Communications

Main access to the port is to be had by way of the Avda. de Conde de Guadalhorce, which runs parallel to the Avilés Estuary, and which, in turn, is connected to the A-8 motorway, as well as the Avilés by-pass.

It is also possible to access the port under the Travesía del Cristal bridge (ADIF lower and Ferrol-Gijón upper pass). Six metres wide, this pass serves to connect the N-632 national road with the main port artery.

Communication with the port hinterland is served by the N-632 road that runs from Ribadesella to Canero, which links up in Avilés with the A-8 (Gijón-Serín-Avilés) motorway, and in Serín with the A-66 (Serín-Oviedo) motorway.

The roadway owned by the Castrillón Town Council, and which reaches the Western Quay of the San Juan de Nieva dock, links the port to Salinas and the factories in San Juan de Nieva and Arnao.

 

Rail access basically comprises of ADIF's Villabona-San Juan de Nieva line, which in turn links up to the León-Gijón line, thereby gaining access to the Spanish broad gauge network and to the Asturian coal basin areas of Mieres and Langreo, all of which is single tracked and electrified.

RENFE's access point is at the San Juan de Nieva station, from which it spreads out throughout the port area, as well as to the depots at Playón de Raíces, where there is a manoeuvre grid.

 

FEVE access runs from the La Maruca Terminal to the loading area in the centre of Playón de Raíces.

The Port Authority can boast of some 4,018 m of rail tracks inside its service area.

The airport is a mere 15 km away from Avilés by the N-632 national road.