Torrevieja, Spain
Port · ESTOR · 37.97°, -0.70° · Mineral Products, Chemical & Allied Industries, Prepared Foodstuffs & Beverages
- in force · 60 nm
- 0
- issued · 30 d
- 0
- archive messages
- 6
- vessel calls / yr
- 38
About the port
The World Port Index lists Torrevieja as a very small coastal breakwater harbour with good shelter.
Listed depths: 11 m in the channel, 11 m at the anchorage and 9 m at the cargo pier.
Entry can be restricted by other conditions.
Pilotage is compulsory.
Repair facilities are rated limited.
Torrevieja is a first port of entry.
PortWatch estimates 24 port calls at Torrevieja from Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, about 2 a month, 11% fewer than in the twelve months before.
By vessel type, general cargo ships 92% and container ships 8% of those calls.
Estimated cargo over the same months: 0 t imported and 68 thousand t exported.
The busiest month was Dec 2025 (7 calls) and the quietest Apr 2026 (0).
What is reported near this port
6 warnings in this archive have their reported position within 60 nm of Torrevieja, the earliest issued in 2000; the most common types are exercises (3), derelicts (2) and cable ops (1).
Distance is measured to each warning's reported point or area centre, so a warning near Torrevieja 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: 0 calls, 0 t in, 0 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
- very small coastal breakwater
- shelter
- good
- water body
- Mediterranean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III
- depths
- channel 11 m · anchorage 11 m · cargo pier 9 m
- entrance restricted by
- other; not ice, swell, tide
- pilotage
- compulsory
- tugs
- assistance; not salvage
- traffic and reporting
- ETA message required
- berthing
- anchorage
- cranes
- mobile
- services
- electrical repair, garbage disposal, longshore labour, medical, navigation equipment repair; not dirty ballast reception
- supplies
- diesel, fuel oil, water; not deck stores, engine stores
- repairs
- limited
- marine railway
- small
- first port of entry
- yes
- sailing directions
- Sailing Directions Pub. 131 (Enroute) - Western Mediterranean
- chart
- 52084
World Port Index entry Torrevieja (No. 38435), 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 0.0%, exports 0.1%.
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.