A big day at the Port of Barcelona. The Chinese company Hutchison Ports officially announced this Thursday the incorporation of two state-of-the-art cranes at the BEST container terminal, which accounts for 42% of the wealth generated by the entire infrastructure. According to the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puente, "they are much more than just two cranes, they are the difference between being a transit port or a gateway."

The Port of Barcelona has two container terminals, one of which, BEST, accounts for 42% of the wealth generated by the entire infrastructure (measured by GVA, gross value added). This is the main conclusion of the study commissioned by the Hong Kong-based company that manages it, Hutchison Ports, while awaiting a decision from the competition authorities on the agreement for the world's leading shipping group, MSC, to control 50% of the terminal.

Many of the products found on store shelves or delivered to our homes as packages make long journeys on ships, filling containers to the brim and traveling from one end of the world to the other. Cranes are placed on the ground that look like something out of a science fiction movie, exaggeratedly large and capable of lifting a lot of weight. At the Port of Barcelona, the main container terminal has just opened an expansion that has increased its capacity by 25%.