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.
Port Authority of Seville welcomes delegation from Portugal’s Sines port
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) January 20, 2022 – A delegation from the Portuguese port of Sines has visited Seville to discuss strategy and future...
Leixões Cruise Terminal forecasts 143 cruise ship visits by the end of 2022
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 10, 2022 – The Leixões Cruise Terminal received, January 2, the visit of the ship AIDAsol, which is the first...
CS Wind ASM to invest in Port of Aveiro
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 5, 2022 – CS Wind ASM is to invest around €260 million ($293.6 million) over the next four years to triple...
Yilport Liscont to install four new Mitsui cranes
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 4, 2022 – In the New Year, Yilport Liscont will install four new, ship-to-shore electric Mitsui E&S Machinery...
Port of Lisbon announces 123.8 million agreement to modernize Alcântara terminal
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 22, 2021 – A Administração do Porto de Lisboa (APL) and Liscont – Operadores de Contentores, S.A. have...
New A-RTGs started operations at YILPORT Leixões Terminal
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2021 – As part of the redevelopment of the South Container Terminal, the three new A-RTG (rubber tired...
EUROKAI reports improved Jan-Sep 2021 TEU statistics
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) November 17, 2021 – In the period January-September 2021, the EUROKAI Group handled 9.25 million TEUs, up +15.3% on the...
Port of Lisbon voted the best cruise port in Europe for the seventh time
For the sixth consecutive year and for the seventh time since 2009, APL – Port of Lisbon Administration wins the trophy for the best cruise port in...
EUROKAI container terminals see traffic up nearly +20% in first half
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) September 29, 2021 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA has published its Interim Group Management Report for the first half of...
Port of Sines hosts diplomatic attachés
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 24, 2021 – Earlier this week, around 30 diplomatic attachés from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MNE) visited...
Ecoslops announces unaudited results for the first half of the current year ending June 30, 2021
Ecoslops, the cleantech that brings oil into the circular economy, announces its unaudited results for the first half of the current year ending June 30th,...
Boluda Lines reinforces its presence in the Port of Setúbal
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – Boluda Lines plans to expand its services in the Port of Setúbal as early as 2022. Boluda...
Angolan Minister of Transport visits the Port of Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – The Angolan Minister of Transport, Ricardo Viegas D´Abreu, visited the Port of Sines ton 15th...
Port of Viana do Castelo increases cargo handling
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2021 – The Northern Port of Viana do Castelo handled around 265,000 tons of cargo during the...
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%...