INAUGURATION DE LA PLACE HENRI SALVADOR A PARIS

INAUGURATION DE LA PLACE HENRI SALVADOR A PARIS

DELPHINE BURKLI - CHRISTIANE TAUBIRA, GEORGE PAU-LANGEVIN, CATHERINE SALVADOR, ALAIN DELON - Inauguration de la place Henri Salvado face à l'Olympia. Photo by Nasser Berzane/ABACAPRESS.COM

New China-Spain train route boosts trade links

STORY: New China-Spain train route boosts trade links SHOOTING TIME: April 26, 2024/May 13, 2024 DATELINE: May 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:41 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Port of Barcelona 2. various of the arrival of the train from Shanxi to the Port of Barcelona on April 26 3. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): CARLA SALVADO, Deputy general manager of Commercial and Marketing at Port of Barcelona 4. various of China-Europe freight trains STORYLINE: An official with the Port of Barcelona in Spain said on Monday that a new train route between the port and north China's Shanxi Province is set to boost trade links between the two countries. On March 22, the first train of the China-Europe Railway Express from Shanxi to Barcelona departed from Taiyuan, the provincial capital of Shanxi. The train traveled for 35 days, covering over 12,000 kilometers, and arrived safely at the Port of Barcelona on April 26. The train left Shanxi with 50 goods containers, of which about half wer

Spanish ports coping with goods congestion in Mediterranean due to Red Sea disruption

STORY: Spanish ports coping with goods congestion in Mediterranean due to Red Sea disruption SHOOTING TIME: May 7, 2024 DATELINE: May 8, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:14 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ports 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): CARLA SALVADO, Deputy general manager of Commercial and Marketing at Port of Barcelona 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): CARLA SALVADO, Deputy general manager of Commercial and Marketing at Port of Barcelona 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Catalan): CARLA SALVADO, Deputy general manager of Commercial and Marketing at Port of Barcelona STORYLINE: Spain's Mediterranean ports in Barcelona, Valencia and Algeciras say that they are coping with a surge in goods traffic as maritime trade between Asia and Europe is diverted due to attacks on ships in the Red Sea. Many shipping companies have chosen to avoid the threat in the Red Sea by sending their ships around Africa's Cape of Good Hope and then into the western Mediterranean. This has led to increased container traffic in S

Barcelona port becomes gateway to European market for Chinese e-vehicle producers

STORY: Barcelona port becomes gateway to European market for Chinese e-vehicle producers SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 30, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 31, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese cars in dealerships in Barcelona, Spain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): LLUIS SALVADO, President of Port of Barcelona 3. various of Chinese cars in dealerships in Barcelona, Spain 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Catalan): LLUIS SALVADO, President of Port of Barcelona STORYLINE: Chinese electric vehicle producers are increasingly choosing the Port of Barcelona in Spain as the main gateway for their products into Europe. According to the Port of Barcelona, in 2023 it handled over 720,000 vehicles, of which 90,000 were electric vehicles produced in China. This trend is in line with a recent study by PwC global consultancy, which predicts that by 2025 up to 800,000 Chinese-built cars could be sold in Europe. SOUNDBITE 1 (Catalan): LLUIS SALVADO, President of Port of Barcelona "In 2023, we noted

Traffic in Spanish ports returns to pre-pandemic levels

STORY: Traffic in Spanish ports returns to pre-pandemic levels DATELINE: Feb. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:06 LOCATION: BARCELONA, Spain CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Spanish ports 2. SOUNDBITE (Catalan): LLUIS SALVADO, President of Port of Barcelona 3. various of Spanish ports STORYLINE: Activity in Spanish ports grew by some 3.5 percent last year, almost matching the record levels of traffic before the pandemic began. According to Spain's national port authority, Puertos del Estado, the country's 46 ports registered 563.3 million tons of goods traffic in 2022. This was just under the record of 564.5 million tons seen in 2019. Puertos del Estado reported that the Port of Algeciras in southern Spain saw its traffic increased to 108 million tons, a 3-percent hike compared to 2021, while the Port of Barcelona registered 70 million tons, a 6.9 percent increase year-on-year. It was a record recovery for Barcelona, which announced on Feb.14 a historic turnover of 181 million euros (193 million do