Hutchison Ports BEST received the ONE Frontier, the first Premier Alliance ship to call at the Catalan terminal. The vessel, operated by Ocean Network Express (ONE), and with a capacity of 15,258 TEUs, is 366 meters long and 51 meters wide. This ship is intended for the Mediterranean Pacific South 2 service (MS2) and covers the Asia-Mediterranean route, following this rotation: Pusan, Shanghai, Ningbo, Kaohsiung, Shekou, Singapore, Tangier, Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa, Fos, Singapore, Leam Chabang, Cai Mep, Shanghai, Pusan.
Guillermo Belcastro, CEO of Hutchison Ports BEST has highlighted that this stopover marks an important milestone in the strengthening of commercial relations between BEST and the alliance formed by Ocean Network Express, Yang Ming and HMM.
During this stopover, a metope was given to the ship’s captain, Theresh Colonne. Representatives of the Port Authority of Barcelona (Carles Mayol and Eduard Moyà), of Ocean Network Express (Albert Sariñena and Joan Cantarell) and Hutchison Ports BEST (Guillermo Belcastro and Jorge Moreno) participated in this event.
Hutchison Ports BEST is a cutting-edge container terminal in the Port of Barcelona, renowned for its operational excellence and commitment to innovation and sustainability. “With the arrival of this new alliance, we reaffirm our dedication to not only offer high-quality services to our customers, but also to increase BEST’s connectivity by making exporters and importers who use our terminal more competitive,” said Belcastro.
Since September 2024, the terminal has been expanding its yard with the goal of increasing storage capacity by 25%. Currently, BEST operates with 32 semi-automated blocks, and by the end of April, this expansion phase will be completed with the operation of block 34. This capacity increase reflects BEST’s commitment to strengthening its already high service quality standards, both in maritime and land operations.
