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.
Barcelona stevedores refuse to handle government chartered vessel in port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Dockworkers at the port of Barcelona have refused to operate a cruise ship allegedly hired by the...
Grandi Navi Veloci lends two vessels to Spanish government
Genoa, Italy (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – Genoa-based Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV) S.p.A. has lent two ferries to the Spanish government, apparently...
MSC Cruises applies for construction of cruise terminal in Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 22, 2017 – MSC Cruises has officially filed for permission with Barcelona port authority (Autoridad Portuaria de...
Spanish government to introduce environmental sustainability criteria in ports law
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Spain’s government plans to start working on the amendment of the Ports Law in the country in...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado president says port mergers are not needed
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 20, 2017 – Spain does not need any mergers of port authorities as the current management structure allows the...
Call for tenders to establish a Blue Bioeconomy Forum
Brussels, Belgium (Ports Europe) September 21, 2017 – The Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) has issued a tender to set up...
Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy analyses container traceability at Barcelona port
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – Procter & Gamble I-Trade CEO Academy has started an analysis into the traceability of exports of...
Parliament of Catalonia passes Climate Change Bill
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 19, 2017 – The parliament of Catalonia has passed a “Climate Change Bill”, a law to strengthen the...
Barcelona port to attend Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 conference
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 18, 2017 – Passenger Ship Sustainability 2017 will take place November 14-15, 2017, in Southampton, UK,...
Barcelona port with tenth largest container growth in Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2107 – Barcelona port was the harbour with the largest growth in container traffic in Europe in the first eight...
Puertos del Estado president says docking labour contract should meet rules
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) September 15, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado’s president Jose Llorca Ortega has warned trade...
Spain’s Puertos del Estado to propose reduction of wharfage dues
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Spanish national ports agency Puertos del Estado will propose a reduction the wharfage dues by 10% in...
Following its IPO in London, Global Ports Holding comments on the future
London, United Kingdom (Ports Europe) September 11, 2017 – Global Ports Holding (GPH) CEO Emre Sayin has said the IPO in London will enable the company...
Spain: Puertos del Estado – July 2017 cargo traffic by port authority
Madrid, Spain (Ports Europe) September 10, 2017 – Puertos del Estado, the state-run ports system, reports July 2017 cargo traffic (tonnes) statistics by...
Barcelona port receives award during Seatrade Europe
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 8, 2017 – Barcelona port has been recognised by the International German Cruise Awards as part of the Seatrade...
Valencia, Barcelona, Ferrol ports to attract largest investment from accessibility fund
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) September 4, 2017 – Up to 21 of the 28 port authorities of the Spanish state port system already have in their portfolios...
Royal Caribbean names EMEA commercial development director
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – US cruise group Royal Caribbean Cruises has appointed Ana Karina Santini as commercial development...
HMM starts tests of IoT technology for reefer containers
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) September 1, 2017 – Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) has started a test of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology in its...
Trasmediterranea to start operating Barcelona-Menorca ferry line on Sep 19
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Spanish company Trasmediterranea plans to launch a line connecting Barcelona to Menorca island twice a...
Barcelona port destroys counterfeit products
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) August 31, 2017 – Barcelona port this week destroyed a total of 15,265 articles from unauthorised street vendors seized...