The Smart Port model

at the Port of Barcelona

Jordi Torrent
Strategy Director
Barcelona Port Authority

2019
The Port of Barcelona’s mission

“ To contribute to the competitiveness

of the customers of the Port by
providing efficient services responding
to their needs for maritime transport,
land transport and logistics services ”

 Competitiveness of shippers, industries,

logistics operators & shipping lines

 Attraction of new industries &

distribution centers
Who are our clients?

 Shippers

 Logistics Operators

 Shipping Lines

 Citizens of Barcelona
Location of Port of Barcelona customers and hinterland

Antwerp

Saarbrücken
Dourges
Ludwigshafen

Kornwestheim
Paris

Port of Barcelona
Marckolsheim

Hinterland

La Coruña
Lyon Busto Containers, finished
Bordeaux
vehicles and trailers
Savona Genoa
Toulouse Finished vehicles and
Vigo Bilbao
Livorno
Vitoria Pamplona trailers
Miranda E. Noáin
Monzón Intermodal terminals
Perpignan Civitavecchia
Valladolid Villafría connected to the port by rail
Zaragoza (containers and vehicles)
Ávila
Barcelona Ports currently connected to
Madrid Tarragona
Porto Torres the port by Motorways of the
Sea
Lisbon

600 km 1,200 km Strategic corridors

Iberian North Western
Iberian Central
Tanger-Med
Southern France
Algiers Tunis Central European
Oran
Nador Motorways of the Sea with Maghreb
Motorways of the Sea with Italy
Leading international brands have theirs distribution centers in Barcelona

IKEA Carrefour LIDL

National

Logistics platform for the Iberian

Ikea located its Southern
European logistics centre in Valls
(Tarragona).
In ZAL Barcelona they have 2 logistics
Peninsula in Moncada i Reixac
warehouses: a dry one of 44.000 m2 and
(Barcelona) and a warehouse of
a cold one of 17.000 m2.
36.000 m2 in ZAL Barcelona.

AMAZON Schneider HONDA MAZDA Decathlon

New logistics center of Electric Logistics Car imports from In ZAL Barcelona they have
Regional

63.000 m2 in El Prat de Japan through the their logistics center of

Llobregat (Barcelona). The Integrated logistics Factory & logistics
centre in Sant Boi del Port of Barcelona to 50.000 m2 for stock
center will be part of its center in Santa
Llobregat (greater area be distributed to management & for sport
European network and is Perpetua de la Mogoda
of Barcelona). other Mediterranean materials delivery to their
scheduled to open in (Barcelona) for countries. warehouses and shops in
autumn 2017. distributing Spain &
Europe.
Portugal & Morocco

INDITEX SEAT Nissan MANGO

Worldwide

From its logistics center in Tordera
(Barcelona) distributes some of its
brands worldwide and from ZAL
Barcelona only its shops in
Barcelona.
Their factories are in Barcelona
from where they distribute their
cars by road, rail and sea, all
over the world.
New logistics centre in Barcelona with 70.000
m2 of warehouses handling most of the
company’s internationals flows. “The proximity to
the port was a decisive factor in choosing the
location of our new logistics park”.
What do they request from a port?

CUSTOMERS CITIZENS

 Resilience  Employment
 Reliability  Sustainable development
 Speed
 Transparency
 Cheap
Competitive logistics chain through the Port of Barcelona

China Barcelona Madrid World

Saturday Sunday Sunday Monday

08:00 06:00 16:00 10:00
Container ship Cargo train Cargo train arrives to From the
arrives at the Port leaves the Port Azuqueca intermodal distribution center
of Barcelona. destination terminal (Guadalajara, the pieces of
Containers are Madrid Madrid) clothing are shipped
unloaded and throughout the
transferred to the 18:00 world
train (Sunday 01:00) Trucks pick up containers
and transport them from
the terminal to the nearby
distribution centre
In Madrid

Updated March 2019

Port of Barcelona strategy

European &
Paris
Mediterranean Basel

logistics hub in order Bordeaux Lyon

Milano

to serve our clients

located in Spain, Madrid

France, Italy,
Portugal and North
Africa
Location of the Port’s customers

Expansion of the Port and
Logistics areas
Largest part completed
New investments: Hutchison & Carnival,
Grimaldi, Salamanca group…
Improved connectivity with
hinterland and foreland
Hinterland strategy
Direct services with Far East with excellent
transit time
Efficiency in the provision
of services
Port services
3rd most productive port in Europe
JOC's Port Productivity Report 2014
SMART PORT - Technological vision

PERIMETER SMART MARINE CONNECTED

INTRUSION TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT EMERGENCY
SENSORS MANAGEMENT SENSORS SERVICES

DIGITAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS VIDEO PASSENGER

INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYTICS GUIDANCE

AUTOMATION BIG DATA CYBERSECURITY SMART

PARKING

CLIMATE WORKPLACE SMART SMART

AND POLLUTION MOBILITY BUILDINGS MAINTENANCE
SENSORS

Adequate legislation Thinking Digital

Established processes and procedures
Thinking SMART
Digital training
SMART PORT - Some examples
Smart traffic management

PMS (PORT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM): related to the Maritime

PMS
Control Tower, it manages maritime traffic and calling operations
SMART PORT: Some examples
Smart port access

4,835 993
4,725 3,519 852 2,198
4,081 2,776 2,280 1,988
3,163 2,257

2,771 2,609

ENTRIES

EXITS
25,000 Vehicles per day
SMART PORT: Some examples
Smart port access

ACCESS TO PORT TERMINALS: Information about waiting time for

entering to terminals and operation time inside port terminals

Time of
Time (in minutes) to operations (in Number of trucks visiting Number of trucks visiting
access the terminal minutes) inside the terminal in the last 20’ the terminal accumulated
the terminal

Time (in minutes) to Time of Number of trucks visiting Number of trucks visiting
access the terminal operations (in the terminal in the last 20’ the terminal accumulated
minutes) inside
the terminal
SMART PORT: Some examples
Smart port access

BCN PORT BOOKING SYSTEM: reservation of a time slot to drop off or pick
up a container in port terminals (in operation since September 2018)
SMART PORT: Some examples
Smart security

Cameras
+180 Cameras
SMART PORT: Some examples

Sea Weather Navigation

stations stations radars
Meteorology, sea & NOx surveillance
SMART PORT: Some examples

Fibre optics network

Links to the network

Fibre optics
SMART PORT: Some examples

Siding Cameras

Railway Fibre optics

9 Railway stations +180 Surveillance cameras Telecommunications services Infrastructure network

Railway Links to the

90 Trains per week 25,000 Vehicles per day 9,000 Port calls per year
terminals network
Port Links
Build on-line your container transport chain through the Port of Barcelona
With all updated information about maritime and land transport services
Select
Type of container
20’, 40’ or 45’
Hinterland location
Bergerac (France)
Foreland port
Yantian (China)
Import or export?
Import
Inland mode: truck or rail
Rail
Rail service
TP Nova Barcelona-
Bordeaux
121 km road haulage
Bergerac-Bourdeaux
terminal
Maritime service
JADE/AE-11
Port Links Results

Aggregated results Path info

CO2 emissions
and other
pollutants

Externalities (€)

+ Information about port passage through Barcelona: transit time, Efficiency Network, taxes and tariffs
+ Possibility of enter your transport costs
Free access on line http://www.portdebarcelona.cat/port-links
Where are we going?
From a technological perspective….