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.
European dock workers set to strike June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 28, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
Spanish stevedores cancel strikes on June 29
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Spanish stevedores have just issued a statement announcing that they will hold a meeting with union Asociación...
Barcelona residents concerned about ever increased tourism
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2017 – Residents of Barcelona are opposing local tourism development, with one of the issues being cruise ships....
Catalan exports rise 9.2% y/y in Jan-Apr 2017
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – Catalan exports rose by 9.2% on the year in the first four months of 2017 to record-high €23.157 billion...
Spanish ports’ labour dispute suspended
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 26, 2017 – The labour dispute has taken a breather after trade unions suspended three of the nine days of the strike...
EU Court of Justice to announce second sentence against Spain on July 13
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) said it plans to announce the second sentence against Spain...
Solution of Spanish dockers conflict depends on consolidation of Anesco
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – It looks like the labour conflict in the stowage sector has also created an internal division in dockworker...
Barcelona port hosts presentation of CORE LNGas hive results
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 23, 2017 – Barcelona port hosted June 22 the presentation of the first results of the European project CORE LNGas hive...
Trasmediterránea introduces new ship into Barcelona-Mahón line
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish ferry company Compañía Trasmediterránea, S.A. has incorporated its “Juan J. Sister”...
Spain’s Ership abandons Anesco
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The president of Spanish shipping company Grupo Ership S.A., Juan Alvargonzález Figaredo, said the firm has...
Spanish trade unions cancel strikes on June 23, 26
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish trade unions have cancelled the strikes called for June 23 and 26, as a sign of goodwill and to give...
Suardíaz strikes deal with dockworkers, avoids strikes at Vigo port
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – Spanish company Suardíaz, which operates the Vigo Motorway of the Sea, has reached an agreement with the workers...
CORE LNGas hive project holds Barcelona LNG conference
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The first CORE LNGas hive project conference for the promotion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a fuel in...
IDC calls for Europe-wide strikes on June 29
Barcelona, Spain (PortSEurope) June 22, 2017 – The International Dockworkers Council (IDC) has called a Europe-wide port stoppage in support of the...
CETM rejects employers’ proposal, companies sign separate contracts with trade union
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish trade union of dockworkers Coordinadora Estatal de Trabajadores del Mar (CETM) rejected on June 20 the...
Most Spanish dockworkers do not join strike on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Many stevedores have decided not to join the strike called for today in most of the Spanish ports. As trade...
Only 27.8% of dockworkers participate in strike on Spanish ports on June 21
Algeciras, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – The participation of dockworkers in the strike of stevedores on June 21 has fallen to 27.8% from 97-%100% in...
Spanish tile association warns against port strike consequences
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 21, 2017 – Spanish association of ceramic tiles (Asociación Española de Fabricantes de Azulejos y Pavimentos Cerámicos...
Spanish stevedoring employers send labour reform proposal to trade unions
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – The employers association of dockworkers in Spain has sent a proposal to trade unions, including a clause that...
Spanish minister calls on dockworkers to avoid more strikes
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 20, 2017 – Spanish Public Works Minister Íñigo de la Serna has once again called for “an effort” by the...