Logistics and Transport
Located in a key business platform, The Canary Islands enhances trade and transfer of technology and services between continents.
Business success is helped by the modern infrastructures in the Canary Islands. There are 1,500 air connections weekly with Europe and also numerous direct flights to Africa, Latin America and North America.
Regarding sea transport, the Islands have connections with almost five hundred ports around the world, with over thirty shipping lines including the main logistical operators.
The Canary Islands are characterised by the largest supply, ship repair and refuelling station in the Central Atlantic, and they are among the three most important in the logistical distribution of hydrocarbons.
In national comparative terms, the Canary Islands hold the following positions:
- Third place nationally in container handling.
- First place in passenger traffic at the national level.
