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.
Valenciaport presents its cruise offer in Lisbon under the slogan “Valencia dresses in green”
Valencia, Spain (Ports Europe) September 24, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Valencia (APV – Valenciaport, Port Authority of Valencia) has attended...
Yilport contributes to increased traffic at Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 22, 2018 – In the first seven months of the year, Leixões port handled 11.4 million tonnes of general cargo,...
Event: Ocean Business 2018 – September 18-20, 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The Ocean Business 2018 is an international blue industry event that will be held in Lisbon,...
European Commission to review the Atlantic Strategy Action Plan
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – The European Commission is reviewing the Atlantic Strategy Action Plan in cooperation with the five...
Sines port signs MoU with Suez Canal Economic Zone
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 20, 2018 – Sines port has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Suez Canal Economic Zone...
Almería port aims to attract more cruise traffic at Seatrade Med Europe
Almería, Spain (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – Autoridad Portuaria de Almería (APA – Port Authority of Almería) president Carmen Ortiz will...
Seville negotiates new agreements with cruise companies in Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 18, 2018 – The delegate of Urban Habitat, Culture and Tourism (Hábitat Urbano, Cultura y Turismo), Antonio...
Leixões port new container terminal crucial for competitiveness
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 17, 2018 – The construction of a new container terminal in Leixões, to cope with the continuous growth of...
Yilport comments on ports workers strike
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Yilport, the Turkish port operator, which has Portuguese interests, has said that the port workers...
Event: Portugal Shipping Week – September 17-21, 2018, Lisbon
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 16, 2018 – Taking place from September 17 to 21, 2018, the inaugural Portugal Shipping Week will showcase the...
Vigo port may benefit from Lisbon stevedores strike
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) September 12, 2018 – The month-long stevedores’ strike initiated this week in Lisbon could lead to traffic avoiding the...
Global Ports Holding – Interim results for six months to 30 June 2018 – Other Mediterranean ports
Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) September 9, 2018 – On August 17, 2018, Turkey’s Global Ports Holding (GPH), one of the leading cruise port...
Leixões port waste collection declines in H1
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – The collection of waste produced in Leixões port decreased in the first half of the year, although the...
Viana do Castelo port receives Gottwald crane
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (Ports Europe) September 3, 2018 – Viana do Castelo port has received a”large size” crane, valued at €5 million...
Portuguese dockworkers to carry out strike in Sept, Oct
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 30, 2018 – Portuguese dockworkers plan to carry out a strike that will cover the port and stowage companies of the...
Sines port to become important player in China’s New Silk Road
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 28, 2018 – The New Silk Road initiative will include a route connecting Asia to Western Europe via South Africa’s...
Sines port unaffected by Portuguese port labour action
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 20, 2018 – APS – Administração dos Portos de Sines e do Algarve, S. A. has reported that current strike by...
Portugal’s Irmãos Cavaco delays payment of compensation to former workers
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 16, 2018 – Portuguese construction company Irmãos Cavaco SA, declared insolvent in 2017, said it was late in...
Minimum service maintained in Portuguese port strike
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 15, 2018 – Minimum service is operating at Portuguese ports during the labour strike organised for August 13 to...
Lisbon to host 2018 edition of Seatrade Cruise Med
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) August 13, 2018 – With 27 million cruise passengers in 2017 and a market growth of 5.4%, the cruise sector strengthens and...