Spanish King inaugurates in Barcelona the Hutchinson pier container terminal

King Juan Carlos I of Spain has inaugurated the new pier container terminal managed by the Chinese group Hutchison Port Holdings, the most advanced one of the whole Mediterranean due to its capacity to simultaneously serve several ships. Apart from the King, the ceremony also included the President of the Catalan government Artur Mas; Spanish Minister of Public Works and Transport, Ana Pastor; the President of the Barcelona Port Authority, Sixte Cambra; Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) Executive Director, John E. Meredith; Hutchison Port Holdings  Executive Director for Europe, Clemence Cheng, and the Mayor of El Prat de Llobregat, Lluís Tejedor. The new terminal, called Barcelona Europe South Terminal (BEST) will have 100 hectares, a 1500-metre berthing line and a capacity to hold 2.65 million TEU per year.