Boluda Maritime Corporation has officially inaugurated its headquarters in the Netherlands, located in the historic Maritime District of Rotterdam, an enclave linked for centuries to navigation, trade, and port activity, and considered one of the most prestigious business areas in the city. The building will serve as a center for the company's operations in Northern Europe through its two subsidiaries, Boluda Towage and Boluda Shipping.
The inauguration ceremony was presided over by Vicente Boluda Fos, president of Boluda Maritime Corporation, accompanied by Vicente Boluda Ceballos, CEO of Boluda Towage; Ignacio Boluda Ceballos, CEO of Boluda Shipping, and Verónica Boluda Ceballos, corporate director of Boluda Maritime Corporation. Also in attendance were René de Vries, captain of the Port of Rotterdam, representing the Port Authority, and Ana Núñez, general director of the Merchant Navy at the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility of Spain.
According to the company, Northwestern Europe is a strategic region that brings together some of the most important logistical, industrial, and maritime centers on the continent. Over the past decade, Boluda has developed a leadership position in the area, providing maritime services in some of the busiest ports and logistics corridors in Europe.
The joint presence at the event of a representative from the Port Authority of Rotterdam and the General Directorate of the Spanish Merchant Navy places the opening of the headquarters on an institutional level, as well as a business one, in an event attended by officials from both the Dutch port administration and the Spanish maritime administration.
Boluda Towage began its activities in the region in 2017, starting in Germany and later extending its operations to the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Finland, and Norway, with Rotterdam as one of its main operational centers. The towing subsidiary currently operates in more than 21 ports in the region, with a fleet of 138 vessels and local crews.
Boluda Shipping expanded its presence in the region in 2023 with the launch of regular short-distance maritime transport services connecting the Iberian Peninsula with the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, positioning Rotterdam as a central logistical point within the company's European network.
Currently, Boluda Towage is the world's leading towing operator, while Boluda Shipping develops its maritime transport and intermodal logistics services connecting Northern Europe with the Iberian Peninsula, West Africa, and Cape Verde.
Boluda Maritime Corporation is a Spanish family-owned company with a presence on all five continents and a workforce of over 10,000 employees. Its activities are structured into two major business divisions, Boluda Towage and Boluda Shipping, through which it provides integrated services to its clients.
Boluda Towage has a fleet of more than 850 vessels and operates in 232 ports in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania, and Latin America, offering harbor, coastal, and ocean towing services, as well as salvage operations. In 2026, it received the "Innovative Company of the Year" award in recognition of the implementation of energy optimization systems in all newly built vessels in the fleet.
Boluda Shipping, for its part, is one of the reference companies in maritime transport and international logistics of goods. Through Boluda Lines, Spain's leading shipping company, it operates 11 maritime services connecting the Iberian Peninsula with Northern Europe, the Canary Islands, and the coast of West Africa, with a fleet of 15 vessels serving 33 ports in 14 countries. The company also offers port logistics through Boluda Maritime Terminals, which manages a total of 9 terminals, four in the Iberian Peninsula and five in the Canary Islands. Its subsidiary Boluda Logistics completes the portfolio of services with transport and intermodal logistics, including road and rail transport as well as storage.
The new headquarters in Rotterdam thus adds to a network that Boluda has been building in Northern Europe since 2017, initially with towing activities and, since 2023, with regular short-distance maritime transport services between the Iberian Peninsula and Northwestern Europe.