Ferrol (Spain Galicia)

El Ferrol (port locode ESFRO) is a port city in Galicia (northwestern Spain), on the Atlantic coast. The town has total area approx 82 km2 (32 mi2) and population around 80,000, ranking it as Galicia's 5th-largest. Together with Ortegal and Eume, Ferrol forms Ferrolterra (metro area)—ranked Galicia's 3rd-largest (total population over 220,000).

As a cruise port, Ferrol handles around 20 ship calls and ~25,000 cruise tourists annually. Among the visiting cruise line companies are AIDA, P&O UK, Saga UK, Oceania, Windstar, Phoenix Reisen.

After winning a tender bid in November 2025, Global Ports Holding/GPH (the world's largest cruise terminal operator) was granted a 30-year concession for the Ferrol Cruise Port. Currently, GPH is building a new cruise terminal (on the outer quay) planned for inauguration in 2027 Q2. The new facility will be developed in two phases. Phase I comprises a 480 m2 (5165 ft2) terminal building. Phase II focuses on expanding the building to ~960-980 m2 (10,335-10550 ft2).

Port Ferrol

Port Ferrol is a harbour waterway with anchorage area depth 12 m, cargo pier depth 6 m, oil terminal depth 12 m, dry-dock (large ship repair facility), and railway access. For most of its history, Ferrol has been a major naval shipbuilding (and generally) Spanish Navy port. Currently, Ferrol is best known for Navantia's shipbuilding yards.

In late May 2016, the board of directors of the Ferrol-San Cibrao Port Authority (Autoridad Portuaria de Ferrol–San Cibrao) approved "Business Plan 2016-2020". The EUR 150 million budget was for port redevelopment works, including railway access (EUR 5 M), splitting of the sewerage and building a connection to the port's general collector (EUR 2,6 M), redesign of Curuxeiras Dock, new building (port authority offices). The 5-year project was largely financed by Fondo Financiero de Accesibilidad (Financial Accessibility Fund / EUR 103 M). The remaining 47 million were provided from port authority-generated funds and the loan repayment (starting in 2020).

On February 23-24, 2019, Port Ferrol conducted its first-ever LNG bunkering (ship refueling) operation when two newbuild passenger ferries were filled with LNG (liquefied natural gas) by the company Repsol LNG Holding SA. The ships (Samnoy and Huftaroy/ both owned by Torghatten Nord) received in total 178 m3 LNG. The bunkering operation was carried out at Mugardos Terminal's outer jetty. The facility is managed by Regasificadora del Noroeste (subsidiary of Reganosa).

Ferrol cruise terminal