Tarragona, Spain
Port · ESTAR · 41.10°, 1.20° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Vegetable Products
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 7
- vessel calls / yr
- 2,106
About the port
The World Port Index lists Tarragona as a large coastal breakwater harbour with fair shelter.
Listed depths: 20 m in the channel, 23 m at the anchorage, 20 m at the cargo pier and 23 m at the oil terminal, with a mean rise of tide of 1 m.
Entry can be restricted by swell and other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Tarragona is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 2,012 port calls at Tarragona from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 168 a month, 4% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, tankers 57%, general cargo ships 22% and dry bulk carriers 11% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 15 million t imported and 5.7 million t exported.
The busiest month was Jul 2026 (180 calls) and the quietest Jan 2026 (132).
What is reported near this port
7 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Tarragona, the earliest issued in 1999; the most common types are cable ops (3), incidents (2) and nav aids (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Tarragona is not necessarily about the port; collection is incomplete between 2024-05 and 2026-08-17.
Port calls per month · IMF PortWatch estimates
Oct 2024 – Sep 2026 (last bar: month in progress) · last complete month Aug 2026: 160 calls, 1.7 million t in, 358 thousand t out
Warnings within 60 nm, by year of issue
In force within 60 nm · 0
Nothing in force within 60 nm right now.
Port characteristics · World Port Index
- harbour
- large coastal breakwater
- shelter
- fair
- water body
- Balearic Sea; Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III
- depths
- channel 20 m · anchorage 23 m · cargo pier 20 m · oil terminal 23 m
- mean rise of tide
- 1 m
- entrance restricted by
- other, swell; not ice, tide
- good holding ground
- yes
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- wharves
- cranes
- fixed, floating, mobile
- services
- dirty ballast reception, electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair
- supplies
- deck stores, diesel, engine stores, fuel oil, provisions, water
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- medium
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 131 (Enroute) - Western Mediterranean
- chart
- 52118
World Port Index entry Tarragona (No. 38540), matched by UN/LOCODE. NGA Publication 150 (U.S. government work). The index describes the port as last surveyed for the publication; it is not a substitute for Sailing Directions or port authority information.
Share of Spain's maritime trade through this port (PortWatch): imports 7.6%, exports 3.2%.
Chokepoint and port data: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org) — IMF and the University of Oxford, via the UN Global Platform. Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and port authority notices.