The Port of Algeciras has closed the January-February 2026 period with an activity of 14.1 million tons, a figure that represents a decrease of 14% compared to the start of last year. As already mentioned by the APBA, the effect of the storm train that lasted between January 21 and February 13 was going to impact the February statistics, a month that closed with movements practically identical to those of January.
Liquid bulk accumulates 3.6 million tons, with a decrease of 23.8%. Solid bulk records 34,688 tons, a decrease of 50.6%, while general cargo totals 9.5 million tons, 9.8% less than in the same period of 2025. Fuel supply to ships accumulates 427,767 tons of product, 13% below the start of the previous year. The discharge of fresh fish, with the fleet moored for half the period, stands at 109 tons, 45.3% less.
Container traffic moved in the terminals is the positive note in a scenario marked by declines, as it remains at the same levels as last year with 690,733 TEUs, representing a virtually negligible variation of -0.1%.
The Strait traffic has been the most affected by the meteorological episode. In the first 59 days of the year, more than 102,000 people and 21,000 vehicles have stopped traveling by boat, representing declines of 14% and 13% respectively, with 500 fewer ferry and fast-ferry rotations than the previous year. Truck traffic adds 87,928 units, 5.4% less.
In addition to the meteorological impact on maritime traffic, the interruption of the rail connection is added. Also as a consequence of the storms, the numbers for the railway are reduced to only 30 trains, due to the fact that since February 4 the conventional railway line connecting Algeciras with Madrid has been cut off in its Algeciras-Bobadilla stretch due to landslides in Cortes and Gaucín, in the Valchillón-Puente Genil stretch and in the Córdoba-Espeluy stretch. As a consequence of these cuts, between February and what has gone in March about 5,000 containers have already shifted from train to road to reach their destination.
During the ongoing month of March, the port's activity does not currently show meteorological impacts, allowing the president of the Port Authority, Gerardo Landaluce, to anticipate that "we expect to recover this month part of the ground lost at the beginning of the year."