# Las Palmas (ES LPA)

**UN/LOCODE:** ES LPA  
**Country:** Spain  
**Water Body:** North Atlantic Ocean  
**Harbor Size:** Large  
**Harbor Type:** Coastal (Breakwater)  
**GPS:** 28.1500, -15.4167

Las Palmas hit its first LNG bunkering milestone in June 2026 — a dual-truck MTTS operation delivering 600 MWh to a new Baleària dual-fuel ferry — even as conventional fuel-oil bunkering, long Spain's largest, fell 6.7% year on year over the first five months of 2026, with port officials citing stricter safety rules from the local Maritime Captaincy than those applied in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Weekly LNG bunkering for the ferry Mercedes Pinto at its regular berth began by July 2026, cementing the port's push into alternative fuels. On the cargo side, the Port of La Luz (Las Palmas) had a record 2025, with container traffic up 17.3% to about 1.43 million TEU, its best result since 2011, while the wider Las Palmas Port Authority, spanning terminals on other Canary Islands, handled around 1.55 million TEU; the OPCSA terminal topped 1 million TEU in a single year for the first time in November 2025. Growth continued into H1 2026, with container throughput reaching 705,661 TEU (+3.4%) and total tonnage through June at 17.82 million tonnes, roughly flat year on year. The port works mainly as a transhipment platform linking Europe, Africa and the Americas across some 30 shipping lines to more than 180 ports, with a container terminal offering about 1,700 metres of quay and roughly 1.2 million TEU of capacity, and nearly 16 kilometres of berths port-wide reaching depths of 45 metres. Reefer volumes from West African fisheries and project cargo for the offshore sector round out the traffic. Because the hinterland is the island itself, the port depends on maritime feeder and transhipment flows rather than road or rail links to a mainland. Customs and import clearance run through the Spanish authorities within the EU customs union, with Algeciras and Valencia the usual alternatives for mainland Spain and Dakar competing for West African transhipment.

## Transit Times & Routes

- [Barcelona → Shanghai](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/barcelona-shanghai)
- [Barcelona → Shenzhen](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/barcelona-shenzhen)
- [Barcelona → Guangzhou](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/barcelona-guangzhou)
- [Barcelona → Hong Kong](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/barcelona-hong-kong)
- [Barcelona → Tokyo](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/barcelona-tokyo)
- [Barcelona → Busan](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/transit-time/barcelona-busan)

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