Request for new steel handling terminal at the Port of Barcelona

Barry Cross

The Konecranes ESP.7B MHCs have a working radius of 51 metres and a lifting capacity of 125 tonnes. They will be able to make use of already existing high-tension electric supplies on the quays where they operate. This is key since none of the units have an onboard diesel generator set. The cranes feature a four-rope hoist system that gives them a 63-tonne grab load curve when handling dry bulk.

Compañía Española de Laminación, which is a subsidiary of Celsa Barcelona, one of the six business units of the Celsa Group, has requested a 13,027m² concession at the Port of Barcelona’s West Quay. It intends to use this area as a hub for the interchange of steel products between maritime and terrestrial transport modes.

In line with existing legislation, the Port of Barcelona is now required to invite within the next month competing proposals from other groups that potentially would like to use the same area.

Compañía Española de Laminación first began trading in 1957. Nowadays, it has an annual 2.5 million tonne production capacity for steel. This is divided among various products, including corrugated and plain bars, wire rods, flat bars, angle squares and structural sections. To make these, it uses two electric furnaces with a capacity of 140 tonnes each and two continuous casters. BC