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In 2025 the port system totals 540.3M t (total), 0.3% less than in 2024. The series peak is 551.6M t, in 2019. Bahía de Algeciras, Valencia and Barcelona account for 44.8% of the total.

Port system · 2025 · Domestic and foreign · All types of cargo

Total

540.3M t

-0.3% vs 2024

System trend · Total (1962–2025)

Ten largest volumes · Total (2025)

Figures in tonnes.

#	Port authority	Loaded, public quays	Unloaded, public quays	Total public quays	Loaded, private quays	Unloaded, private quays	Total private quays	Loaded	Unloaded	Total	% of system	Chg. 2024–2025
1	Bahía de Algeciras	33,037,317	34,034,468	67,071,785	10,017,157	16,955,926	26,973,083	43,054,474	50,990,394	94,044,868	17.41%	-3.2%
2	Valencia	38,059,569	37,871,438	75,931,007	2,216,405	1,914,581	4,130,986	40,275,974	39,786,019	80,061,993	14.82%	-0.7%
3	Barcelona	31,028,157	33,809,553	64,837,710	145,543	2,729,853	2,875,396	31,173,700	36,539,406	67,713,106	12.53%	-0.2%
4	Cartagena	8,826,716	25,044,931	33,871,647	0	0	0	8,826,716	25,044,931	33,871,647	6.27%	-5.2%
5	Las Palmas	12,875,620	20,097,381	32,973,001	190,908	441,333	632,241	13,066,528	20,538,714	33,605,242	6.22%	+16.5%
6	Bilbao	6,864,167	9,629,446	16,493,613	2,667,818	12,936,900	15,604,718	9,531,985	22,566,346	32,098,331	5.94%	-6.7%
7	Huelva	1,449,500	2,580,589	4,030,089	10,075,390	15,742,356	25,817,746	11,524,890	18,322,945	29,847,835	5.52%	-3.4%
8	Tarragona	2,203,894	10,094,336	12,298,230	3,797,412	13,099,741	16,897,153	6,001,306	23,194,077	29,195,383	5.4%	-7.3%
9	Castellón	1,146,187	962,427	2,108,614	3,512,858	12,951,432	16,464,290	4,659,045	13,913,859	18,572,904	3.44%	+6.5%
10	Baleares	5,277,154	11,166,327	16,443,481	0	1,082,988	1,082,988	5,277,154	12,249,315	17,526,469	3.24%	+3.8%
11	Gijón	1,566,081	1,312,410	2,878,491	2,654,890	10,368,399	13,023,289	4,220,971	11,680,809	15,901,780	2.94%	+1.8%
12	A Coruña	3,944,885	4,379,154	8,324,039	0	5,391,016	5,391,016	3,944,885	9,770,170	13,715,055	2.54%	-5.7%
13	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	4,029,306	7,510,725	11,540,031	707,974	1,306,758	2,014,732	4,737,280	8,817,483	13,554,763	2.51%	+4.8%
14	Santander	2,946,021	3,379,672	6,325,693	494,136	331,404	825,540	3,440,157	3,711,076	7,151,233	1.32%	-0.4%
15	Ferrol-San Cibrao	849,532	523,339	1,372,871	1,247,551	4,365,323	5,612,874	2,097,083	4,888,662	6,985,745	1.29%	+5%
16	Almería	1,048,561	1,431,334	2,479,895	3,574,705	10,559	3,585,264	4,623,266	1,441,893	6,065,159	1.12%	+10.6%
17	Málaga	589,304	905,388	1,494,692	2,000,093	2,020,427	4,020,520	2,589,397	2,925,815	5,515,212	1.02%	+24.5%
18	Vigo	2,600,755	2,747,953	5,348,708	122	58,446	58,568	2,600,877	2,806,399	5,407,276	1%	+1%
19	Bahía de Cádiz	1,004,219	1,884,856	2,889,075	1,532,307	962,579	2,494,886	2,536,526	2,847,435	5,383,961	1%	+17.1%
20	Avilés	1,834,190	2,144,321	3,978,511	495,424	146,377	641,801	2,329,614	2,290,698	4,620,312	0.86%	+0.8%
21	Sevilla	356,997	855,338	1,212,335	1,273,112	1,898,789	3,171,901	1,630,109	2,754,127	4,384,236	0.81%	+3.4%
22	Pasaia	1,162,513	2,217,271	3,379,784	0	0	0	1,162,513	2,217,271	3,379,784	0.63%	+0.2%
23	Alicante	59,815	191,961	251,776	1,749,537	876,658	2,626,195	1,809,352	1,068,619	2,877,971	0.53%	-7.2%
24	Motril	758,708	1,676,897	2,435,605	137,124	288,016	425,140	895,832	1,964,913	2,860,745	0.53%	+10%
25	Marín y Ría de Pontevedra	305,854	1,580,592	1,886,446	331,097	56,264	387,361	636,951	1,636,856	2,273,807	0.42%	-10.6%
26	Ceuta	348,645	1,235,440	1,584,085	0	0	0	348,645	1,235,440	1,584,085	0.29%	+32.9%
27	Vilagarcía	571,504	968,746	1,540,250	0	0	0	571,504	968,746	1,540,250	0.29%	+9.4%
28	Melilla	141,315	401,304	542,619	0	0	0	141,315	401,304	542,619	0.1%	+1.3%
	System total	164,886,486	220,637,597	385,524,083	48,821,563	105,936,125	154,757,688	213,708,049	326,573,722	540,281,771	100%	-0.3%

Source: Puertos del Estado, Annual Data Dashboard. Consolidated series by port authority. See all statistics

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