Port of Barcelona

Port of Barcelona
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Location
CountrySpain
LocationBarcelona
Coordinates41°20′15″N 2°9′8″E / 41.33750°N 2.15222°E / 41.33750; 2.15222 (Barcelona Free Port, Zona Franca, Barcelona)
UN/LOCODEESBCN[1]
Details
Operated byBarcelona Port Authority
Owned byPorts of the State
Land area10.653 square kilometres (1,065.3 ha)[2]
Statistics
Vessel arrivals9,038 vessels (2018)[3]
Annual cargo tonnage67,756,258 tonnes (2018)[3]
Annual container volume3,422,978 TEUs (2018)[3]
Passenger traffic4,493,646 (2018)[3]

The Port of Barcelona (Catalan: Port de Barcelona, IPA: [ˈpɔɾ ðə βəɾsəˈlonə]; Spanish: Puerto de Barcelona) is a major port in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.[4] Its 7.86 km2 (3 sq mi) are divided into three zones: Port Vell (the Old Port), the commercial/industrial port, and the logistics port (Barcelona Free Port). The port is managed by the Port Authority of Barcelona, itself owned by the state-owned Ports of the State.

It is the third largest container port in the country and the ninth largest in Europe, with a trade volume of 3.42 million TEUs in 2018.[5] It is also the cruiser port with most passengers in the Mediterranean.

The city has two additional yacht harbors/marinas: Port Olímpic and Port Fòrum Sant Adrià to the north.

  1. ^ "UNLOCODE (ES) - SPAIN". service.unece.org. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Port Barcelona - General information".
  3. ^ a b c d Port of Barcelona traffic statistics 2018 - Port de Barcelona, 2019
  4. ^ https://interactius.ara.cat/150-anos-puerto-de-barcelona
  5. ^ PortEconomics: Top15 container ports in Europe in 2018

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