STRATEGY AND PROMOTION
The Port of Barcelona serves a broad hinterland that includes the entire Iberian Peninsula, especially the northeast and centre of the peninsula, and other European and Mediterranean countries
The networked port
The Port has set up a network of services and infrastructure at strategic points, which have taken the form of inland goods terminals to bring port services closer to maritime logistics operators and import-export customers in the areas that it serves. These local infrastructures help to build more efficient supply chains and make it easier to route goods through the Catalan capital.
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INLAND MARITIME TERMINALS
| Name | Purpose and scope | Traffic in 2016 | Rail services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaragoza Maritime Terminal (tmZ) | Service platform for operators, importers and exporters of Aragon, Navarre and La Rioja, and intermediate logistics node towards the centre and north-east of the Peninsula. | 130,000 TEU, second inland intermodal terminal within Spain. | Between 5 and 7 daily services with the Port and daily connections with other Spanish logistics nodes. |
| New in 2016: daily service of refrigerated containers for the export of frozen meat to China. | |||
| The Port also has traffic to other terminals in the area: PLAZA and LTA. | |||
| Dry ports of Coslada (Madrid), Azuqueca de Henares and Yunquera de Henares (Guadalajara) | The Port owns a stake in these infrastructures, which aim to bring maritime transport closer and foster the competitiveness of the logistics and consumption hub of the Community of Madrid and the centre of the Peninsula, as well as connecting with other markets in the Iberian Peninsula. | 55,000 TEU at Azuqueca, with the ports of Barcelona Valencia, Algeciras, Seville and Bilbao. | One daily service between the Port of Barcelona and the terminal of the Puerto Seco Azuqueca de Henares (Guadalajara). |
| To extend the activity of the Henares corridor, the Port of Barcelona is working with local partners to promote the development of the Terminal Intermodal Marítima Centro, in the municipality of Yunquera de Henares (Guadalajara). | |||
| Navarre Intermodal Terminal | Rail terminal located in the town of Noáin, near Pamplona. | 15,000 TEU | Three weekly services with the Port, operated by Hutchison Logistics. |
| Saint-Charles Container Terminal (Perpignan) | The Port holds 5% of the capital of the terminal, located in one of southern Europe's main logistics and distribution centres for fresh produce. It hosts logistics operations of all types of goods starting/ ending in Europe and passing through the Mediterranean. | 22,250 ITU | Regular connections to the northwest and southeast of France. |
| Empordà Intermodal Terminal | The Port and the Public Company Cimalsa have formed a company to develop the intermodal logistics hub comprising the future intermodal terminal of Far de l'Empordà and the current Vilamalla terminal. Both are located next to the Logis Empordà storage and distribution centre to the east of Figueres. | ||
| Toulouse Goods Terminal (tmT) | Integrated into the Eurocentre Logistics Activities Area in Toulouse (France), this terminal brings the Port's
services closer to importers and exporters in the north of the Pyrenees (Midi-Pyrenees and Aquitaine) to
facilitate their international maritime trade through Barcelona. |
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| Lyon Goods Terminal (tmL) | The Port's representation in Lyon brings port services to international maritime trade operators in the Rhône-Alpes area and its area of influence. | ||
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PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES
The Port also has an active presence in various markets, both in the European and Mediterranean hinterland and foreland, through permanent representations.
There are permanent offices in nearby markets in Spain (Zaragoza, Madrid and North area) and in France (Lyon and Toulouse). Their function is to bring the services of the Port of Barcelona closer to international maritime trade operators located in the inland markets and to help create new logistics chains.
The Port also has permanent representations in Argentina, Japan and China to strengthen bonds and increase trade with these key markets from the strategic foreland and its neighbouring countries.