€40 million investment approved to make Granadilla port fully operational
The Spanish government has approved a €39.7 million investment to complete the Ribera quay at Granadilla Port in the south of Tenerife. The project, managed by the Tenerife Port Authority, will now go out to tender. The budget does not include IGIC, the Canary Islands’ regional tax.
Granadilla is the newest major port in Spain and was built to support the busy Santa Cruz de Tenerife port by handling larger ships, heavy cargo, and major logistics operations. It also has an industrial area beside it, making it an important base for Atlantic shipping routes.
The new investment will allow the final section of the Ribera quay to be built, completing the full 1,045-metre structure. Around half of it (543 metres) was still unfinished, limiting how the port could be used. The work will be carried out between the main quay and the southern end of the port.
Engineers will install eleven huge reinforced-concrete caissons, each over 48 metres long and anchored 18 metres below the surface, as well as two submerged concrete walls to close off the structure.
This upgrade is part of the 2025–2029 Tenerife Port Authority Investment Plan, developed with Puertos del Estado, and partly funded by EU FEDER grants.
Across all Canary Islands ports, more than €600 million is planned between 2025 and 2029 to modernise facilities and keep the region competitive. Of that amount, €255 million will be spent on ports managed from Santa Cruz, with Granadilla’s Ribera quay being one of the flagship projects.
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