Portugal
Portugal is a country in Southwest Europe, West of Spain with an Atlantic Sea coastline, and member of the European Union.The country has a developed marine and transportation sector. Its top ports are Leixões, Lisbon and Sines.
The ports are divided into “mainland ports”, such as Lisbon, and ports on the offshore islands of Madeira and the Azores. APP – Associação dos Portos de Portugal is an association which represents and promotes ports in Portugal.
Angola delegation visits Port of Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – The Administration of the Ports of Sines and Algarve (APS) received delegations from the Port of...
Cargo movements in mainland Portuguese ports grew by 44.9% in June 2021
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 14, 2021 – The volume of cargo handled at national ports in the month of June 2021, compared to the same month...
EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA – Interim report for the first quarter 2021
September 10, 2021 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA reported the following information: In the first quarter of the business year 2021 the container...
Port of Setúbal: Eco-Oil produces 100% recycled fuel for industry and shipping.
Eco-Oil, in its dedicated terminal in the Port of Setúbal, treats contaminated water from ships destined for Lisnave shipyard, since 2001. The company now...
Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) to invest €4 million in Port of Leixões rail connections
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 3, 2021 – Infraestruturas de Portugal (IP) has announced that it will invest €4 million to improve rail...
Yilport Holding sees strong growth in first half
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 1, 2021 – In January-June 2021, terminals owned by Yilport Holdings handled 2.5 million TEU containers, up 18%...
Port of Lisbon sees first half total cargo up over 15%
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 24, 2021 – The port of Lisbon recorded total cargo of over 4.82 million tons in the first half of this year, up...
Portuguese ports see sharp rise in May cargo traffic
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 29, 2021 – Total cargo handled mainland Portuguese ports in totaled 7.6 million tons in May, an increase of 36.4%...
Port of Huelva receives the visit of the President of the Port of Sines
The president of the Administration of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve (APS), José Luis Cacho, today paid a visit to the Port of Huelva, in which he was...
Porto de Aveiro and Altice Labs sign port development agreement
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) June 14, 2021 – Porto de Aveiro (APA) and Altice Labs have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a view to...
Reopening of ports for cruises in spain is an opportunity for Madeira
International cruise ships can dock in Spanish ports from June 7, the Spanish government announced Saturday, lifting restrictions imposed at the start of the...
Cruise ships return to Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 17, 2021 – The Port of Lisbon Administration (APL – Administração do Porto de Lisboa) has said that cruise...
Portuguese secretary of state for internationalization visits Greece
The Secretary of State for Internationalization, Eurico Brilhante Dias, will visit Greece from today until May 16th to participate in the Delphi Economic Forum...
Portuguese minister visits Port of Piraeus
Piraeus, Greece (Ports Europe) May 13, 2021 – The Portuguese Minister of Maritime Affairs, Ricardo Serrão Santos, has visited Piraeus port. Together...
Port of Setúbal welcomes “Mediterranean Pendulum Service (MPS) operated by MacAndrews
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) May 10, 2021 – The Port of Setúbal has started to receive the regular container line “Mediterranean Pendulum...
Portuguese prime minister supports Sines 4.0 project
In the public presentation of the Sines 4.0 project, which includes an investment of 3.5 billion euros for the installation of a megadata center in Sines, the...
Port of Lisbon handled 1.4 million tons of goods for the Azores and Madeira
In 2020, the Port of Lisbon registered a total of 1.4 million tons in the movement of goods with the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira, representing...
Port of Leixões will become the first port with zero emissions by 2035
The plan, which will be detailed this year, foresees decarbonisation and energy self-sufficiency, 15 years before the deadline set by the EU – April 26,...
Port of Sines reports Q1 2021 container cargo up 16%
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 23, 2021 – In the first three months of 2021 the Port of Sines reported container traffic of 440,645 TEU, a...
State-of-the-art railway equipment arrives in Portugal via Porto de Leixões
This week, the Multiusos South Terminal of the Port of Leixões received the disembarkation operation on a Ro-Ro ship and preparation for road transport in...