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.
Carlos del Corral joins iContainers in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – iContainers, the online freight forwarder, has appointed Carlos del Corral as director of sales and...
Qatar invests in Barcelona superyacht facility
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 16, 2017 – QINVEST, a leading private Qatari investment group, has announced that its subsidiary BOH LLC has...
Valencia companies to attract container transhipment from Barcelona
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 12, 2017 – The tensions and instabilities that the Catalan independence process caused are not only causing changes...
Barcelona port presented schedule of planned trade fairs
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 11, 2017 – Barcelona port has presented the schedule of trade fairs in which it plans to participate. The event was...
Spanish ports cruise traffic rises 0.5% in Jan-Aug 2017
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – The influx of cruise passengers to Spanish ports in the first eight months of the year remained at...
Spain’s Lacisa expands facility at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Spanish company Lavadero de Cisternas, SA (Lacisa) opened on October 6 the extension of its...
Gas Natural Fenosa to relocate head office from Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 10, 2017 – Last Friday, Gas Natural Fenosa announced that is to move its registered office from Barcelona to...
Barcelona port expects 119 cruise ships by Nov 5
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – A total of 119 cruise ships are scheduled to call at Barcelona port in the period between October 6 and...
Bags & Go relies on Barcelona cruise port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Spanish company Bags & Go is relying on the largest cruise port in Europe, that of Barcelona, to boost...
Finland’s Containerships launches line linking Barcelona port to Algeria, Turkey
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 6, 2017 – Finnish shipping group Containerships has launched a regular service connecting Barcelona port with Algeria...
Barcelona port starts project for design of natural gas-fired tugboat
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Barcelona port has launched a project for the operation of a natural gas-fired tugboat, included in its...
Hamburg Süd launches regular line connecting Mediterranean, Northern Europe, South America
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – German shipping company Hamburg Süd Group (Hamburg Süd-Gruppe) has presented a weekly service that links...
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas
EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas Malta, 5 October 2017 EU leads the way with ambitious action for cleaner and safer seas At...
Grandi Navi Veloci increases passenger traffic in Q3 2017
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) October 5, 2017 – Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) is performing better than expected and saw the number of passengers increase by...
Cruise ships change routes to avoid calls in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 4, 2017 – Demonstrations and riots in Barcelona have had a side effect in Valencia. Two cruise ships, Mein Schiff 3...
Barcelona port closed on October 3
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 3, 2017 – Barcelona port remained practically closed on October 3, with no trucks moving and the doors of its...
Dockworkers block Catalan ports on October 3
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Catalan stevedores have agreed this afternoon to join the general strike called on October 3 in Catalonia....
Spanish Chamber of Commerce sets up ports commission
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) October 2, 2017 – Spanish Chamber of Commerce (La Cámara de Comercio de España) has set up a Ports Commission with the aim...
International dockworkers support colleagues in Catalonia
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 25, 2017 – International stevedores have expressed support for their colleagues in Catalonia after the Barcelona...
MedCruise ports to work with airports and cruise lines to create cruise supply chain
Barcelona, Spain, September 22, 2017 MedCruise port member Barcelona plays a leading role in advancing discussions on how to best link aviation and cruising,...