Mr. Santiago García-Milà –Deputy Managing Director of Strategy and Development

The Strategy of the Port of Barcelona

As a result of globalisation, since the 1990’s container traffic has experienced the largest growth in world maritime traffic port business is more oriented towards intermodaltransport and the logistics chain

The 2006 top 14 ports of the world include 3 from Northern Europe but none from the South (the top Southern European port comes in at number 27)

Rotterdam's container traffic represents 3 times the traffic handled by the busiest Southern port (Algeciras)

Ports of South Europe

Ports of North Europe

Gioia TauroLa SpeziaGenoaMarseillesAlgecirasValenciaBarcelona

RotterdamAntwerpHamburgLe HavreBremenZeebrugge

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Container traffic(Milion TEU)

North and South of Europe: two clearly differentiated port markets

3 days less calling at Southern ports

Enlargement of the Suez Canal (18-20 m draught)

25%traffic with Far East

75%traffic with Far East

Antwerp

Rotterdam

Le Havre

HamburgBremen

Valencia

GenoaMarseille

Algeciras

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Future

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Opportunity for Mediterranean ports

Port of Barcelona: Traffic data

Traffic results 2006

Total traffic 47,6 M tones (+6%)Containers 2,3 M TEU (+12%)Vehicles 855.410 (+ 11%)

Cruisers 1,4 million passengers

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Catalonia:55% volume77% valueMarket share of the

Port of Barcelona in 2003

Barcelona is the leading port in foreign maritime* trade of Catalonia and Spain

Barcelona is also a port specialised in high value goods: the external traffic of the Port in 2003 was 20 billion €

* Excluding crude oil

Spain:11% volume25% value

The main transport and logistics companies with a capacity for Europe-wide distribution operate in the Port of Barcelona and the entire logistics platform of the Delta (which includes the Free Zone, the Pedrosa Industrial Estate and the airport)

The largest concentration of logistics facilities in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean is located within a radius of 5 km of the Port:

P-29

Pedrosa Industrial Estate

ZALI

ZALII

Airport

Free Zone

Port of Barcelona

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The largest concentration of logistics facilities in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean is located within a radius of 5 km of the Port

The future of the Port of Barcelona

MAIN LOGISTIC HUB OF THE SOUTH OF EUROPE AND THE

MEDITERRANEAN

Consolidation and distribution centre

Port and Logistic areas

enlargement

New road and rail connections to

extend the hinterland

Enlarged hinterland: Iberian peninsula and European Intermediate Corridor

Existing hinterland

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Current PortPort enlargement

Muelle Prat 1ª faseinicio op. Junio 08capacidad: 3 Mteu

10.500 m

Capacity/year 2004 2010 End of works

Tons 47 million 85 million 130 million

Container (TEU) 2.4 million 5 million 10 million

The enlargement: increase of capacities

ZONE OF LOGISTICS ACTIVITIESZONE OF LOGISTICS ACTIVITIES

• 250,000 m2 warehouses• 45,000 m2 offices• More than 50 companies• 4,000 employees

Rail &

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ZAL 2nd phaseZAL 2nd phaseZalZal PratPrat(140 ha(140 ha) ZAL 1st phaseZAL 1st phase

(68 ha)(68 ha)

Enlargement of the Port area…enlargement of the ZAL

ZAL 1 - Fully leased since 1999ZAL PRAT – 40% Leased

ZAL 1 - Fully leased since 1999ZAL PRAT – 40% Leased

Logistic operators. freight forwarders, manufacturers and distributors

ZAL’S EXPANSION 2nd PHASE = ZAL X 3

Barcelona

Iberian gauge railUIC gauge railRailway access to the port (Iberian+UIC gauge)

Perpignan

CerbèrePort Bou

Figueres

Girona

Mollet

Papiol

20082008ZALZAL

20022002New connectionWharf Sur

New connectionWharf Sur

New southern access

New southern access

Iberian gaugeDouble gauge: UIC + Iberian

Loading/unloading terminalShunting yard

Iberian gaugeDouble gauge: UIC + Iberian

Loading/unloading terminalShunting yard

Internal rail network

MorrotMorrot

Can TunisCan Tunis

Improvement of rail connections

Barcelona

Zaragoza

Madrid

Lisboa

Burgos

MirandaLeón

A Coruña

Vigo

Bordeaux

Toulouse

Lyon

Metz

Montpellier

Transversal Iberian (BCN-ZAZ-MAD-LIS)

Ebro (BCN-ZAZ-Norte España)

European (BCN-Lyon-Metz)

South of France (BCN-Toulouse-Bordeaux)

Perpignan

New UIC rail line dedicated to freight transport between Barcelona and the French border

New rail infrastucture and corridors

2. Intermodal / multimodal transport corridors

The Port’s Network in the Hinterland

Platform services

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Container depot

LogisticsHandling

Transport CollectionDistribution

CustomsServices

Transport services

RoadTransport

Rail Transport

SPortIC

Guaranteed QualityStandards

PromotionLocal CRM

Brand services

Second Strategic Plan of the Port of Barcelona

Barcelona as a Network port: the network is the best instrument for providing services and being more efficient

1. Inland maritime terminals in the main areas of the hinterland

Port of Barcelona

Operational foothold Z

Operational foothold X

Operational foothold W

Multimodal corridor

Multimodal corridor

Elements of the network

BarcelonaMadrid

Lyon

Metz

Toulouse

Perpignan

Projects

Infrastructure projects and new services

Inland cargo terminals: Service centres integrated into the port and port network

Rail terminals

Lisbon

Saragossa

Montpellier

Operations management

Facilitating the organisation of new transport chains

Initiatives underway: tmZ, tmT and tmM New projects: Perpignan, Montpellier, Lyon and Metz

Mr. Santiago García-Milà –Deputy Managing Director of Strategy and Development

The Strategy of the Port of Barcelona