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Port of Barcelona provides integrated logistics

The Port of Barcelona, the Mercabarna wholesale market and the Italian shipping company Grimaldi Lines will be taking part jointly in Fruit Logistica 2016, in Pavilion 10.2 - stand B-04.

The Catalan port will be participating in Fruit Logistica with a joint stand with Mercabarna and Grimaldi Lines.

Under the slogan “Integrated Trade & Supply Chain”, the Port of Barcelona and its partners, Grimaldi Lines and Mercabarna, will be present for the third year in a row at the fair in Berlin with a range of integrated logistics that is unique in the region.

Their logistics have complete connectivity, supply and distribution solutions to meet the needs of importers and exporters, as well as logistics operators specialising in fresh produce.

The collaboration between these three major players enables them to offer a combination of the biggest supply and variety of fruit and vegetables in Europe, which is currently in Mercabarna, together with logistics solutions adapted to fresh produce, allowing them to transport it with the utmost guarantees via the maritime services offered by the Port of Barcelona.

Among the services the Port of Barcelona will be promoting, the short sea shipping (SSS) lines are particularly noteworthy. Combined with road transport, these sea routes optimize logistics to the maximum for exports to Italy, the countries of Northern and Central Europe, and North Africa. Moreover, the regular container lines with major counterseason fruit source markets have been changed in recent years to improve transit time and make importers more competitive.

This advertorial appeared on page 63 of edition 141, Jan/Feb 2016, of Eurofresh Distribution magazine. Read that issue online here.

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Port of Barcelona, driver of economic activity in Europe and the Mediterranean

The Port of Barcelona is Spain’s number one in terms of the value of the goods handled.



The strategically located Port of Barcelona is not only Spain’s number one in terms of the value of the goods handled, it is an engine of economic activity for southern Europe. It ranks fourth in the world for cruise ship traffic and is the Mediterranean leader in vehicle traffic.

Barcelona is also among European ports with the greatest potential for growth. Oriented towards the handling of high value added cargo, the port is now in an important growth phase marked by two key aspects: the completion of the largest expansion in its history, and the extension of its range of activities, through the enhancement of its maritime, road and rail connectivity.

“Historically, the commercial development of the Port of Barcelona was based on imports, but in recent years, driven by the local business sector, exports have increased significantly and the situation has reversed,” said Lluís París, the port’s commercial manager.

“In this context, the extension of the Barcelona container terminal (TCB) and the opening in 2012 of the Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) by the Hutchison group, gave us the ability to handle a larger volume of containers and to compete with the major ports of northern Europe. In addition, we have forged alliances with logistics operators and are expanding our short sea routes, linking Spain, Italy and the Mediterranean, with services such as those provided by the Grimaldi group, the leading Italian shippers.”

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The expansion more than doubled the port’s surface area to 1,300 hectares. “The docks and terminals built or enlarged in the new port allow terminal operators to handle bigger ships and largescale cargo,” París said. Furthermore, to provide better services for perishables passing through the port, the new Border Inspection Point (known in Spanish as PIF) has 31 loading docks and other features designed to streamline border control and quality standards compliance requirements.

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This report appeared on p67 of edition 135 of Eurofresh Distribution magazine. Read more Logistics news in the section starting on p62.