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.
Trade between China and Portuguese-speaking countries grew by 1.55% in 2019
The value of trade between China and the Portuguese-speaking countries grew 1.55% year-on-year in 2019 to $149.639 billion, according to official Chinese...
YILPORT Holding reports cargo numbers for its terminals in 2019
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) March 5, 2020 – Last month, Yilport Holding has reported that its terminals globally handled 6.15 million TEU containers...
Brazil economic mission visits Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – On February 26, representatives of the Associação de Comércio Exterior do Brasil (AEB – Brazilian...
YILPORT Leixões sees 2.3% container growth in 2019
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – YILPORT Leixões (TCL) has reported that in 2019 it handled 685,810 TEU, an increase of 2.3% (15,716...
Sines port carries out first supply of bunker fuel to ship
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2020 – Porto de Sines has carried out the first supply of bunker fuel to ships was on February 29, using...
Baleària adapts ‘Sicily ferry’ to natural gas fuel
The ‘Sicily ferry’ of Baleària starts the remotorization that will use to natural gas fuel from June – March 3, 2020 Baleària has begun the...
Portuguese ports register over 12% fall in container cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The commercial ports of mainland Portugal handled a total volume of almost 30.2 million tons of...
Portuguese ports see 6.2% fall in cargo in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 26, 2020 – The AMT – Mobility and Transport Authority (Autoridade da Mobilidade e dos Transportes) has...
Portugal and Netherlands consider consortium to produce green hydrogen in Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Portuguese and Dutch governments are discussing a joint plan to set up a renewable gas project in...
Lisbon saw registered 17% growth in cruise passengers in 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 19, 2020 – The Port of Lisbon registered a 17% growth in the number of cruise passengers in 2019, totaling...
U.S. government and companies eye Sines port’s LNG potential
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 14, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette has visiting Sines port and confirmed interest in the LNG...
Portugal’s Sines port commences ambitious expansion works
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2020 – Work has started on the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean sea port of Sines, the first step to increase...
Viana do Castelo port set for role in the European Atlantis project
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – Viana do Castelo is to be the headquarters of the European Atlantis project, the first...
Setúbal port sees higher cargo volumes in 2019
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – 2019 was a year of growth for the Port of Setúbal, both in cargo volume and in the number of ships,...
Lisbon port promotes sustainability training
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 6, 2020 – The Port of Lisbon continues its sustainable and eco-efficient agenda, following the challenges of the...
Azores grants financial guarantee to local ports authority
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 8, 2020 – The government of the Azores has announced a €4.7 million grant guarantee to Portos...
YILPORT to continue to focus on growing logistics services in 2020
Yilport – Press Release – January 6, 2020 A subsidiary of YILPORT Holding, Transitex is a freight forwarder and logistics solutions provider...
Portugal: China will not be excluded from doing business in the country
Portuguese Foreign Minister Augusto Santos Silva told US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Portugal will not exclude China from supplying technology for the...
Minister for Infrastructure and Housing visits Lisbon port at the premiere of the new regular container service
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 1, 2019 – The Minister of Infrastructure and Housing, Pedro Nuno Santos, has visited the Port of Lisbon today,...
Leixões grows 2% and moves 14.8 million tons of goods until September
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) December 1, 2019 – The Port of Leixões closed September with a positive development, registering an increase of...