General cargo by type by Spanish port: annual series since 1962

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In 2025 the port system totals 278M t (total), 0.2% less than in 2024. The series peak is 278.5M t, in 2024. Valencia, Bahía de Algeciras and Barcelona account for 67% of the total.

Port system · 2025 · Conventional and containerised

Total

278M t

-0.2% vs 2024

System trend · Total (1962–2025)

Ten largest volumes · Total (2025)

Figures in tonnes.

#	Port authority	Loaded, domestic	Unloaded, domestic	Total domestic	Loaded, foreign	Unloaded, foreign	Total foreign	Loaded	Unloaded	Total	% of system	Chg. 2024–2025
1	Valencia	7,342,606	3,930,678	11,273,284	31,835,525	30,569,083	62,404,608	39,178,131	34,499,761	73,677,892	26.51%	-1.1%
2	Bahía de Algeciras	1,991,380	1,836,710	3,828,090	30,780,424	30,852,462	61,632,886	32,771,804	32,689,172	65,460,976	23.55%	-3.9%
3	Barcelona	5,631,695	2,780,207	8,411,902	19,982,514	18,612,760	38,595,274	25,614,209	21,392,967	47,007,176	16.91%	-4.7%
4	Las Palmas	3,937,954	5,692,459	9,630,413	6,163,623	6,546,399	12,710,022	10,101,577	12,238,858	22,340,435	8.04%	+13.5%
5	Baleares	5,262,970	10,274,762	15,537,732	11,898	11,486	23,384	5,274,868	10,286,248	15,561,116	5.6%	+4.2%
6	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	3,165,094	4,469,352	7,634,446	671,098	948,641	1,619,739	3,836,192	5,417,993	9,254,185	3.33%	+2.3%
7	Bilbao	52,194	47,233	99,427	3,626,070	4,474,394	8,100,464	3,678,264	4,521,627	8,199,891	2.95%	-4.1%
8	Vigo	87,799	38,112	125,911	2,513,055	2,426,662	4,939,717	2,600,854	2,464,774	5,065,628	1.82%	+0.2%
9	Málaga	257,065	118,772	375,837	1,973,142	1,995,654	3,968,796	2,230,207	2,114,426	4,344,633	1.56%	+42.1%
10	Santander	175,109	25,873	200,982	2,128,980	1,410,427	3,539,407	2,304,089	1,436,300	3,740,389	1.35%	+2.1%
11	Bahía de Cádiz	1,224,076	765,085	1,989,161	326,408	108,358	434,766	1,550,484	873,443	2,423,927	0.87%	+0.5%
12	Pasaia	12,358	16,766	29,124	1,017,665	1,331,138	2,348,803	1,030,023	1,347,904	2,377,927	0.86%	-2.4%
13	Tarragona	6,956	10,700	17,656	636,564	1,290,564	1,927,128	643,520	1,301,264	1,944,784	0.7%	+15.1%
14	Huelva	782,397	388,689	1,171,086	365,998	305,003	671,001	1,148,395	693,692	1,842,087	0.66%	+5.7%
15	Gijón	21,019	15,578	36,597	930,338	732,363	1,662,701	951,357	747,941	1,699,298	0.61%	-5.6%
16	Sevilla	960,015	322,760	1,282,775	228,099	156,323	384,422	1,188,114	479,083	1,667,197	0.6%	+1.7%
17	Almería	61,830	21,812	83,642	684,993	893,563	1,578,556	746,823	915,375	1,662,198	0.6%	+11.9%
18	Alicante	773,327	216,986	990,313	143,210	260,659	403,869	916,537	477,645	1,394,182	0.5%	+12.5%
19	Castellón	20,718	13,501	34,219	961,649	243,152	1,204,801	982,367	256,653	1,239,020	0.45%	-1.2%
20	Marín y Ría de Pontevedra	3,019	14,362	17,381	628,895	527,004	1,155,899	631,914	541,366	1,173,280	0.42%	-0.1%
21	Avilés	13,204	563	13,767	1,027,103	122,680	1,149,783	1,040,307	123,243	1,163,550	0.42%	+0.2%
22	Cartagena	12,549	5,775	18,324	351,387	569,595	920,982	363,936	575,370	939,306	0.34%	-6.1%
23	Ferrol-San Cibrao	21,555	12,218	33,773	676,693	182,667	859,360	698,248	194,885	893,133	0.32%	+32.7%
24	Vilagarcía	201,964	51,815	253,779	281,218	297,205	578,423	483,182	349,020	832,202	0.3%	+17.4%
25	Ceuta	251,291	355,268	606,559	69	8,473	8,542	251,360	363,741	615,101	0.22%	+4.1%
26	Motril	33,887	12,044	45,931	120,533	343,854	464,387	154,420	355,898	510,318	0.18%	-10.3%
27	A Coruña	15,463	7,032	22,495	103,524	352,601	456,125	118,987	359,633	478,620	0.17%	-11.6%
28	Melilla	141,179	321,738	462,917	0	0	0	141,179	321,738	462,917	0.17%	+1.8%
	System total	32,460,673	31,766,850	64,227,523	108,170,675	105,573,170	213,743,845	140,631,348	137,340,020	277,971,368	100%	-0.2%

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

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