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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.

Portugal’s AutoEuropa to remove 2,000 cars from SetĂşbal port

SetĂşbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Portuguese automotive assembly plant operator AutoEuropa AutomĂłveis, Lda., part of Volkswagen AG,...

Volkswagen cars produced in Portugal exported via Vigo port, Spain

SetĂşbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – German car Volkswagen AG manufacturer has started exporting vehicles made at its Palmela plant, near...

Volkswagen key to Portugal’s car industry

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 22, 2018 – Research by Germany Trade & Invest shows that German vehicle manufacturer Volkswagen AG is a key...

Lisbon port breaks passenger traffic record in October

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 20, 2018 – Lisbon port registered in October the best month in terms of number of passengers, with a total...

VW diverts vehicle traffic to Spanish ports from SetĂşbal

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) November 16, 2018 – The strike at Setúbal port has forced Volkswagen AG to divert vehicles produced in its Palmela factory in...

Funchal port issues dredging tender

Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – The public tender for the dredging of the port of Funchal, between quay 6 and quay 8, was...

Setúbal port strike causes diversion of ships to Leixões

Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – The protest of workers in Setúbal port, which has lasted for more than a week, has already prevented...

SetĂşbal port strike affecting local Volkswagen facility

SetĂşbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 15, 2018 – Volkswagen AG’s is one of the locally-operating companies which is being affected by a port...

Agepor association criticises port strikes

SetĂşbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 13, 2018 – “Agepor (Association of Shipping Agents of Portugal) notes that there is no port work at the...

Portugal’s Construções Amândio Carvalho to build road access to Viana do Castelo port

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 9, 2018 – The City Council of Viana do Castelo has unanimously approved the contract award of the...

SetĂşbal port authority holds public forum to support dredging activity

SetĂşbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – APSS – Admin. dos Portos de SetĂşbal e Sesimbra, SA (Port Administration of SetĂşbal and...

Portugal endorses railway terminal upgrade tender at Leixões port

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 6, 2018 – Portugal’s government has authorised state-owned enterprise Infraestruturas de Portugal...

Portugal to tender first phase of Leixões port expansion by end-2018

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 2, 2018 – Portugal’s government plans to launch until December 2018 the public tender for the extension of...

Figueira da Foz port approves development projects

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – Administração do Porto da Figueira da Foz, S.A., manager of Figueira da Foz port, has...

Figueira da Foz and Aveiro ports see rising traffic in August and consolidated year-on-year

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – In August 2018, the ports of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz reported increases of +26.5% and...

Figueira da Foz port issues tender for construction of a new multipurpose building

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – The administration of the port of Figueira da Foz has launched the tender for the construction...

Storm damage in excess of €5 million in the port area of ​​Figueira da Foz

Figueira da Foz, Portugal  (PortSEurope) November 1, 2018 – According to a preliminary survey of the damages concluded on June 16, Storm Leslie caused...

Azores Islands government to invest €20 million in Horta port

Horta, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 31, 2018 – The Azores Islands government plans to invest €20 million ($22.6 million) in the port of Horta,...

Portuguese minister says Leixões port expansion will be completed by 2024

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 26, 2018 – In August this year, the Commercial Association of Porto (ACP) said it feared that the compliance with...

Portuguese seaport see reduced cargo in Jan-Aug 2018

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) October 19, 2018 – In the first eight months of 2018, Portuguese seaports handled a total of 62.9 million tons of cargo,...

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