Barcelona celebrates first shore power system

The OPS, installed as part of the Nexigen plan, is the first electric power supply system for ships at a container terminal in a Mediterranean port.

The event at Hutchison Ports BEST terminal will be attended by the president of the Generalitat de Catalunya, Pere Aragonés; the Regional Minister for Territory, Esther Capella; the Secretary General of Air and Maritime Transport of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Benito Núñez; the mayor of El Prat del Llobregat, Lluís Mijoler; the president of Puertos del Estado, Álvador Rodríguez Dapena; and Port of Barcelona president Lluís Salvadó.

Also in attendance will be Hutchison Ports BEST European Division managing director Clemence Cheng, and the chief executive of Hutchison Ports BEST, Guillermo Belcastro.