Ship chandlers & ship supply at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria ESLPA

The Port Authority of Las Palmas runs five ports — Las Palmas (La Luz), Salinetas and Arinaga on Gran Canaria, Arrecife on Lanzarote and Puerto del Rosario on Fuerteventura — which together handled a record 36.5 million tonnes in 2025 (+15%). The Port of Las Palmas itself handled 31.8 million tonnes and 1,546,389 TEU (+16.3%), and the five ports counted 2,089,042 cruise passengers, the first year above two million.^[1]

—Ship supply is a traffic line of its own: in January–October 2025 the port authority recorded 2,446,356 tonnes of avituallamiento, of which 2,213,839 tonnes of fuel and 232,517 tonnes of water. Transhipment rose 25.9% to 15.2 million tonnes in the same period.^[2]

—Containers: Boluda Maritime Terminals Las Palmas on Muelle de La Luz has three berths totalling 1,171 m with 9.50–15.50 m depth and seven quay cranes; the OPCSA terminal passed one million TEU in a year for the first time in November 2025.^[3,1]

—Quay works: the La Esfinge breakwater extension of the Nelson Mandela quay, aimed at more bunkering capacity for large ships, was completed in December 2025. In July 2026 the Spanish government authorised the tender for a 335 m quay with 20 m depth on the Reina Sofía breakwater.^[4,5,6]

—Offshore and repair: in April 2026, 11 drillships were berthed or anchored at La Luz for preparation, maintenance or conversion, and the port authority described the port as at 100% occupancy.^[7]

Las Palmas supplied 2,640,528 tonnes of bunkers in 2024 (+27.9%), making it Spain’s second bunkering port, and about 15,000 ships called to refuel in 2025, according to the presidents of Puertos del Estado and the port authority.^[8,5]

—Monthly sales from Spanish government data (ENGINE): 214,000 t in July 2026 (27% of Spain’s total) and 224,000 t in August 2026 (26%, behind Algeciras at 36%).^[9,10]

—Delivery: Repsol holds a port-authority licence for bunkering by tank truck at Las Palmas and Arinaga, and Minerva, whose hydrocarbon-terminal concession was extended by 15 years, brought the barge MT Mars to Las Palmas.^[11,12]

—LNG: the first LNG bunkering at the port was a truck-to-ship delivery to Baleària’s fast ferry Mercedes Pinto in June 2026 — 600 MWh (39 t) supplied by ESK Gas.^[13,14]

—Pilotage is compulsory for ships over 500 GT at Las Palmas, Salinetas and Arinaga (specifications in BOE, January 2023). Exempt are port-authority craft, vessels on port works, bunkering and supply vessels, and masters who have been pilots at the port or passed its tests; the Harbour Master (Capitanía Marítima) can override exemptions for safety.^[15]

—Pilots work 24 hours on VHF 12 (14 reserve, 16 first contact) and board at the outer limit of the pilotage area at a point the pilot chooses. The service keeps at least 15 pilots and five pilot boats; at Las Palmas the guard pilot must respond within 35 minutes. The licence is held by the Corporación de Prácticos del Puerto de La Luz y Las Palmas for ten years.^[15,16]

—MARPOL waste reception is a regulated port service for Annexes I, IV, V and VI, day and night all year. Service is requested at least 24 hours ahead and the master signs the pre-arrival waste notification before entry.^[17]

—Fees: the port authority charges every ship a fixed fee (tarifa fija) that covers Annex I and V waste up to set limits; sewage, Annex VI waste, Annex I/V waste after the seventh day of the call and quantities over the limits are paid to the provider directly. From 16 January 2026 the maximum provider tariffs include €74.90/m³ for Annex I and €102.54/m³ for Annex V at Las Palmas. FCC Medio Ambiente holds the Annex V licence.^[17,18,19]

—Tax area: the Canary Islands are inside the EU customs territory but outside the EU VAT area — the VAT Directive names them as excluded — so ask your agent how stores and spares will be cleared.^[20]

—Provisions, technical stores, spares and deliveries to ships alongside or at anchor: post a requirement and suppliers serving Las Palmas answer with sealed bids; suppliers never see the vessel’s name until award. If you supply ships in Gran Canaria, activate Las Palmas.