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The Port of Barcelona (Catalan: Port de Barcelona, IPA: [ˈpɔɾ ðə βəɾsəˈlonə]; Spanish: Puerto de Barcelona) is a major port in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [4] Its 7.86 km 2 (3 sq mi) are divided into three zones: Port Vell (the Old Port), the commercial/industrial port, and the logistics port (Barcelona Free Port).
The following is a list of the ports in Spain declared to be of "general interest" and thus, under the exclusive competence of the General Administration of the State. [1] They are operated by 28 different port authorities , which are coordinated in turn by Puertos del Estado , a State-owned company.
Zona Franca – Port [1] [2] is an area of Barcelona in the district of Sants-Montjuïc. The area includes the Polígon Industrial de la Zona Franca and the Port of Barcelona. It is in the south of Barcelona and south-east of l'Hospitalet de Llobregat.
Spain, like other parts of the world, used local mean time until 31 December 1900. [2] In San Sebastián on 22 July 1900, the president of the Consejo de Ministros, Francisco Silvela, proposed to the regent of Spain, María Cristina, a royal decree to standardise the time in Spain; thus setting Greenwich Mean Time (UTC±00:00) as the standard time in peninsular Spain, the Balearic Islands and ...
The port is managed by the Port Authority of Barcelona. Its 7.86 km 2 (3 sq mi) are divided into three zones: Port Vell (the Old Port), the commercial port and the logistics port (Barcelona Free Port). The port is undergoing an enlargement that will double its size thanks to diverting the mouth of the Llobregat river 2 km (1¼ mi) to the south. [4]
Port Vell (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈpɔɾd ˈbeʎ], literally in English "Old Harbor") is a waterfront harbor in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, and part of the Port of Barcelona. It was built as part of an urban renewal program prior to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Before this, it was a run-down area of empty warehouses, railroad yards, and ...
The origins and the name of the area date back to an attempt to create a free port in Barcelona which ultimately failed in 1929. With Catalonia's industrialisation wave in the 1950s, the space was used to construct factories. [1] The Zona Franca Aerial view of Zona Franca and the Port of Barcelona, Spain
Ports of the State (Spanish: Puertos del Estado) is a State-owned company responsible for the management of Spanish state-owned ports.The company executes the port policy of the Government and coordinates and controls the efficiency of the port system, made up of 28 Port authorities that manage the 46 ports of general interest.