Analysis and strategy of Barcelona's Port in the project horizon 2020

• Eduardo Sáenz Alcántara ^[1] ; Jesús Ezequiel Martínez Marín ^[1] ; Ernesto Madariaga Domínguez ^[2] ; Luis Manuel Vega Antolín ^[2]
  1. [1] Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

     Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

     Barcelona, España

     
  2. [2] Universidad de Cantabria

     Universidad de Cantabria

     Santander, España

     
• Localización: Maritime Transport'16 / coord. por Francisco Javier Martínez de Osés, Marcella Castells Sanabra, 2016, ISBN 978-84-9880-591-8, págs. 443-457
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Barcelona´s Port has been overtaken by its competitors in the last years. This paper offers a complete analysis of Port of Barcelona with a comparison to Port of Rotterdam, Port of Valencia and Port of Marseille to detect its weaknesses and strengths, focusing on future strategies. Moreover, the sustainability of the shipping sector has become an important matter at the current time. A clear example is the project Horizon 2020 that needs now to focus on future goals, as the introduction of the Polar Code, which produces new opportunities for shipping lines. However, in the near future Port of Barcelona can offer a good shipping time to the different continents (through Suez Canal, Strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean). Furthermore, it could act as a hub for Southern Mediterranean, offering excellent connections by railway (contributing to Horizon 2020), avoiding the unnecessary risks of the Northern Sea Route and taking profit of the scales economies.