November the 21st-24th. The trade mission to Istanbul which 50 import-export and logistic companies took part in aimed to consolidate the relationships made during the 2003 mission, promote the Port de Barcelona and its Logistical Community and to establish business contacts.
230 meetings were programmed in total. 154 for the Logistical Community and the resting 76 for export and import companies, these agendas were prepared by UTIKAD and ACC1O respectively.
Besides the commercial labor and the market prospection by the delegation companies, the Port Community of Barcelona introduced the Port de Barcelona and its services to 200 Turkish businessman who assisted to the business meetings and the intermodal seminar session about Costumes and Short Sea Shipping and Ro-Ro services, where 45 people participated in.
Institutionally, a collaboration agreement was signed between the Freight Forwarders Association of Barcelona (ATEIA-OLT) and Turkey (UTIKAD) in order to improve the document proceedings of commodities and its transportation. On the other hand, one representative of the Port de Barcelona went to Izmir to visit the TCB group’s TCB EGE Container Terminal.
