Transhipment fuels a successful half-year for the Port of Barcelona

Container volumes at the Port of Barcelona jumped by 18% in the first half of 2018, largely due to a 42% leap in transhipment traffic.

Foreign trade also improved with container exports rising by 7.5% to 366,000 teu and imports up by 3.3% to 285,474 teu.

By markets, the countries that had most interactions with the Port of Barcelona are Algeria (+57%), the US (+13%), Turkey (+6.6%), India (+9%), Mexico (+12%), Vietnam (+34%) and Brazil (+14%).