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 Leixões plans tender for new container terminal
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 29, 2021 – The Port Authority of Leixões has said that the tender for the new container terminal will be issued...
Boluda Towage acquires Dutch Towage & Salvage Company Iskes
Vicente Boluda Ceballos, Boluda Towage SL, and Jim Iskes has today signed in Amsterdam an agreement with the Dutch family-owned Towage & Salvage company,...
Minister of Maritime Economy of Cape Verde visits Lisbon port
Cape Verde’s Minister of Maritime Economy, Paulo Lima Veiga, visited the Port of Lisbon earlier this week, accompanied by the vice-president of Grupo ETE...
Portuguese ports move over 75 million tons by November 2020
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – Between January and November 2020, ports on mainland Portugal handled a total of 75.09 million tonnes,...
Contract for the extension of the outer breakwater and maritime accessibility of the Port of Leixões awarded
APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões SA has signed the contract for the contract for the extension of the breakwater abroad and the...
Leixoes port – the Single Logistics Window – extending digital coverage to logistic chains
The Single Logistics Window – Extending Digital Coverage to Logistic Chains – January 21, 2021 Current JUL context At the moment, the project to...
Sines port sees 13% increase in containerized cargo in 2020
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 21, 2021 – The Port of Sines ended 2020 with a 13% increase in containerized cargo compared to the previous year...
Portuguese and Greek Prime Ministers visit EMSA
Prime Minister António Costa of Portugal and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of Greece visited the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) in Lisbon today,...
Silopor Trafaria receives record corn unloading
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – The Trafaria Food Bulk Terminal, operated by SILOPOR, is a terminal specialized in the reception of...
Sines port seeks to develop Brazil connections
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – CPLS – Sines Port and Logistics Community (Comunidade Portuária e Logística de Sines) has signed...
Tender issued for concession of the port of Recreio de Sines
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – Administration of the Ports of Sines and the Algarve (APS) has issued a public tender for the concession...
Leixões port offers new UK & Ireland Ro-Ro service
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 6, 2021 – The Administration of the Ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo (APDL) has announced the debut...
APDL and ANTRAM sign a protocol for decarbonization of the ports of Leixões and Viana do Castelo
Reducing the number of more polluting trucks circulating in port infrastructures, starting in 2021, will represent a 50% reduction in pollution The...
For the 10th consecutive year APDL successfully obtains the Quality Certificate awarded by Lloyd’s
In 2020, APDL successfully obtained, for the 10th consecutive year, the attribution of the Quality Certificate of an international nature, and, in this history...
Leixões port awards breakwater contract
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2020 – Within the scope of the planned Investment Plan, the Administration of the Ports of Douro, Leixões...
Yilport announces pandemic measures and emergency surcharge
Yilport Holding extends precautionary actions against COVID-19 pandemic and standardizes them in all 22 terminals across 10 countries – December 8, 2020...
Aveiro port to supply new eco fuel
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 8, 2020 – Prio’s biodiesel plant, based in the Port of Aveiro, is to produce Eco Bunkers, a green fuel for...
CIRCLE in joint venture agreement with Magellan, Portuguese entity delivering advocacy services
CIRCLE expands in the Iberian Peninsula through joint venture agreement with Magellan, Portuguese entity delivering advocacy services towards the European...
PSA Sines awards expansion contract
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 23, 2020 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire for Sines Container Terminal (Terminal XXI), has awarded the contract for...
Mainland Portuguese ports handled over 60 million tonnes in Jan-Sept 2020
Mainland ports recorded an increase of + 1.7% in September, compared to the same period of 2019. This growth was driven by most of the ports, especially Sines,...