Barcelona port may steal chinese traffic to northern european ports

From http://www.expansion.com/2011/03/21/catalunya/1300747457.html (in Spanish)

A recent study has concluded that Spanish mediterranean ports, mainly Algeciras, Barcelona and Valencia, may steal up to 15% of traffic to northern european ports like Antwerp and Rotterdam in a timespan of 10 to 15 years. The authors Jacint Soler and Lijing Ye presented the study in the Barcelona offices of Casa Asia and stated that joint promotion efforts and new railroad lines are needed, but that factors such as the increase in the oil prices and the greater depth of Spanish ports as compared to Italian ones may be instrumental for this mid-term shift of tendency. The complete report can be downloaded from the website of Casa Asia at http://www.casaasia.cat/media/asset_publics/resources/000/005/182/original/201009estudiports.pdf.