- NYK wins terminal concession at Barcelona Port for a new vehicle facility.
- The eco-friendly design includes solar panels and zero-emission vehicles.
- Direct rail links will boost access to major European markets.
The Port of Barcelona’s management board has awarded Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) the concession for the port’s new car terminal for a period of 27 years, reports Baird Maritime.
NYK secures concession for new vehicle terminal
NYK will invest a total of €75 million (US$85 million) to build the new public terminal, which will be located on Príncep d’Espanya wharf and will bolster the Port of Barcelona’s role as an international automotive sector hub.
The third vehicle traffic terminal at the port will be developed in response to the growing numbers of new cars, especially electric vehicles, coming largely from the Far East and destined for various markets in Europe.
Most of the investment effort will go towards building a new automatic silo with capacity for 8,160 vehicles. The terminal will be operated using 100 per cent electric vehicles and handling equipment and the automatic silo will be topped by a photovoltaic installation with an annual generation capacity of 3.211 GWh.
The new terminal will be located next to the railway terminal on Príncep d’Espanya wharf, which can currently operate 750-metre trains in all three gauges (UIC, Iberian and metric). This will soon be further expanded with a fourth track, which will allow NYK to move up to 10 trains per week.
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Source: Baird Maritime
