The number of passengers who used the ports of the Canary Islands increases in December

30 Jan The number of passengers who used the ports of the Canary Islands increases in December

By Instituto Canario de Estadística, (ISTAC), del Gobierno de Canarias In the month of December a total of 702.120 Cruise passengers used the ports of the Canary Islands.
The data of 2024 was 605.438 people. The Port of El Rosario presented a drop in 11.4 por
hundred, while the port of La Luz and Las Palmas increased by 68,8%.

Regarding regular traffic, The ports of Los Cristianos and Santa Cruz de Tenerife were
those that had a greater movement of travelers. The first of them recorded the passage of 1 decade
3 travelers who used these infrastructures. Por su parte, the port with the greatest increase in
viajeros fue La Estaca, con un aumento del 17.4% and the ports with the greatest drop were La Luz and Las
Palms and Reef, con un 8.9% y un 7.8% less travelers.

The number of TEUS containers (the most standardized measure worldwide) who went through the
ports of the Canary Islands in December was a 17,9 percent higher than in the same month of 2024. En
total were 174.446 containers those that were accounted for by 147.911 de diciembre de 2024.

The Port of La Luz and Las Palmas is the one with the highest volume of entry and exit of
containers. In the Canary Islands, 7 decade 10 containers that are moved do so from this facility.
Compared to the previous year, aumentó un 27 percent container movement in this port.

Regarding vehicle traffic, during the month of December it decreased 0,9% with respect to
same month of the previous year. This year they were 199.878 the vehicles that used the Ports of the
State in the Canary Islands, for the 201.787 that was in December 2024.

The data collected in this information refers exclusively to the eleven Ports of the
State that exists in the Canary Islands. These are the facilities of: Reef, The Rosary, lighter, La
Light and Las Palmas, Salinetas, Passion fruit, The Christians, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, San Sebastian
La Gomera, Santa Cruz de la Palma and La Estaca. There are other port facilities that depend on the
Government of the Canary Islands, as is the case of the Puerto de Las Nieves, Corralejo, Playa Blanca or Morro
Jable.

Source:: Noticias Económicas de Canarias