PORT DE BARCELONA

[Aquarius]

Two years ago




Works of expansion








The port today, you can to see the inflammable wharf finished

[Aquarius]

The Expansion Works

The Port of Barcelona is guaranteeing its future with expansion work which will enable it to maintain its traffic growth





South Breakwater Sections 1 & 2


Budget estimate: 194.05 million euros
Duration: 69 months (completion forecast for 2008)
Description: Section 1 (2,000 metres): Mound breakwater with a main mantle formed out of parallelopedic blocks of concrete of up to 60 metric tonnes. Section 2 (1,700m): Vertical breakwater with 47 prefabricated concrete box blocks.




South Breakwater Section 3

Budget estimate: 109.99 million euros
Duration: 82 months (completion forecast for 2008)
Description: 1,100 metre long mound breakwater. The main mantle is formed out of 40 metric tonne parallelopedic blocks of concrete in the base. The mound is finished with 2 prefabricated reinforced concrete box blocks





East Breakwater

Budget estimate: 197,28 million euros
Duration: 82 months (completion forecast for 2008)
Description: 2.000 metre long mound breakwater. The main mantle is formed out of 50 metric tonne parallelopedic blocks of concrete in the base and 80 tonne blocks in the mound. The breakwater and graded aggregate loader is located in the Port of Vallarca.








Corrective measures on the coast

Budget estimate: 21 million euros (in various phases)
Duration: 6+12+9+3 months (completion forecast for 2005)
Description: Creation of the beach located to the south of the new estuary of the river Llobregat. The measures also include the construction of side support jetties and the preparation of the new areas

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PORT VELL

In 1988, the Port of Barcelona plans its definitive opening-up to the sea. It will be carried out in the Port Vell (Old Port).

The Port Vell, which was turned into an obsolete port area for the traditional uses, is turned in 1995 into a space of 55.6 hectares unique in Europe, a port integrated into the heart of Barcelona.
The Port Vell represents an unique attraction for the city, the citizens and the enterprises. Every year is visited by more than 16 million and the success of any event held in this place is guaranteed


Moll de Bosch i Alsina (Bosch i Alsina wharf)

It is one of the largest spaces of the Port Vell. It’s an ideal place for acts of great magnitude, with great infrastructures and capacity for a large number of people.




Rambla de Mar


It’s the most emblematic image of the Port Vell. The architecture and the urban furniture turn this Rambla into a singular walk by the sea. It is the natural continuation of the Rambles de Barcelona. Tourists, citizens of Barcelona, and the companies that film movies or advertisements, all of them benefit from this space.



Moll d’Espanya

It is at the heart of the Port Vell. This area has very diverse spaces: the Plaça de l’Odissea, the Plaça d’Itaca and the Mirador del Port Vell. These spaces are ideal for product launchs, shows or spectacular parades over the sea. Among other things there have been temporal activities as the Mostra de Vins i Caves de Catalunya (Wine and cava exhibition), the presentation of the Circuit de Montmeló Catalunya, the Port Vell artists, the Port de Nassos, the Squash National Trophy… It has many cultural and leisure posibilities as the Maremagnum, the Imax Port Vell and the Aquarium. The car park offers almost a thousand of parking spaces.




L’Aquàrium de Barcelona
It is the biggest aquarium in Europe on the subject matter of the Mediterranean

Maremagnum
Ludic and commercial centre that offers restaurants, shops, multiscreen cinemas and bars.

Imax Port Vell

A spectacular cinema. The first cinema in the world which has integrated and developed the technology for the adaptation of the three systems in the same cinema: Imax, Omnimax y 3Dimension

Museu Marítim de Barcelona

Located in the historical building of the Drassanes Reials of Barcelona, it is the best preserved civilian Gothic construction in the world

Museu d’Història de Catalunya

Located in a typical building of the port architecture of the 19th century, it is an old warehouse today turned into a modern museum which offers a journey through our country in an interactive experience through the time

Reial Club Nàutic de Barcelona

This is a private and centenarian club. It’s located in the Moll d’Espanya and organizes many internationally famous activities: the Regata Conde de Godó and the Regata Ermenegildo Zegna are two examples.




Moll de Barcelona

It’s the headquarters of the World Trade Center of Barcelona. It houses economic activities of business centre, maritime terminals, a luxury hotel and product launchs. It has been the last to be inaugurated and it’s ideal for actions which require to capture the attention of the public as well as for demanding companies. Audi has been one of the best examples lately. It has a car park for 750 vehicles.




World Trade Center: Located in the Moll de Barcelona, it is the last installation added to the Port Vell since the inauguration of the Grand Marina Hotel – a five stars luxury hotel-. The WTCB has a wide range of services which make this complex a big space equipped with great services and infrastructures.

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Goods

The Port of Barcelona has at its disposal specialized terminals for all kinds of products, as well as polyvalent terminals which meet different kinds of goods.

