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.
Portuguese stevedores to carry out 24-hour strike at eight ports
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 26, 2018 – The workers of eight Portuguese ports, affiliated with the Stevedoring and Logistics Activity Union (SEAL),...
Leixões port sees increased cruise traffic in first half 2018
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 24, 2018 – Between January and June of 2018, more than 50,000 tourists passed through Leixões port via cruise...
Portugal unveils regular Portimão-Funchal sea link
Portimão, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 19, 2018 – Portugal’s Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, visited Portimão for the reception ceremony of...
Portuguese port operators cancel salary increase of dockers
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – The Association of operators in the port of Lisbon declared the agreement concluded with the stevedores union...
Leixões port to invest €1.6 million in improving Douro river navigation
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 18, 2018 – APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro e Leixões SA has signed an order for the project in the...
Ericeira port dredging to be completed by end-July
Ericeira, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – The dredging of the Portuguese port of Ericeira, an investment of €532,098 ($622,875) to solve the...
Portuguese stevedores to strike on July 27
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) July 16, 2018 – Portuguese dockers have called a 24-hour strike from July 27 at the ports of Lisbon, Setúbal, Sines,...
CLdN to modify line linking Santander port to northern Europe
Santander, Spain (Ports Europe) July 13, 2018 – The regular service that CLdN Cobelfret SA, started two years ago in Santander and that offers two weekly...
Olinto Ravara appointed to presidency of Aveiro and Figueira da Foz ports
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 10, 2018 – Olinto Ravara has been appointed president of the Board of Directors of Administração do Porto de Aveiro...
Portugal approves cooperation agreement on ports with Mozambique
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Portugal’s government has approved a cooperation agreement in the field of maritime transport and ports...
Aveiro port operator names interim president
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 6, 2018 – Olinto Ravara has assumed the position of president of APA – Administração do Porto de Aveiro, SA, the...
Hapag-Lloyd to carry out first call of AL6 service in Lisbon on July 6
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – German company Hapag-Lloyd AG has said that on July 6 Lisbon port will receive the first call of a service...
Stevedores approve pre-agreement with Lisbon port operators
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 5, 2018 – According to the blog “The Estivador” of the Stevedores Union and Logistics Activity (SEAL),...
Madeira government calls for government support for Portimão link
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – The president of the Madeira regional government, Miguel Albuquerque, has called on the central...
Port of Setúbal and Tax Authority invest in container scanner
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) July 2, 2018 – Administração dos Portos de Setúbal 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...