For five centuries, the port of Las Palmas is the traditional basis of scale and supplying ships on their way through the Mid-Atlantic.

Its strategic location, excellent conditions of the bay and the quality of its services located in an enviable position in the main shipping routes between Europe, Africa and America.

The history of the Port of Las Palmas is true that began when Christopher Columbus used the bay in 1492, on his first voyage to America, to condition and repair the ships La Pinta and La Niña.

The port facilities were started in 1883 at the hands of the brothers Fernando and Juan Leon y Castillo, two Islander, one minister and another engineer, who had the vision to lay the foundations for this international port.

Its excellent location will not go unnoticed by the European powers of the nineteenth century, who used it as the basis of its expansion in America and Africa and for the development of international trade.