Containers and Multipurpose



1.- Terminal de Contenidors de Barcelona, SL





Characteristics
Area: 46 ha
Line metres: 1,362 m
Draught: up to 16 m
Container cranes: 9 (5 Superpost-panamax)
Straddle-carriers: 30 (3 heights) and 25 (4 heights)
Railway terminal: 5 ha
Maritime Customs and Frontier Check Point PIF: integrated in the terminal
Refrigerated connections: 350
Container freight station: 13,800 m2
Covered warehouses: 14,400 m2


2.- Terminal Catalunya, SA




Characteristics
Area: 35.1 ha
Line metres: 1,653 m
Draught: 8.70 / 14 m
Ro-Ro ramps: 1
Cranes: 8 (7 Post-panamax)
Equipment: RTG: 8; Reach Stacker: 21; tractors: 24
Container freight station: 3,607 m2
Covered warehouses: 26,145 m2

3.-Terminal Port Nou, SA



Characteristics
Area: 6.56 ha
Line metres: 860 m
Draught: 12 m
Ro-Ro ramps: 5
Cranes: 10 (1 container crane, 9 gantry cranes)
Equipment: RTG: 2; Reach Stacker: 5; tractors: 4
Covered warehouses: 19,000 m2


4.- Unió Terminals Estibadors Llevant, SL



Characteristics
Area: 9.77 ha
Line metres: 450 m
Draught: 16 m
Cranes: 3
Equipment: Straddle-carrier: 4; Reach Stacker: 4;; tractors: 5

Cars



1.-Autoterminal, SA



Characteristics
Area total: 770.000 m2 (310.000 m2 covered)

Line metres: 1,210 m
Draught: up to 12 m
4 train terminals
4 ro-ro ramp
Capacity: 42,000 vehicles (18,000 covered).
Car parks: Three vertical car parks and one under construction with a capacity of 2.700
Mark up services: repair shop, PDI and accesories assembly, protection and paraffin wax removing tunnel, transport coordination, sending vehicles to local stores personalization centre.

2.-Setram, SA




Characteristics

Area: 150.000 m2 (60.000 m2 covered)
Line metres: 1,210 m
Draught: up to 12 m
Capacity: 10,000 vehicles (6,000 uncovered and 4,000 covered spaces)
Vertical car park: 24.000 m2 plant 4 floors
Road transport: 350 trucks car carrier
Mark up services: storage, painting and plate repair shop, assembly and limited series, washing, waxing, preparing and personal PDI, rent-a-car management, external storage zones, motor shows

Liquid bulk






Solid bulk

[Nemo]

WOW! Those are huge developments. Thanks for the fine updates...

[Aquarius]

FERRIES & CRUISES

Cruisers

Barcelona is one of the world's most cosmopolitan cities. Its port is the gateway for over a million cruise passengers every year.The port leader in Europe

The Port of Barcelona has a total of 7 terminals exclusively for use by cruise traffic. Since January 2000, the terminal operator Creuers del Port de Barcelona, S.A. has provided a service to these terminals in co-operation with various departments of the Port of Barcelona involved in the cruise sector.


Terminal plus B+D


Terminal A, moll Adossat

It is the first terminal to be built for cruise traffic in the Port of Barcelona. It is considered the second terminal in terms of capacity and operations, as its size allows up to 3,000 passengers to embark and disembark from ships



Terminal B, moll Adossat

As a response to the increase in passenger traffic, Creuers del Port de Barcelona, SA, the contractor at the terminal, has finished building a new maritime station designed to work with the world's largest ships, of 140,000 tonnes and 3,600 passengers.

The old terminal (3,000 m2) has been made into one measuring almost 7,000 m2, including the latest security, comfort, operations and image systems, and it is equipped with 2 fingers and 4 luggage conveyor belts.




Terminal C, moll Adossat





Terminal D, moll Adossat



North and South Terminals, moll Barcelona

These terminals are on the Moll de Barcelona quay, and are part of the World Trade Center, a business centre equipped with all types of services. Their proximity to the city centre enables tourists to walk to the Plaça Colom in just 5 minutes.

As well as the two terminals, which can deal with 2 medium-sized ships each, there is an additional mooring space on the eastern side of the quay that can be used by either the Nord or Sud terminal for their embarking and disembarking procedures




Terminal Port Vell

It is situated in the Maremàgnum complex. It is the smallest terminal and provides a service to ships with smaller capacities and lengths.
Because of the new trend towards building increasingly large ships, this terminal has not been used a great deal in recent years.





Terminal Sant Bertran

Located on the Moll de Sant Bertran quay, this terminal is basically equipped for ferry reception, and is sometimes used as a terminal for cruise ship passengers. It has all the necessary safety measures and it is equipped with all services.






Ferries

The Port of Barcelona has direct connections with Genoa, Rome, Algiers-Oran, Majorca, Ibiza and Minorca.

[endeve]

wow! great thread

[Brice]

Which port is the 1st in Spain and in the mediterranean sea?

[Saskaton]

barcelona or valencia in this last years

[SGoico]

SUPERB report! Thanks for that Aquarius

[-Corey-]

wow is too big

[ollagrabovi]

Excellent report indeed!

[Bitxofo]

Originally Posted by Brice

Which port is the 1st in Spain and in the mediterranean sea?

Algeciras is the 1st port in Spain. Then Barcelona & Valencia.

@Aquarius:
Wonderful thread!!

[Mr Sagrera]

One of the best threads I have ever seen, plenty of inetersting details. Thanks.

Well done Aquarius.

[Arpels]

excellent job containers area is big!!

[Bitxofo]

Record in 2005:
More than 1,200,000 cruise passengers and still increasing!!
1st port of Europe for cruisers.

[mopc]

Fantàstic!

[DonQui]

IMPRESSIVE!

[Fabio]

this is really awesome

[belencita]

Very good!