Spanish port system

Ports of Baleares statistics

Port Authority of Baleares · Consolidated annual profile 2025

In 2025, the latest closed year, the Ports of Baleares handled 17.7 million tonnes of cargo (10 of 28 port authorities), and 84,826 TEUs and 9,900,768 passengers. From January to August 2026 it has handled 12.0 million tonnes (−0.5% year on year), ranking 10 in the system so far this year. Container traffic stands at 60,870 TEUs (+5.1%).

Total throughput

17.7M t

TEUs

84,826

Passengers

9,900,768

Ships

45,074

Throughput trend

19622025: 17.7M t

Breakdown by type of goods

Breakdown by type of goods (table)

TypeTonnesShare
Ro-Ro equipment tare7.8M t44.53%
Other goods2.4M t13.69%
Other foodstuffs1.9M t10.64%
Petrol1M t5.79%
Processed building materials755K t4.31%
Gas oil608.2K t3.47%
Wine, beverages, spirits and derivatives575.7K t3.28%
Cement and clinker447.8K t2.56%
Machinery, equipment, tools and spare parts432.7K t2.47%
Vehicles and parts253.5K t1.45%
Chemicals215.3K t1.23%
Container tare191.2K t1.09%

Main countries

Main countries (table)

CountryTotalLoadedUnloadedShare
Spain17.2M t5.3M t12M t98.26%
Italy163.7K t113 t163.5K t0.93%
Saudi Arabia34K t0 t34K t0.19%
Türkiye33K t243 t32.8K t0.19%
Nigeria31.5K t0 t31.5K t0.18%
Netherlands14K t572 t13.4K t0.08%
Greece9K t112 t8.9K t0.05%
United States8.4K t5.7K t2.7K t0.05%
Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos2.4K t1.1K t1.3K t0.01%
Antigua & Barbuda2.2K t1.5K t748 t0.01%

Ships by type

Ships by type (table)

Ship typeNumberShare of numberGTShare of GT
Passenger only (incl. cruise ships)26,33857.43%94,176,87226.83%
Ro-Ro18,31239.93%176,351,24850.23%
Cruise ships7911.72%77,163,75321.98%
General cargo1660.36%772,1580.22%
Tankers1610.35%2,313,3530.66%
Bulk carriers970.21%300,9940.09%

2026, month by month

Provisional figures from the Puertos del Estado monthly statistics. Change on the same month of the previous year.

MonthTotal throughputChg.TEUsPassengers
Jan1M t-16.4%5,713244,907
Feb1.2M t-3.2%5,525254,329
Mar1.4M t-4.6%7,019391,357
Apr1.6M t+6.1%7,430675,801
May1.7M t-0.3%8,5151,021,611
Jun1.7M t+5.8%8,6531,226,088
Jul1.8M t+2.4%9,7671,393,329
Aug1.5M t+2.1%8,2481,620,694

Full monthly series of the Ports of Baleares since 2012

Baleares across all tables · 2025

Each row links to the full table and to the port’s trend for that indicator.

Indicator2025Chg. 2024–2025% of systemPosition
Traffic by type of cargo · Liquid bulk · port trend1.6M t+4.1%0.9%13 of 28
Traffic by type of cargo · Dry bulk · port trend321.8K t-10.2%0.4%24 of 28
Traffic by type of cargo · General cargo · port trend15.6M t+4.2%5.6%5 of 28
Imports and exports · Total imports · port trend294.1K t-42.5%0.2%27 of 28
Imports and exports · Total exports · port trend11.4K t-13.1%0%27 of 28
Tonnes in containers · Total · port trend292.1K t-3.8%0.2%19 of 28
Hinterland transport: rail, road and pipeline · Road · port trend17.5M t+14.6%7.3%4 of 28
Ro-ro traffic · Total ro-ro · port trend15.5M t+4.3%20.7%1 of 28
Ro-ro ITUs: lorries and semi-trailers · Total ITUs · port trend711,959 units+3.6%22.2%1 of 28
Vehicles as cargo · Total · port trend141,504 vehicles+1.2%4%8 of 28
Passenger vehicles · Total · port trend1,321,256 vehicles-0.8%17.7%3 of 28
Regular line passengers · Total · port trend7,322,810 passengers-2.8%25.8%1 of 28
Cruise passengers · Total cruise passengers · port trend2,577,958 passengers+3.1%18.3%2 of 28
Ships by size (number) · Over 50,000 GT · port trend604 ships-7.9%3.8%6 of 28
Ships by size (gross tonnage) · Total GT · port trend273,914,625 GT-3.9%10%5 of 28
Supplies and bunkering · Liquid fuels · port trend341 t-50.1%0%26 of 28
Fresh fish · Total fish · port trend2K t+0.9%1.5%11 of 28

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