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.
Port of Setúbal handled 3.4 million tonnes of cargo in H1 2024.
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 4, 2024 – The Port of Setúbal closed the first half of 2024 with a 9.7% increase in the solid bulk segment...
240 kg of cocaine seized in Portugal’s Sines port
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 2, 2024 – 240 kg of cocaine was seized in the container terminal of Portugal’s North Atlantic port of Sines,...
Portugal police announced seizure of 6.5 tonnes of cocaine
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 31, 2024 – Portugal’s Judiciary Police said on August 30 that more than 6.5 tonnes of cocaine from Latin...
Dredging of Port of Aveiro underway
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 30, 2024 – Another dredging campaign is underway at the Port of Aveiro, which aims to restore service quotas that...
Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – June 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2024 – Cargo handling in the mainland’s commercial port system was 47.3 million in the first half of...
Port of Lisbon receives new weekly call of Diamond Line
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 27, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon has been receiving a new weekly call since 20 August for the NET2 service, for...
Port of Lisbon increase cargo traffic in H1 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 22, 2024 – The Port of Lisbon Administration (APL) has reported growth in the total movement of cargo in the first...
Port of Aveiro publishes a tender to improve maritime accessibility
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 22, 2024 – The Port of Aveiro has published a public tender for work to improve maritime accessibility to the...
Ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz issue towage tender
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 12, 2024 – On 24 May, the Ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz launched an international public tender for the...
Porto de Lisboa publishes cruise statistics for Jan-Jun 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – Porto de Lisboa has published cruise statistics for January-June 2024. Porto de Lisboa – Cruise...
Ultra-luxury cruise ship visits Port of Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The latest ultra-luxury cruise ship from the Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection has visited the Port of...
Portugal: Mainland seaports cargo report – May 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 7, 2024 – The mainland’s commercial port system handled 37.7 million tonnes of cargo in January-May 2024....
Port of Leixões reports 10% passenger growth in H1 2024
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 1, 2024 – In the first half of 2024, the Port of Leixões recorded 10% growth in the number of passengers and a...
Ocean Winds & Martifer joint venture to bid for wind projects
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 25, 2024 – Ocean Winds, owned Engie and EDPR, has formed a partnership with the Portuguese steel...
Port of Sines sees total cargo up 14% in H1 2024
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – The Port of Sines ended the first half of 2024 with a year-on-year growth of 14% in the total global...
CS Wind Portugal signs concession contract in Aveiro port
Aveiro, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2024 – The Port Authority of Aveiro and CS Wind Portugal have signed a concession contract for the private use...
Google plans subsea cable between Azores and Sines
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 5, 2024 – Google has applied for permission to extend the Nuvem subsea cable from the Azores to Sines. When...
251 kg of cocaine seized after leaving Portugal’s port of Setubal
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) June 30, 2024 – Some 251 kg of cocaine transported in two sea containers, which entered Portugal through the North Atlantic...
Port of Sines Pecém Industrial and Port Complex sign agreement
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – The Port of Sines and the Pecém Industrial and Port Complex in Brazil have signed a memorandum of...
Portugal: Seaports cargo report – April 2024
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) June 28, 2024 – Cargo handling in the mainland’s commercial port system recorded growth of +7.1% in the first four...