Sunday, October 6, 2013
The Port of Barcelona  has a 2000-year history and great contemporary commercial importance. It is  Europe's ninth largest container port, with a trade volume of 2.57 million TEU's in 2008. 
It is also one of the most important ports in the Mediterranean. 
This port has several Terminals for containers,bulk,cruise etc.

Terminals
 Containers 
- 2 international terminals: TCB and TerCat
       · Up to 16-m depth for all sort of ships (super-post-panamax)
       · 17 container cranes
       · More than 3,000 metres of berthing line
- Rail facilities for handling and shipment


Vehicles 

- Leaders in vehicle traffic in the Mediterranean
- 2 specialised terminals: Autoterminal and Setram
- Vertical areas with a capacity for 24,000 units
- 5 rail cargo tracks
- 5 Ro-Ro ramps
- 1,200 linear metres of berthing space

 

Multipurpose terminal 
- 1 terminal for multipurpose ships with handling of containers, vehicles, ro-ro cargo and conventional cargo: Terminal Port Nou

Bulks 

- More than 17 metres of draught adapted for new generation vessels
- Warehouses with a capacity of more than 75,000 m3
- Increased storage capacity
- Segregated tanks 

- Bio-fuel
- Direct connection by rail, road and oil pipeline


Coffee 

- The only maritime enclave in the Mediterranean to be certified as a delivery port by the New York Board of Trade (NYBOT) and LIFFE
- The main Spanish port for coffee delivery 

- A strategic point for coffee distribution in the Mediterranean

Fruit

- Main Spanish fruit-receiving port
- Terminals with refeer connections 


Cruise 
- The leading European cruiser port and a Mediterranean turnaround base
- 7 international passenger terminals 
  • Adossat wharf  
  1. Terminal A  
  2. Terminal B  
  3. Terminal C   
  4. Terminal D Palacruceros 
  •  Barcelona wharf
  1.  Terminal Z - Drassanes
  2.  Terminals North and South 
  • Sant Bertran wharf
  1.  Terminal Ferry de Barcelona
  •  Spain wharf
  1.  Terminal M Port Vell
Statistics-
  • Land area -10.653 square kilometres
  • Vessel arrivals -8,182 vessels
  • Annual cargo tonnage -41,968,000 tonnes
  • Annual container volume- 1,945,733 TEU's
  • Passenger traffic -1,096,515




Source-Port of Barcelona official web

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