The Association

About us

Ports de Catalunya-ACPET is a private non-profit organization established in 1983, formed by concessionaires of ports and marinas in Catalonia.

Since its inception, the entity has worked to bring together the concessionaires of marinas, in its various legal forms, whether Yacht Clubs, Commercial Companies or Consortia and has based its management on the identification of common interests and their defense and development, which has allowed to unify and improve the quality of service delivery to all Catalan marinas.

The high representativeness that it has held since its origin, has positioned it as an interlocutor before the different Administrations that, in one way or another, intervene and/or supervise these infrastructures that are the Marinas.

At present, the Association has 47 associated ports out of the 53 existing in Catalonia, which represents 90% of the port concessions granted in Catalonia, including those under the supervision of Puertos del Estado.

Presidency

The Presidency of the Association has been held since April 2018 by Mr. Albert Bertran Romero, who is at the same time Executive President of the Port of Sitges-Aiguadolç.

What we do

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Ports de Catalunya-ACPET holds the representation of the associated ports before the Public Administrations of the Port area, environment, natural environment, sports and tourism, at State, Autonomous, Provincial and Municipal level.
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It offers technical and legal consultancy services.
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Organizes congresses for the associates, highlighting the Technical and Working Conferences of the Ports of Catalonia that are held every year.
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Promotes the associated ports and Catalonia as a quality nautical destination in different national and international events, including the Barcelona, Paris, Düsseldorf, Cannes and Palma de Mallorca Boat Shows.
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It offers a communication service and dissemination of news of interest to the sector through the newsletter "Port News".
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Represents the sector in front of other national and international organizations.
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Carries out studies of the sector.
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Organizes training courses adapted to the needs of its members.

The Ports of Catalonia

Catalonia, with its privileged geographical location and its exceptional communication infrastructures with Europe and the rest of Spain, has become one of the leading tourist destinations in Europe. It is known for its innumerable natural and cultural attractions, and offers sailing enthusiasts a first-class nautical-sports infrastructure along the 580 km. of its coastline.

The marinas of Catalonia enjoy the mild Mediterranean climate and its incomparable location on a coastline of great diversity and beauty, also offer the sailor a wide variety of services and facilities, of the highest quality, with special emphasis on everything that concerns the conservation of the environment, with everything necessary for sailing enthusiasts to enjoy their stay on our shores, to practice all kinds of water sports and use our port facilities as a base for their boats.

With 53 marinas, Catalonia offers more than 30,000 moorings of all lengths, and equipped with all the services to meet any need that the sailor may have.

Ports de Catalunya-ACPET has as associates the vast majority of marinas in Catalonia, with the aim of unifying criteria to ensure that our facilities have the best services and infrastructure, and to offer our users a first class port network in Europe.