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.
Continental AG to produce tyres for port application in Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 14, 2019 – Germany’s Continental AG plans to expand its industrial unit in Portugal’s Famalicão to produce...
Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans
News – Portugal hosts IV meeting of the high-level panel for the sustainable economy of the oceans – May 28, 2019 On May 27th and 28th, the High...
Lisbon port wins best cruise port award
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 10, 2019 – For the fourth consecutive year, the Port of Lisbon has won the prize for the best cruise port in Europe...
Cruise traffic puts Lisbon among most polluted cities in Europe
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Cruise ships emissions on the Portuguese coast were 86 times higher than the emissions of the car...
Portugal approves €3.2 million investment in Sesimbra port
Sesimbra, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 7, 2019 – Portugal’s sea ministry has approved an application of Setúbal port authority (Administração dos...
US-based AGRO Merchants Group buys cold storage facilities at Valencia, Sines, Leixões ports
Valencia, Spain (PortSEurope) June 6, 2019 – US-based temperature-controlled storage and logistics company AGRO Merchants Group has completed...
EU Commission advises Portugal to invest in ports, railways
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2019 – The European Commission has advised Portugal to increase investments in transport and innovation to address...
Portugal’s president invites USA to invest in Sines port
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 3, 2019 – Portugal’s president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has invited the United States to consider a presence...
Yildirim criticises Portuguese strike rules, slow investment decisions
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 28, 2019 – Turkey’s Yildirim group has criticised the government’s delay in giving the green light to the...
Setúbal port dockworkers approve collective labour deal
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Setúbal port’s dockworkers unanimously approved the new collective bargaining agreement negotiated...
Sines port may open new stage in commercial ties between China, Portugal
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – Sines port can start a new era in the relationship between Portugal and China, at a time when Beijing is...
Setúbal port’s strike damages Portuguese economic growth in 2018
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2019 – The protests of the workers in the port of Setúbal, which occurred last year, significantly damaged the...
Chinese cargo trade with Portugal’s Sines port increases
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – The movement of containerized goods between Sines port and Chinese ports grew 19.7% between 2015 and 2018....
Lisbon port’s passenger traffic declines in Q1
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – Lisbon port handled 49,985 passengers in the first quarter of 2019, down 4.9% on the year, with cruise...
Madeira government to inject €16.6 million into port operator
Funchal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 21, 2019 – The Madeira government plans to inject €16.6 million ($18.5 million) into port operator APRAM –...
Lisbon port’s container traffic keeps declining in Jan-Feb 2019
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 9, 2019 – Lisbon port’s container traffic continues to decline in the first two months of 2019, recording a...
Setúbal port cargo traffic increases in Q1 2019
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 7, 2019 – The port of Setúbal ended the first quarter of 2019 with growth of 5%, compared to the same period of...
Madeira regional government plans to invest €989,000 in Porto Santo
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The Madeira regional government plans to invest €989,000 ($1.1 million) in the rehabilitation of...
Ports of Madeira: cruise results for 2018
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 29, 2019 – The number of stopovers of the cruise ships in the Madeira ports of Funchal and Porto Santo in 2018 was...
Setúbal port approves extension of collective labour deal talks deadline
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 26, 2019 – Setúbal port dockworkers have approved the extension until May 8 of the negotiation period for the new...