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.
Global Ports’ trading statement shows business hit by pandemic
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 14, 2021 – Last Friday, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding Ltd (GPH) reported its trading statement for 2020 which...
Synergy consolidates its cross-border service with south-west France
Synergy, the logistics operator of the Hutchison Ports group, consolidates its intermodal service between the Hutchison Ports BEST Terminal (Barcelona) and the...
The Spanish port system closes 2020 with a result of €104 million
Spain’s state-owned port system, made up of 46 ports managed by 28 Port Authorities and coordinated by Puertos del Estado, closed the 2020 financial year...
Port of Barcelona container traffic up 18% in Jan-Feb 2021
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) March 11, 2021 – During the months of January and February, the Port of Barcelona saw container traffic up 18% compared...
Port of Barcelona completes the remodelling of commercial and marketing and innovation and business strategy
The Port of Barcelona has made an organisational change with the creation of the Commercial and Marketing and Innovation and Business Strategy areas –...
Port of Barcelona: Four future scenarios for maritime transport in Europe
Port de Barcelona – 25 February 2021 The IV Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona, recently presented, includes a projection on the maritime traffic...
Spain: Total cargo handled by port authority – January 2021
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported total cargo traffic of Spanish state-owned ports in January 2021 of...
Spanish port system sees traffic down 7.7% in January
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – Puertos del Estado has reported that in January 2020, Spain’s state-owned ports handled 42.29...
Port of Barcelona turnover down 20% in 2020 and traffic down 11.9%
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has reported turnover of €139 million in 2020, 20% less than in 2019, when it...
Baleària awarded concession temporary maritime station in Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona has approved granting the Spanish shipping company Baleària an eight-year...
Grimaldi Terminal Barcelona to invest €4 million
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 25, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona held today has approved the extension of the concession of Grimaldi Terminal...
The Port of Barcelona to improve waste management thanks to the CLEVER-volume project
The CLEVER-volume project, a solution from the startup 3D Modelling Studio, will allow the Port of Barcelona to optimise the management of solid waste (Annex V...
WPCAP’s Power2ship working group presents an interactive tool to learn about dock electrification projects around the world
The Power2ship working group of the World Ports Climate Action Program (WPCAP), led by the Port of Barcelona, has created an interactive tool, through Google...
Port of Barcelona approves extraordinary review of the rates for the Marpol V waste collection service
The Board of Directors of the Port of Barcelona held today approved the extraordinary revision of the rates for the collection service for waste from ships...
Spanish ports see total cargo traffic down 8.6% in 2020
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) January 27, 2021 – The Spanish port system ended the 2020 financial year with 515,682,392 cargo tons moved, a decrease of...
In 2020, Barcelona port handles over 39,100 m3 of natural gas for ships – 65% on Baleària ferries
In 2020, 219 operations were carried out at the Port of Barcelona to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to ships, totalling 39,149 m³. Of the total number of...
Port of Barcelona and its terminals jointly preparing for the energy transition
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – The port and kits terminals are firmly committed to the energy transition, a strategy in whichPort go...
4th Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona sets out labour and emissions objectives
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) January 14, 2021 – The Port of Barcelona places society and people at the centre of its 4th Strategic Plan 2021-2025,...
Spanish ports traffic down over 9% Jan-Nov year-on-year
The 46 state-owned ports, coordinated by Puertos del Estado, moved 43.5 million tons during the month of November, registering a slight variation of -0.4%...
Barcelona port reports positive November cargo traffic
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) December 17, 2020 – The month of November was positive for goods traffic in the Port of Barcelona, reversing the negative...