The Board of Directors of the Autoridad Portuaria de la Bahía de Algeciras (Port Authority of the Bay of Algeciras) has approved the Plan de Empresa 2027 (2027 Business Plan), which brings public investment to €677 million over the 2026-2030 period. The plan is accompanied by €711 million in private investment, bringing the total to close to €1.4 billion for the ports of Algeciras and Tarifa. The Board of Directors of Apba approved the document on 30 July 2026 in an ordinary session, while the €711 million in private investment is being driven mainly by the expansion of the Total Terminal International Algeciras terminal and by Dragados Offshore’s activities at Campamento.
The Plan de Empresa 2027 is the first annual operational tool aligned with the Strategic Plan 2030, with a 2040 horizon, presented by Apba itself in July 2026. The authority aims to turn the port complex into southern Europe’s benchmark intercontinental logistics platform and port and intermodal hub. Compared with the previous Plan de Empresa 2026, approved just a year earlier with a €583 million allocation for 2025-2029, the new document raises both the level of public investment and traffic targets: for the first time, the port of Algeciras is expected to exceed 6 million containers handled, with total traffic of 125 million tonnes in 2030.
Apba’s priorities are improving the use of the available port area and strengthening road and rail connectivity through the Plan Hércules, which absorbs €124 million for accessibility works. The plan provides for the reorganisation of areas such as the Muelle de Galera and the Puente de Cabotaje Francés, as well as the expansion of ro-ro traffic between Europe and North Africa: already under the previous Plan de Empresa 2026, €200 million had been allocated specifically to the Plan Hércules. In August 2026, the new Acceso Sur (southern access) to the port of Algeciras also entered service, a project linked to the same strategy.
A significant part of the plan is devoted to the energy component: around one fifth of the overall investment will concern projects linked to the energy transition, with particular emphasis on the installation of the Onshore Power Supply system at the quays of Algeciras and Tarifa, allowing ships to connect to the electricity grid while at berth and reduce emissions in port. The figure forms part of a wider framework: on 27 July 2026, the Spanish Ministry of Transport approved the 2027 investment plan for the entire Puertos del Estado (State Ports) system, totalling €1.567 billion, of which €321.8 million is earmarked for sustainability, equal to 20% of the total, largely OPS projects financed with European funds. Algeciras is explicitly listed among the ports with the most significant OPS schemes, together with Bilbao and Valencia.
Apba president Gerardo Landaluce had already stressed, when the previous plan was presented, that combined public and private investment over the five-year period could approach €1 billion. On the private side, in addition to Total Terminal International Algeciras, the most significant project remains that of Dragados Offshore, which is active in offshore infrastructure at Campamento.
M.G.
