The Port of Algeciras has completed a decade of consistent 100-plus million tonnes of annual throughput in 2025, a statistic that coincides neatly with both the 50th anniversary of the beginning of containerized cargo and with Maersk’s 40th anniversary of operations at the Spanish port.
As confirmed by Mr. Gerardo Landaluce, Port of Algeciras Chairman, apart from the 100.7 million tonnes of Total Throughput (down 3.2%), Container Throughput closed the year at 4.74 million TEUs (up 0.5%), with the stand-out traffic increase being witnessed in import-export containers contrasting with the light downturn in transshipment traffic.
The great performance of Straits traffic, both in passenger numbers and cargo throughput was also significant.
The former rose to 6.35 million (up 6.7%), with more than a million-and-a-half people being ferried across on the Tarifa-Tangiers City line (up 14.00%), and road traffic pushing half a million HGVs on the Algeciras-Tanger Med line alone (up 4.7%): the forecast is for 800,000 HGVs in the very near future.
This level of Straits traffic is what has allowed the Hercules Plan to reach cruising speed in 2026, a plan set up to optimize every single square meter of space at the Port of Algeciras.
Of the EUR€580 million detailed in APBA’s Business Plan until 2030, €200 million are to be invested in the above-mentioned Hercules Plan, which foresees the expansion of La Galera Quay currently under construction and ready for operations in 2027; and the rerouting of some of the port’s internal arteries, along with other works that should see every square meter of land optimized even more fully.
