Tonnes in containers by Spanish port: annual series since 2003

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In 2025 the port system totals 190.4M t (total), 1.4% less than in 2024. The series peak is 198.3M t, in 2021. Valencia, Bahía de Algeciras and Barcelona account for 76.8% of the total.

Port system · 2025

Total

190.4M t

-1.4% vs 2024

System trend · Total (2003–2025)

Ten largest volumes · Total (2025)

Figures in tonnes.

#	Port authority	Domestic, loaded	Domestic, empty	Total domestic	Foreign, loaded	Foreign, empty	Total foreign	Loaded	Unloaded	Total	% of system	Chg. 2024–2025
1	Valencia	2,853,658	252,685	3,106,343	52,246,674	2,761,629	55,008,303	30,655,855	27,458,791	58,114,646	30.52%	-1.2%
2	Bahía de Algeciras	3,238,323	43,815	3,282,138	47,840,158	1,649,520	49,489,678	26,336,620	26,435,196	52,771,816	27.72%	-6.1%
3	Barcelona	2,078,827	171,730	2,250,557	31,000,313	2,028,499	33,028,812	18,583,896	16,695,473	35,279,369	18.53%	-6.4%
4	Las Palmas	3,557,633	514,545	4,072,178	12,023,796	525,835	12,549,631	7,284,132	9,337,677	16,621,809	8.73%	+13.5%
5	Bilbao	47,966	39,355	87,321	3,898,297	809,118	4,707,415	2,647,141	2,147,595	4,794,736	2.52%	-6%
6	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	2,721,294	378,878	3,100,172	1,389,418	80,009	1,469,427	1,556,791	3,012,808	4,569,599	2.4%	+8.9%
7	Málaga	13,777	15,858	29,635	3,676,687	185,116	3,861,803	1,977,035	1,914,403	3,891,438	2.04%	+51.4%
8	Vigo	47,679	21,003	68,682	3,004,861	135,023	3,139,884	1,438,755	1,769,811	3,208,566	1.69%	+3.9%
9	Bahía de Cádiz	1,021,409	202,906	1,224,315	354,274	7,516	361,790	1,109,598	476,507	1,586,105	0.83%	-2.8%
10	Santander	180,162	18,657	198,819	1,196,900	84,101	1,281,001	941,725	538,095	1,479,820	0.78%	+8.8%
11	Alicante	827,971	162,340	990,311	263,429	7,355	270,784	839,359	421,736	1,261,095	0.66%	+9%
12	Castellón	17,251	16,968	34,219	1,098,599	83,366	1,181,965	975,095	241,089	1,216,184	0.64%	+1.6%
13	Sevilla	943,693	151,029	1,094,722	24,058	888	24,946	855,997	263,671	1,119,668	0.59%	+1.4%
14	Huelva	556,102	96,447	652,549	320,892	54,938	375,830	690,510	337,869	1,028,379	0.54%	+26.3%
15	Gijón	9,618	10,274	19,892	954,089	26,864	980,953	570,065	430,780	1,000,845	0.53%	-0.9%
16	Cartagena	708	13,070	13,778	558,133	8,441	566,574	241,754	338,598	580,352	0.3%	-14.8%
17	Marín y Ría de Pontevedra	299	14,628	14,927	463,722	2,672	466,394	262,531	218,790	481,321	0.25%	-7.1%
18	Vilagarcía	224,026	29,753	253,779	68,081	5,189	73,270	246,601	80,448	327,049	0.17%	+21.2%
19	Baleares	229,466	62,238	291,704	435	0	435	112,998	179,141	292,139	0.15%	-3.8%
20	Almería	216	9,520	9,736	270,630	2,191	272,821	99,756	182,801	282,557	0.15%	+7.5%
21	Ferrol-San Cibrao	13,698	5,956	19,654	206,586	6,804	213,390	136,168	96,876	233,044	0.12%	+71.9%
22	Tarragona	0	0	0	136,652	11,085	147,737	63,458	84,279	147,737	0.08%	+7.6%
23	Ceuta	57,569	10,205	67,774	1,966	0	1,966	53,663	16,077	69,740	0.04%	+8.2%
24	Melilla	26,205	4,527	30,732	0	0	0	5,525	25,207	30,732	0.02%	-23%
25	Motril	0	0	0	1,088	5	1,093	708	385	1,093	0%	-62.4%
26	A Coruña	0	0	0	47	0	47	0	47	47	0%	-85%
27	Pasaia	0	0	0	14	0	14	0	14	14	0%	–
28	Avilés	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	–
	System total	18,667,550	2,246,387	20,913,937	160,999,799	8,476,164	169,475,963	97,685,736	92,704,164	190,389,900	100%	-1.4%

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

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