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.
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...
Rail delivery of Volkswagen cars to Setúbal port resumes
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) September 8, 2019 – The port of Setúbal has received a train carrying 125 vehicles, which is the resumption of the...
July is the best month ever in Leixões – about two million tons of cargo handled
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – The Port of Leixões has reported that it achieved a new monthly record in July with about two million...
Setúbal port to invest €1.2 million in the expansion and improvement of several support infrastructures
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – The port of Setúbal is to invest €1.2 million in the expansion and improvement of several support...
PSA Sines end strike with labour agreement
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 29, 2019 – PSA Sines, the concessionaire of Terminal XXI, and the union that represents the administrative workers,...
Leixões port moves 9.5 million tons of cargo in first six months of 2019
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 27, 2019 – In the first half of 2019, 9.5 million tons of cargo were handled by Leixões port. Ro-Ro traffic...
Portuguese government approves Sines port expansion
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) August 6, 2019 – APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve (Ports of Sines and Algarve Authority) has...