Positive growth for Port of Barcelona

The Port of Barcelona handled over 3.4m teu in 2018, an increase of 15% year-on-year attributed to an increase in containers moved by rail and an increase in transhipment.

Transhipment increased by 35% while exports handled by the port rose 6.6% to 752,915 teu and imports grew by 3.5% to 580,892 teu.

This result marks the second year in a row that the port has seen significant growth in the container sector as container traffic increased by 32.5% in 2017.