Port of Bilbao · UK-Spain ferry links · Basque industrial freight
Transvolando coordinates road freight from Bilbao across Spain, the UK and the rest of Europe. Bilbao is the industrial and logistics capital of the Basque Country and Northern Spain. The Port of Bilbao is Spain’s main Atlantic container hub, with daily Brittany Ferries RoRo services to Portsmouth. Heavy industry (steel, energy, automotive), plus AP-8/AP-68 motorways, make it the node of choice for UK-Spain freight between Iberia and the British Isles.
Benchmark rates for a 24-tonne full trailer load (tautliner). A 30% negotiation buffer is already built in, and every quote is tailored to the actual consignment.
| Route | Km | Transit | FTL rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bilbao → Madrid | 400 | Same day | EUR 600-800 |
| Bilbao → Barcelona | 620 | 1 day | EUR 800-1,050 |
| Bilbao → Seville | 930 | 1-2 days | EUR 1,050-1,350 |
| Bilbao → Valencia | 630 | 1 day | EUR 800-1,050 |
| Bilbao → Porto | 620 | 1 day | EUR 850-1,100 |
| Bilbao → Paris | 1000 | 1-2 days | EUR 1,350-1,700 |
| Bilbao → Frankfurt | 1550 | 2-3 days | EUR 1,950-2,500 |
| Bilbao → Milan | 1360 | 2 days | EUR 1,800-2,300 |
| Bilbao → London | 1570 | 2-4 days | EUR 2,200-2,900 |
Bilbao → San Sebastián → Irun (border) → Bordeaux. The northern Spain – France express corridor. Double-crewed HGVs reach Paris in under 24 hours.
Bilbao → Vitoria → Logroño → Zaragoza → Barcelona. Core industrial route linking the Basque automotive cluster with the Mediterranean and Catalonia.
Bilbao → Burgos → Madrid. 400 km, same-day transit. Connects Basque industry with the Spanish capital and onward national distribution.
Brittany Ferries operates twice-weekly RoRo services Portsmouth-Bilbao. Full trailer loads cross in ~24 hours, ideal for UK-Spain traffic avoiding the Channel congestion.
Spain’s leading Atlantic port for containers, RoRo and bulk. Brittany Ferries operates twice-weekly RoRo services to Portsmouth, making it the preferred direct UK-Spain freight gateway.
ArcelorMittal Sestao, Tubacex, CIE Automotive, Gestamp and a dense network of SMEs form Europe’s most concentrated steel cluster. Heavy-duty and ADR-certified transport supports inbound raw materials and outbound finished goods.
40 km from Bilbao: main assembly plant for the Vito and V-Class vans. JIT supply flows daily from tier-one suppliers across the Basque-Navarre region.
Parque Tecnológico de Bizkaia hosting aerospace (ITP Aero), energy (Sener, Iberdrola R&D) and ICT firms. Express and time-critical freight supports project and R&D cycles.
For loads going directly between the UK and Iberia, Portsmouth-Bilbao saves around 1,000 km of driving, driver hours and tolls. It avoids Channel congestion and French transit. Total transit is often faster door-to-door for north Spain destinations.
2-4 working days door-to-door, depending on UK origin and whether the ferry route via Portsmouth (24 h crossing) or overland via Dover-Calais is chosen.
Yes. We operate ADR-certified vehicles with trained drivers for classes 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9, serving Repsol Puertollano, Petronor and Basque chemical plants.
Yes. Scheduled collections from Mercedes-Benz Vitoria and Basque automotive tier-ones, with time-window compliance and fully tracked HGVs.
Every shipment is assessed case by case. Send us origin, destination, load type, weight and volume — we reply with a firm quote within two working hours.
