The decision on Monday is mostly symbolic and seeks to encourage other Spanish ports to follow suit, the secretary of the OEPB union, Josep Maria Deop, told Reuters on Tuesday.
Deop said organisations promoting peace could help the union figure out which containers contain military equipment.
He said he was convinced there were military shipments from Barcelona because "it's a port that moves all types of goods".
Israel has been targeting Hamas military operations in Gaza in the wake of the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas Islamists on Israeli towns that left 1,400 people dead and 240 abducted.
Spain exported military equipment worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.39 billion) in the first half of 2022, with shipments to Israel amounting to 9 million euros, according to the latest available official data.
Persons:
Joan Faus BARCELONA, Josep Maria Deop, Deop, EFE, Joan Faus, Andrei Khalip, Bernadette Baum
Organizations:
stevedores, Reuters, Western
Locations:
Barcelona, Gaza, Belgian, Barcelona's, Israel, Spain, Libya, Western Sahara, Nicaragua