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.
CRC Obras y Servicios wins Barcelona port contract
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 5, 2018 – CRC Obras y Servicios has been awarded a contract to redevelop section IV of the Ronda del Port at...
Barcelona port to extend concessions of three operators
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 2, 2018 – Barcelona port has said it plans to extend the deadline for three concessions in its area. TM2 (Servicios...
Hutchison’s Synergy offers Barcelona-northern Spain container rail service
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Synergy, part of the Hutchison Ports group, has started a new container rail service linking...
Barcelona port approves early repayment of two EIB loans
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Barcelona port authority has approved the repayment in advance of two loans with the European...
Seat, Autometro to relaunch rail service to Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 30, 2018 – Spanish carmaker Seat SA and Autometro SA, a company owned by FGC and COMSA Rail Transport,...
Escola Europea & FONASBA sign agreements with first partners for the SAILNET Programme
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 28, 2018 – At the Naples Shipping Week, Escola Europea & FONASBA sign collaboration agreements with the...
JSV Logistic starts operating mainland Spain-Canary Islands line
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 25, 2018 – Spanish cargo logistics and operator JSV Logistic has started operating a direct service linking mainland...
Spain’s Boluda Lines to improve its temperature-controlled line to Canary Islands
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Spanish company Boluda Lines SA plans to implement new improvements in the field of cold logistics within...
Barcelona port starts preliminary studies on construction of new container terminal
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Barcelona port has started to work on preliminary studies for the construction of a new container...
Traffic of horticultural products in Spanish ports grows by 25% in Jan-Aug 2018
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 24, 2018 – Traffic of fruits, vegetables and legumes by Spanish ports reached 2,917,449 tonnes in the first eight...
Barcelona port total traffic increases 12.3% in Jan-Sept 2018
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – In the first nine months of 2018, Barcelona port registered total traffic was 51.1 million tons, up...
Cilsa to build warehouse for Eroski at Barcelona port’s ZAL logistics complex
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – Spanish company Cilsa, which operates the logistics activities in Barcelona port, will build a warehouse...
Barcelona port invites bids for consolidation of works on Adossat wharf expansion
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – Barcelona port has called a tender for the consolidation works of the second phase of the Adossat wharf...
Transcoma clients visit Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 22, 2018 – Transcoma Global Logistics SA customers have paid an official visit to Barcelona port. The visit took...
BEST terminal takes part in Go Green initiative
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST), operated by Hutchison Ports, has participated one more year in the...
Barcelona port to present SSS offer at Fruit Attraction conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2018 – Mercabarna, the Association of wholesale entrepreneurs of the fruit and vegetable sector of Barcelona...
Barcelona port to present SSS offer at Fruit Attraction conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 17, 2018 – Mercabarna, the Association of wholesale entrepreneurs of the fruit and vegetable sector of Barcelona...
Barcelona port signs Declaration of Shenzhen
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – Barcelona port signed the Declaration of Shenzhen, a document that defends the digital transformation of...
Miranda Container Terminal handles its first train on October 16
Miranda de Ebro, Spain (PortSEurope) October 16, 2018 – The Miranda Container Terminal (TCM) in Spain will handle today its first train, which will come...
EU approves Spain’s bill on reduction of tax for ships linked to power grid
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) October 15, 2018 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado has said that the Council of the European Union...