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 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...
YILPORT Sotagus Terminal, Lisbon, carried out a unique materials operation
The YILPORT Sotagus Terminal, in Lisbon, carried out a unique operation of handling 2,000 tons of calcium carbonate and silica additive – April 6, 2021...
Portugal’s Vasco da Gama Terminal project to be delayed
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 8, 2021 – The deadline for submitting proposals for the international tender procedure for the Vasco da Gama...
PSA manager speaks at Portuguese Freight Forwarders Association event
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 25, 2021 – Nuno Carlota, Procurement and Business Director at PSA, has attended the digital event Conversas de...
Sacyr Somague and Sacyr Neopul win contract to modernize railway connection between Sines and the southern line
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 22, 2021 – Sacyr Somague and Sacyr Neopul have been awarded the contract for the modernisation of the railway...
Kalmar and Yilport strengthen long-term collaboration with a large new order for mobile equipment solutions
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has concluded a large order from YILPORT Holding Inc. for 27 new Kalmar machines: 11 reachstackers, four empty container handlers and...
‘Bluetech’ made it possible to reduce 13,000 tons of CO2 in Leixões, Douro and Viana ports
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 8, 2021 – The Ministry of the Sea has reported that the ‘Bluetech Accelerator’ program has...