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.
More passengers and ships at Lisbon port in April 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – During the month of April, Lisbon port handled 65,846 cruise passengers, compared to 51,339 in the same...
PRIO Energy reports increase traffic in Aveiro port in April 2018
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – PRIO Energy SA has said that it has broken the record of monthly volume handled at its Ponte-Cais facility,...
Portugal’s APDL joins in new Silk Road forum
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) June 5, 2018 – The administration of the ports of Douro, Leixões and Viana do Castelo (APDL) has participated in the...
Portuguese port businesses to attend Breakbulk Europe 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 29, 2018 – Administração dos portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (APDL – Administration of the ports...
Portuguese minister praises Madeira role in economy
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has attended Madeira Business Day, and recognised...
Leixões port management visits port of Antwerp
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) may 24, 2018 -A delegation from the Port of Leixões has visited the Belgian port of Antwerp. The delegation was led by the...
New Sines port terminal receives environmental report approval
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – An Environmental Impact Study (Estudo de Impacto Ambiental) has concluded that the new terminal at Sines...
Port of Lisbon dockers begin two-week overtime strike
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 24, 2018 – Dock workers at the port of Lisbon have started a two-week overtime strike, the Stevedore and Logistics...
Grupo ETE announces largest Portuguese clinker export
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – Grupo ETE has announced that it has completed the largest Portuguese clinker export ever, to client...
Portuguese ports maritime trade union calls for strike action June 4-8
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 15, 2018 – The National Union of Workers of the Administrations and Port Boards (SNTAJP – Sindicato Nacional...
APDL looks at private investment in Porto Cruise Terminal at Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (Port Administration of...
Caminha port sees pier extension increasing fishing capacity
Viana do Castelo, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The newly expanded fishing pier of Caminha port has been inaugurated, now with 1,660 square...
Portuguese ports plan for global logistics operators and role
Setúbal, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – “We will soon have a large logistics operator (ship-owner) in Setúbal, which will change the...
Funchal port sees increased cruise traffic in April 2018
Funchal, Madeira, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – In April 2018, the port of Funchal registered an increase in cruise traffic compared to the same...
Aveiro port invests in liquid bulk terminal
Aveiro, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – Administração do Porto de Aveiro (APA – Port of Aveiro Administration) has recently awarded the...
Lisbon port to host Seatrade Cruise Med event in September
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 14, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, presides tomorrow, at the new Cruise Terminal in Lisbon, the...
EU to finance Yilport Ibérica investment
Leixões, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 13, 2018 – The European Investment Bank (EIB), the financial arm of the European Commission for the FEIE, has...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea meets trade unions
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 5, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, met yesterday, with members of the General Workers Union...
EMERTOX project starts work in Cape Verde
Lisbon, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – On 16 April, in Cape Verde, the EMERTOX project started, which consists of the study of the emergence of...
Call for Sines port to have a role in China’s new Silk Road
Sines, Portugal (PortSEurope) May 3, 2018 – Portugal’s ambassador to Beijing, José Augusto Duarte, reiterated on Tuesday that Portugal has the...