The Cadiz Bay Port Authority (APBC) is an independent state-owned body responsible for developing, operating, maintaining, and marketing the Port of the Bay of Cadiz. The port is an important trade center between the European Union and North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the eastern United States.

The Port of the Bay of Cadiz includes the Cadiz Basin with 70 hectares of land area and 224 hectares of sheltered water surface. It serves fishing, sailing, commercial, and passenger traffic and includes ship repair facilities. Within the Cadiz Basin, the Reina Victoria Quay, at 220 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters, serves general goods and passengers. It also contains a warehouse zone of 3.5 thousand square meters. The City Quay is used for roll-on/roll-off traffic and is 316 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters. It includes a warehouse zone of almost 13 thousand square meters.

The Marques de Comillas Quay, at 490 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters, serves cruisers and general cargoes and has two ramps for roll-on/roll-off traffic. It also contains a warehouse zone of 4.4 thousand square meters. The Reina Sofia Quay is 600 meters long with alongside depth of from 12 to 13 meters. It supports container and cruiser traffic and contains over 137 thousand square meters of warehouse.

The Alfonso XIII Quay, at 324 meters long with alongside depth of 10 meters, serves passengers and roll-on/roll-off cargoes. Its warehouse zone covers 2.4 thousand square meters, and it includes a warehouse of five thousand square meters.

The Fishing Port contains 1.4 thousand meters of wharf with alongside depth of 6 meters. One hundred sixty-seven meters of wharf are used for unloading and selling fish cargoes, and over 1.2 thousand meters are used for supplying, berthing, and repairing fishing vessels. The Nautical-Sports Basin contains Puerto America (with 152 mooring points) and the Nautical Club (with 179 mooring points), both with a depth of 6 meters.

The Gral. Fdez. Ladreda Quay within the Cadiz Basin operates exporting warehouses of over 13.5 thousand square meters. It also contains storage for over seven thousand cubic meters of refrigerated cargo. The De Levante Quay operates over 11.5 square meters of ship-owner warehousing and more than 46 thousand square meters of warehouse zone. It contains cold storage for almost five thousand cubic meters of refrigerated cargoes. The Port of the Bay of Cadiz’ De Levante Quay also has capacity to store 200 tons of diary products.

The Port of the Bay of Cadiz contains a Free Zone Basin covering 8 hectares of land and 4.3 hectares of sheltered water surface. Containing three quays, it serves commercial and sailing vessels. The Poniente Quay, at 325 meters long with alongside depth of 9.5 meters, serves dry and liquid bulk cargoes. It contains a warehouse zone of 11.5 thousand square meters and warehouses covering over five thousand square meters. The Ribera Quay is 320 meters long with alongside depth of 9.5 meters, and it supports dry and liquid bulk and roll-on/roll-off cargoes. It contains over 49 thousand square meters of warehouse zone. The Juan Sebastian Elcano Quay is home to a municipal sailing school.

The Port of the Bay of Cadiz’ Cabezuela-Puerto Real Quay covers 100 hectares of land area. It is a commercial industrial area serving off-shire factories and ship-building facilities. The North Quay is 612 meters long with alongside depth of 14 meters, and it supports the movement of dry bulk and general cargoes. The South Quay is 481 meters long with alongside depth of 14 meters. It supports handling of roll-on/roll-off and dry bulk cargoes. The Cabezuela Quay contains almost 300 thousand square meters of warehouse zone and 74.9 thousand square meters of specialized facilities, including the 2.2 thousand square meters APBC warehouse.

The Puerto Santa Maria area covers 595 hectares of land area and 92 hectares of water surface. It contains three quays supporting commercial traffic, fishing, and sailing. The Exterior Quay is 774 meters long with alongside depth of 5 meters. It handles dry and liquid bulk and roll-on/roll-off cargoes and cement and floors. The Exterior Quay includes over 38 thousand square meters of warehouse zone and 10.9 thousand square meters of warehouse space.

The Fishing Port Quay is 1.15 meters long with alongside depth of 4.5 meters. It serves fishing vessels and a fishing market. The Fishing Quay contains 97.3 thousand square meters of warehouse zone, 190 thousands square meters of warehouses, and 1.5 million square meters dedicated to facilities like an ice factory, cafeteria, and the fish market. The Sports Quays include Puerto Sherry, with 700 mooring points, and the Nautical Port, with 164 mooring points.

The Port of the Bay of Cadiz includes the Puerto Sherry Basin, used for sailing and recreational vessels. It covers more than 15 thousand hectares of land area and 13.5 hectares of sheltered water surface. The basin contains 780 mooring points, and the dry marina contains shelves for 500 vessels. The Puerto Sherry Basin contains firefighting and rescue services, gas and oil, and a 4-star hotel. It is the site for boat races, fishing contests, sailing lessons, sports marine courses, and a diving school.

The Port of the Bay of Cadiz’ Passenger Terminal at the Alfonso XIII Quay in the Cadiz Basin covers a total of over 3.4 thousand square meters, and it contains a restaurant and passenger services. In 2007, over 500 thousand passengers visited the Port of the Bay of Cadiz on almost 35 thousand vessel trips.

In 2007, almost two thousand vessels carried more than 24 million gross tons of cargo through the Port of the Bay of Cadiz, including 78 thousand tons of liquid bulk, over four million tons of dry bulk, and 2.6 million tons of general cargo. Of this, almost 5.3 million tons was foreign trade. Dry bulk cargoes were dominated by cement (more than 2.6 million tons). Other significant dry bulks included cereals, flours, and beans. General cargoes handled in the Port of the Bay of Cadiz included significant volumes of chemical products, food products, olives, and luggage as well as a wide range of other goods including construction materials, machinery, iron and steel products, wines and spirits, and olive oil. In 2007, container traffic included over 143 thousand TEUs and more than 1.3 million tons of containerized cargo. Container cargoes were dominated by stockbreeding and food products (460 thousand tons).

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