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.
EUROGATE group’s container handling volumes remain stable in 2018
EUROGATE – Press Release – February 11, 2017 Despite the persistently challenging market environment, the EUROGATE Group was able to keep container...
Portugal expects new investment project at Leixões port to be announced soon
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 11, 2019 – A few minutes had passed since the end of the presentation of the Reconversion Project of the Container...
Madeira government to reform islands’ port system
Funchal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The Madeira regional government plans to review the port operation of the entire system of the islands,...
Setúbal port to maintain dialogue on controversial dredging project
Setúbal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 31, 2019 – The president of the port administration of Setúbal today vowed to maintain dialogue with...
MSC to build Portugal’s largest dry port
Lousado, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 30, 2019 – The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) plans to build Portugal’s largest dry port through Medway,...
Volkswagen Portugal explores rail transport as alternative to Setubal port
Setubal, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 21, 2019 – Volkswagen Portugal is investigating the railway as an alternative for the export of vehicles with the...
Leixões port to receive €379 million of investment by 2030
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 18, 2019 – Leixões port expects to receive a €379 million ($432 million) investment by 2030 to become a...
Lisbon records 11% more cruise passengers in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Administração do Porto de Lisboa has reported that in 2018, the port handled 577,603 passengers, up...
Portuguese stevedores launch strike at Praia da Vitória port
Praia da Vitória, Portugal (Ports Europe) January 16, 2019 – Portuguese stevedores trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL)...
Sines port’s cargo traffic rises 5% in 2018
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 14, 2019 – Sines port ended 2018 with cargo traffic of 1.75 million TEUs, an increase of 5% on the year. The total...
Setúbal port strike reduces national November exports
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Portugal’s Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE – National Statistical Institute) has...
Negotiations of collective agreement with Setúbal port dockworkers resumed
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 10, 2019 – Negotiations for a collective bargaining agreement for the dockworkers at Setúbal port were resumed...
Portuguese dockworkers’ strike may cause damage to paper companies
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – The strike of dockworkers in Portugal is expected to have a negative impact on the export of paper mills...
Portuguese dockworkers to launch new six-month strike
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 3, 2019 – Portugal’s dockworkers’ trade union Sindicato dos Estivadores e da Atividade Logística (SEAL)...
Madeira plans to invest €17 million in ports in 2019
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) January 2, 2019 – The Madeira Regional Government, through program contracts with APRAM (Administração dos...
Portugal to invest €12 million in ro-ro ramp at Porto das Pipas harbour
Porto das Pipas, Azores Islands, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 26, 2018 – The capacity overhaul project at Porto das Pipas in Portugal’s Azores...
Volkswagen to keep exports via Vigo despite end of Setúbal port strike
Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – German carmaker Volkswagen AG has said it plans to continue the export of cars produced at its Palmela factory...
Air quality is the top priority of European ports – ESPO
Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) December 21, 2018 – Air quality has remained the top priority of the European ports since 2013, according to the annual...
Cruises see a 31% drop in traffic to Madeira
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 19, 2018 – The number of cruise passengers in Madeira fell by 31% in October, reported Administração...
Labour conflict causes decline in container traffic at Setúbal port
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) December 18, 2018 – Labour instability has resulted in heavy losses in container handling in October in the ports of Lisbon,...