Newspapers, including Thursday's edition of ARA, and coins filled the urn used to lay the foundation stone for the future blue economy innovation complex at the Port of Barcelona. This marked the start of construction on the Blue Tech Port, which will be located in the former warehouses. –port warehouses– of the Sant Bertran dock, next to the Ronda Litoral ring road and just beyond the Trasmed boarding terminal.

The future blue economy innovation center at the Port of Barcelona is preparing to begin construction. Work will start next month on the former site. sheds –port warehouses– on the Sant Bertran dock, next to the Ronda Litoral ring road and just beyond the Trasmed boarding terminal. A new chapter for a complex built in the 1960s, which had fallen into disuse and will now serve to house start-ups,scale-upsaccelerators, institutions and universities linked to all the economic opportunities that the sea can offer.

At lunchtime, everyone sits at the same table. Someone mentions that a client who interests more than one of the diners will soon arrive, and that by the end of the day, he'll have had three meetings when he only came for one. Although it may seem like it, the people sharing this conversation every lunchtime don't work for the same company. They are employees of the more than ten projects that have already set up shop at the Blue Tech Port. hub of the Port of Barcelona's blue economy. This is explained by the director of the BCN Nautical Cluster, Clàudia Parera. They were among the first to arrive at the innovation center that has implemented the infrastructure for the former sheds –port warehouses– on the Sant Bertran wharf, next to the Ronda Litoral and just beyond the Trasmed boarding terminal. A new chapter for a complex built in the 1960s, which had been forgotten.