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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.

Port of SetĂşbal and Tax Authority invest in container scanner

SetĂşbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Administração dos Portos de SetĂşbal e Sesimbra SA (APSS – Port Authority of Setubal and...

Delegation of Namibia visit the port of Leixões

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Possible partnerships between Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo SA (APDL...

Sines port could be European gateway for U.S. LNG

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Natural gas is gaining more and more weight in the global energy picture, the US is a leading producer,...

Companies may leave Leixões port over BIP problems

Vigo, Spain (PortSEurope) June 27, 2018 – Several of the Vigo-based companies that unload their cargo at Portugal’s Leixões harbour are considering...

Yilport, ETE and TMB group seeks Lisbon port terminal concession renewal

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 23, 2018 – Regarding the renegotiations of the port concessions in Lisbon, public service terminal operators have...

Ports of the Rhine visited the port of Leixões and Via Navegável do Douro

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 23, 2018 – A delegation of representatives from the ports of Stuttgart, Mannheim and Kehl (Germany) and Basel...

Portos dos Açores SA increases port taxes

Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – According to the final accounts of the National Statistical Institute (Instituto Nacional...

Porto da Figueira da Foz to invest in larger ship handing and increased rail connections

Figueira da Foz, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Gonçalo Vieira, president of Comunidade Portuária da Figueira da Foz (Port Community of...

Tarros, Arkas start operating new lines with calls in Leixões port

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 18, 2018 – Leixões port has started handling regular connections with ports in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt...

Nogar acquires Europac LogĂ­stica in Viana do Castelo port, Portugal

Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 17, 2018 – Nogar Group (Grupo Nogar) has acquired Europac LogĂ­stica (a subsidiary of the Europac Group...

EU proposes new fund to invest in maritime economy and fishing communities

Brussels, Belgium (PortSEurope) June 13, 2018 – Under the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the European Commission is proposing €6.14 billion ($7.21...

Ana Paula Vitorino named “Global Ocean Ambassador” by China

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was honored last Friday with the award “Global Ocean...

APDL attended Breakbulk Europe 2018

Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Port Authority for Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo Ports (APDL) attended once again the...

Aveiro port looks to develop logistics platform

Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Infrastructure Project for the Logistics and Industrial Activities Zone of Porto de Aveiro (ZALI...

Portuguese government allocates funds for Ericeira port maintenance

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 12, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has attended a ceremony for the contracts for repair of the...

Shanghai International Port Group interested in Sines port’s Vasco da Gama Terminal

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – According to Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, Shanghai International Port Group (SIPG) is...

Portuguese minister visits COSCO Shipping in China

Shanghai, China (PortSEurope) June 8, 2018 – Ana Paula Vitorino, Portuguese Minister of the Sea, has visited COSCO Shipping headquarters in Shanghai. Yu...

Sines port looks to increase LNG capacity

Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Portugal is looking to expand its deep-water port of Sines to handle greater liquefied natural gas (LNG)...

Portuguese port strike cancelled

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has negotiated an end to the planned strike by port workers....

Minister of the Sea present at conference on Portugal-USA economic relations

Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, was present at the conference “The United States and...

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