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.
Lisbon port supplies low sulphur fuel
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 19, 2019 – The M / V Antonia vessel is the first ship at Lisbon harbour to be supplied with marine fuel with a...
Portugal hosts Silk Road conference
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 16, 2019 – Last Wednesday, November 13, the 6th Portugal-China Gala was held under the theme ”Belt &...
EUROKAI Group reports Q3 2019 traffic numbers for container terminals
Hamburg, Germany (Ports Europe) November 14, 2019 – In the first three quarters of 2019, EUROKAI container terminals handled a total of 8.925 million...
YILPORT Leixões sees increased traffic in Jan-Aug 2019
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) November 7, 2019 – In the period January-August 2019 YILPORT Leixões reported year-on-year growth of 10.5%, while the...
Leixões port sees 2% cargo growth in Jan-Sept 2019
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 4, 2019 – In the first nine months of 2018, the Port of Leixões registered a total of 14.8 million goods...
Viana do Castelo port reports 19% rise in traffic in Jan-Sep 2019
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 24, 2019 – In the first nine months of 2019, the movement of goods in the port of Viana do Castelo grew...
CMPort signs agreement with China-Portugal Cooperation Development Fund for port development
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 22, 2019 – Last Friday, Dr. Bai Jingtao, the CEO of China Merchants Port Group Holdings Company Limited (CMPort)...
Sines port hosts Hispano-Portuguese Maritime-Port Meeting
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 18, 2019 – The port of Sines has hosted the “Hispano-Portuguese Maritime-Port Meetings” session which promoted...
Portugal to launch tender for new Sines port terminal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 14, 2019 – The port of Sines handles around 56% of the country’s containerised cargo, and its container port...
Portugal’s Aveiro port sees increased traffic in Jan-Aug 2019
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 8, 2019 – In the period January to August 2019, the port of Aveiro handled 3.733 million tons of cargo, up 1.98%...
Cepsa and ExxonMobil renew agreement in Iberian market
Madrid, Spain (PortSEurope) October 7, 2019 – Cepsa, a Spanish multinational oil and gas company, has renewed its agreement with ExxonMobil for the...
Leixões Container Terminal sees increased container volumes
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 3, 2019 – TCL – Terminal de Contentores de Leixões, S.A., (Leixões Container Terminal) has reported that...
EUROKAI – Interim Group Management Report – Handling Volumes – as of 30 June 2019
Hamburg, Germany (PortSEurope) October 1, 2019 – EUROKAI GmbH & Co. KGaA, based in Hamburg, Germany, has published its Interim Group Management...
Maritime authorities from Black & Caspian Sea region discuss future priorities and cooperation
EU Neighbours East – September 26, 2019 On 18 September, representatives of maritime authorities from Azerbaijan, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and...
YILPORT Holding CEO Christian Blauert Attends Portuguese Maritime Week
September 21, 2019 – Yilport Portuguese Maritime Transport Week was held in Lisbon from 17 to 21 September. Christian Blauert, CEO of YILPORT Holding,...
Event: Port2Rail – October 7-9, 2019, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 19, 2019 – Escola Europea Intermodal Transport is presenting the Port2Rail event, to take place in Lisbon,...
Blue Fund announces Blue Economy partnership with Portugal Ventures
September 12, 2019 The Blue Fund launched on August 9th the Public Notice 9/2019 dedicated to the Blue Economy in partnership with Portugal Ventures, open...
Yilport Leixões increases concession payments to government
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 16, 2019 – In the first quarter of 2018, Yilport Leixões paid concession charges to APDL – Administração...
Escola Europea – Rail transport and the development of the Iberian Peninsula as a Hub – Atlantic Corridor
September 4, 2019 DidYouKnow – Rail transport and the development of the Iberian Peninsula as a Hub – Atlantic Corridor Should Spain and Portugal jointly...
China sends CCCME delegation to Porto
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 10, 2019 – A delegation from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic...