Traffic by type of cargo by Spanish port: annual series since…

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In 2025 the port system totals 556.2M t (total traffic), 0.3% less than in 2024. The series peak is 564.5M t, in 2019. Bahía de Algeciras, Valencia and Barcelona account for 45.1% of the total.

Port system · 2025 · All operations · Including transit

Total traffic

556.2M t

-0.3% vs 2024

System trend · Total traffic (1962–2025)

Ten largest volumes · Total traffic (2025)

Figures in tonnes.

#	Port authority	Liquid bulk	Dry bulk	Containerised general cargo	Conventional general cargo	General cargo	Fishing	Supplies	Local traffic	Total traffic	% of system	Chg. 2024–2025
1	Bahía de Algeciras	28,461,040	273,895	52,771,815	12,689,161	65,460,976	1,534	3,205,082	3,283,158	100,685,685	18.1%	-3.3%
2	Valencia	3,949,948	2,434,153	58,114,646	15,563,246	73,677,892	810	624,701	0	80,687,504	14.51%	-0.7%
3	Barcelona	16,630,435	4,075,495	35,279,371	11,727,805	47,007,176	1,382	1,737,566	0	69,452,054	12.49%	-0.4%
4	Las Palmas	10,802,585	462,222	16,621,809	5,718,626	22,340,435	783	2,907,547	0	36,513,572	6.56%	+14.9%
5	Cartagena	25,983,860	7,084,806	582,237	358,954	941,191	411	251,288	9,359	34,270,915	6.16%	-4.6%
6	Bilbao	19,537,728	4,372,640	4,794,736	3,405,155	8,199,891	0	23,846	188	32,134,293	5.78%	-7.1%
7	Huelva	22,566,795	5,438,953	1,028,380	813,707	1,842,087	130	131,384	330,801	30,310,150	5.45%	-2.6%
8	Tarragona	18,819,240	8,484,356	147,738	1,797,046	1,944,784	1,282	136,809	105,522	29,491,993	5.3%	-7.4%
9	Castellón	9,169,173	8,164,711	1,216,184	22,836	1,239,020	2,354	26,045	0	18,601,303	3.34%	+6.5%
10	Baleares	1,643,542	321,811	292,139	15,268,977	15,561,116	1,969	126,017	0	17,654,455	3.17%	+3.6%
11	Gijón	1,633,010	12,569,472	1,000,846	698,452	1,699,298	12,122	22,561	0	15,936,463	2.87%	+1.8%
12	Santa Cruz de Tenerife	3,902,998	397,580	4,569,597	4,684,588	9,254,185	1,791	821,677	1,996	14,380,227	2.59%	+3.1%
13	A Coruña	9,467,238	3,769,197	47	478,573	478,620	26,453	84,373	0	13,825,881	2.49%	-5.9%
14	Santander	230,368	3,180,476	1,479,820	2,260,569	3,740,389	3,000	50,803	0	7,205,036	1.3%	-0.5%
15	Ferrol-San Cibrao	2,765,683	3,330,028	233,045	660,088	893,133	128	17,052	10,468	7,016,492	1.26%	+5.2%
16	Almería	122,395	4,280,566	282,558	1,379,640	1,662,198	4,717	79,367	0	6,149,243	1.11%	+10.1%
17	Málaga	89,449	1,081,130	3,891,436	453,197	4,344,633	22	99,791	0	5,615,025	1.01%	+24.4%
18	Vigo	29,356	312,292	3,208,566	1,857,062	5,065,628	29,265	133,135	84	5,569,760	1%	+1.2%
19	Bahía de Cádiz	1,140,936	1,821,303	1,586,104	837,823	2,423,927	11,952	132,306	0	5,530,424	0.99%	+16.9%
20	Avilés	578,617	2,878,145	0	1,163,550	1,163,550	11,127	49,474	14,700	4,695,613	0.84%	+1%
21	Sevilla	519,075	2,197,964	1,119,667	547,530	1,667,197	0	37,254	0	4,421,490	0.79%	+3.5%
22	Pasaia	0	1,001,857	14	2,377,913	2,377,927	17,673	30,566	0	3,428,023	0.62%	+0.3%
23	Alicante	53,418	1,430,371	1,261,095	133,087	1,394,182	988	30,950	0	2,909,909	0.52%	-6.9%
24	Motril	1,485,850	864,577	1,093	509,225	510,318	840	27,704	0	2,889,289	0.52%	+10.1%
25	Ceuta	960,539	8,445	69,740	545,361	615,101	35	847,746	0	2,431,866	0.44%	+37.2%
26	Marín y Ría de Pontevedra	0	1,100,527	481,321	691,959	1,173,280	1,979	25,691	0	2,301,477	0.41%	-10.6%
27	Vilagarcía	323,845	384,203	327,050	505,152	832,202	0	7,729	0	1,547,979	0.28%	+9.3%
28	Melilla	64,964	14,738	30,732	432,185	462,917	0	4,139	0	546,758	0.1%	+1%
	System total	180,932,087	81,735,913	190,391,786	87,581,467	277,973,253	132,747	11,672,603	3,756,276	556,202,879	100%	-0.3%

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

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