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.
Aveiro port’s rail freight traffic rises 34% in 2018
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 23, 2019 – Railway traffic in the port of Aveiro grew 34% in 2018, reaching more than 256,000 tonnes and removing an...
Aveiro port’s new board of directors enters office
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 19, 2019 – The new board of directors of Porto de Aveiro and Figueira da Foz, chaired by Fátima Alves, began...
Yilport Leixões increases TEU handling in Q1 2019
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – In January this year, Yilport Leixões (TCL) handled 55,677 TEU, a year-on-year growth of 21.5%....
Portugal to invest €6.1 billion in its ports by 2023
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 17, 2019 – Portugal’s government has presented a Stability Program that foresees investments of more than €8.6...
Portos dos Açores launches €41 million tender for Ponta Delgada port overhaul
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – Azores Islands port authority Portos dos Açores has launched a €41 million ($46 million)...
Eurogate announces 2018 results; Mediterranean terminal performance
Bremen, Germany (Ports Europe) April 5, 2019 – The EUROGATE Group has announced results for the financial year 2018. The group generated a net...
EU Cohesion funds allocated to Portugal’s Linha do Norte railway line
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) April 2, 2019 – The EU Cohesion Policy has announced investments of €4 billion ($4.48 billion) in 25 large...
Portugal launched Bluetech Accelerator – new technology for ports and shipping
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 27, 2019 – The Portuguese Ministry of the Sea and FLAD (Luso-American Development Foundation), have jointly...
Wärtsilä completes installation of VTS system in Lisbon, Setúbal ports
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Wärtsilä has successfully completed the installation of its Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) operating system...
Nogar handles largest ship ever docked at Viana do Castelo port
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Spanish company Grupo Nogar, through its subsidiary Nogarport, has reinforced its services in...
Madeira port see slight increase in 2018 cargo traffic
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2019 – Total traffic handled by the ports of Madeira in 2018 was 1.42 million tonnes, up 1% on the...
Portugal to invest €36.8 million in Viana do Castelo port
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Portugal plans to invest a total of €36.8 million ($41.7 million) to build a...
Aicep Global Parques to invest €7 million in ZIL Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 4, 2019 – Associação dos Portos de Portugal has reported that aicep Global Parques is to invest €7 million...
PwC report issues recommendations on Azores port’s development
Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 27, 2019 – Port overhaul and a reduction in bureaucracy are the key factors to developing the Azores...
Leixões port set for significant investments
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo Ports Authority (APDL) has launched the public tender for...
Sines port upgrading its services
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The port of Sines is taking a number of steps to upgrade its services – the Zalsines (Zona...
Viana do Castelo port to award road and dredging tenders
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, will be in Viana do Castelo, in northern Portugal, this...
Turkey’s Yilport aims to bring Leixões port’s capacity close to Sines
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2019 – Leixões container terminals will be able to grow 153% over the next two years, given that the Turkish...
Port of Figueira da Foz records small decrease in cargo in 2018
Figueira da Foz, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2019 – In 2018, the port of Figueira da Foz handled 2.3 million tons of cargo, a decrease of 1.8%...
Leixões port aims to compete with Barcelona, Valencia
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 13, 2019 – Vigo is not the only target of Leixões port’s offensive in container traffic. Until now it was...