Port of Barcelona unveils recovery plan featuring fee reductions

The Port of Barcelona’s management board has approved several short and medium-term measures to alleviate the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including several port fee reductions lasting until 2022.

In total, the port will mobilise around €23m (US$26m) of resources for its operators between now and 2022 by implementing measures that have been designed in accordance with traffic forecasts and future revenues.

A statement from the port authority noted: “We are paving the way for recovery in the wake of the heavy impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on port traffic.”