport – October 8, 2024 The document involves...
President of Barcelona Port says he will resign
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 9, 2024 – The president of Autoritat Portuària de Barcelona (APB – Port Authority of Barcelona),...
Barcelona introduces new tourist tax – cruises in the cross hairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Barcelona is one of the many Mediterranean port-cities where local citizens have forced local...
Carnival to solar panels on cruise terminals in Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2024 – Carnival Corporation will install solar panels on the two cruise terminals it manages at the Port of...
European ports visit Barcelona to see new cold ironing progress
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2024 – Some members of the Power-to-Ship working group of the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP) have...
Total cargo at Port of Barcelona in January and August, up 11.4%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 26, 2024 – Total cargo at the Port of Barcelona between January and August, was 47.7 million tonnes, up 11.4%...
Spain: Total TEU traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – Puertos del Estado has published container numbers for Spanish ports in January-August 2024. TEUs...
Spain: Total cargo traffic by port – Jan-Aug 2024
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2024 – In January-August 2024, general interest ports handled a total of 376.44 million tons, an increase of...
Port of Barcelona, first zero-emissions call for a container ship
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona has received its first ship, which has switched off its engines whilst docked....
Hutchison Ports BEST introduces first 100% electric Reach Stacker
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 14, 2024 – Hutchison Ports BEST has introduced the first electric Reach Stacker in Southern Europe at its...
Total traffic at the Port of Barcelona up 11% in July
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – The Port of Barcelona’s total traffic grew by 11% in July, reaching a record 42 million tonnes....
Cepsa starts direct supply of biofuels at Port of Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 29, 2024 – Cepsa, a leading supplier of energy for maritime transport in Spain, has undertaken its first direct...