Port of Bilbao operation services

The Port of Bilbao, is one of the most important transport and logistics centers of the European Atlantic Arc, which has allowed it to be established in a privileged connection with the main ports, especially those of America and Northern Europe. Its wide range of maritime services connects it with more than 850 ports around the world. It operates 24 hours a day and every day of the year, without problems of drafts or tides. A flexible and dynamic port, capable of accommodating any type of vessel and merchandise and with a specialized service for all traffic.

The agility of all its traffics is favored by the intermodal connections that connect the Port of Bilbao with the main road and rail networks, both national and European, which communicate directly with a hinterland in continuous economic growth. A growing network of Dry Ports is a high added value support of the Port of Bilbao.

All the services covered by the Port of Bilbao have been considered in the study, which were performed by different companies inside the port’s boundaries in 2 023. The services are organisation, coordination and control of port traffic, coordination and control of operations associated with port services, signalling and beaconing, surveillance and security, lighting of common areas, cleaning of common areas, emergy prevention and control, pilotage and berthing services, towage services, mooring services, passenger services, cargo handling services, collection ship-generated waste, and dredging.