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First OPS for container ships arrives in the Port of Barcelona

News12 Mar 2024

The OPS connection will be completed over the next four months with the arrival of the equipment to be installed wharfside to connect the ve...

News31 Dec 2023

The Port of Barcelona and ADIF, the Spanish rail infrastructure authority, have been given the go-ahead to form a joint venture to manage an...

News6 Dec 2023

Cilsa, the company that manages the Port of Barcelona’s intermodal logistics zone (ZAL Port), has begun installing the 91,692 m2 roof of t...

News13 Nov 2023

The Port of Barcelona and a Québec-based innovation hub focused on the blue economy have formed a strategic partnership...

News5 May 2023

Following an 8-month investigation, Spain’s National Competition and Markets Commission (CNCM) has given Grimaldi Naples the green light t...

News20 Feb 2023

The Port of Barcelona handled a record 70.9 Mt in 2022, with tonnage overall up by 6.9% on 2021...

News21 Nov 2022

Hutchison Ports BEST terminal has installed 1,832 solar panels occupying almost 0.5-ha on its buildings...

News14 Oct 2022

The Port of Barcelona Authority (APB) has awarded the €4.978M pilot project at Hutchison Ports’ BEST container facility to Denmark’s P...

News29 Jul 2022

The Port of Barcelona broke the record for total cargo throughput in H1 2022 with movements of 36.3 Mt, a year-on-year increase of 11%, incl...

News25 Mar 2022

Autoterminal Barcelona, part of Noatum Group, has inaugurated a new technical centre comprising a PDI area of 3,300 m2 and a technical repai...

News28 Feb 2022

The Port of Barcelona will invest €110M in its Nexigen project to decarbonise port activity and improve air quality, of which €90M will ...

News22 Feb 2022

The Port of Barcelona handled 66.4 Mt in 2021, 11.8% more than 2020 and just 1.5% less than in 2019, which was the port’s record year in t...

News27 Nov 2021

The Catalan government and the municipal authorities of the cites of Barcelona and Prat de Llobregat have agreed an Urban Master Plan (PDU) ...

News17 Mar 2021

Hutchison Ports BEST has launched a mobile app, ubi, for tracking arrival and departure schedules of ships, trains, containers and trucks at...

News16 Jun 2020

The Port of Barcelona has approved a series of measures to reactivate the economy...