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.
MSC to launch Seville-Sines rail service on April 4
Seville, Spain (Ports Europe) March 20, 2018 – Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the launch of a new rail transport service between the...
Yilport seeks to attract container operators to Ferrol port
Ferrol, Spain (Ports Europe) March 16, 2018 – The strategic location of the port of Ferrol in the Atlantic is an opportunity that its port authority and...
Port of Leixões present at the largest transport and logistics fair in South America
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 15, 2018 – The Port of Leixões is attending the largest transportation and logistics event in South America,...
Sines port’s container traffic rises 42% in 2017
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 13, 2018 – The container terminal of the port of Sines (Terminal XXI) handled almost 42% of the total traffic of the...
Transinsular reinforces “Africa Express” service, a maritime link between Portugal and Cape Verde
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 6, 2018 – Transportes Marítimos Insulares, S.A., owned by the ETE Group, has strengthened its Africa Express...
Portuguese Minister of the Sea promotes the single logistics window
Sines, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has said that in the first three years of the implementation of...
Portuguese government to create National Maritime and Ship System (SNEM)
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The government has six months to create the Sistema Nacional de Embarcações e Marítimos (SNEM –...
Portuguese government sets time limit on Lisbon port concession renegotiations
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – The Minister of the Sea, Ana Paula Vitorino, has signed the order, published on December 28 in Diário...
Local port support Douro region at BTL, at Portuguese tourism fair
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo (APDL – The Port Authority of...
Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the largest textile technology event in Portugal
Porto, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – Porto Cruise Terminal has hosted from February 28 to March 2, 2018, the ItechStyle Summit , the...
Portugal’s APDL port authority appoints new board
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 2, 2018 – A new Board of Directors of APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do...
EU Commissioner Bulc in Portugal to promote rail link investments
European Commission Commissioner Bulc in Portugal to launch EU-funded rail projects Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc will be in Portugal on Monday,...
Porto Cruise Terminal hosts “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality” event
Porto, Portugal (Ports Europe) March 3, 2018 – On February 26, the Porto Cruise Terminal hosted the “Roadmap for Carbon Neutrality”, an...
Boluda launches Canary Islands-Cantabria line
Vigo, Spain (Ports Europe) February 28, 2018 – Boluda Corporación Marítima, through Boluda Lines, has launched a Canary Islands-Cantabria line, utilising...
Atlantic Arc Commissions hub meetings prepare for post-Brexit period
Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions, 26 February 2018 The Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions’ (CPMR) Atlantic Arc Commission (AAC) held its...
EU finances overhaul of ports in Spain, Ireland
Barcelona, Spain (Ports Europe) February 26, 2018 – The action plan of the European Union for the Atlantic countries has raised some €2.4 billion ($2.95...
EU maritime strategy in the Atlantic spurs €6 billion of investments in environmental protection, innovation, connectivity and social inclusion
European Commission – Fisheries – Press Release – 26 February 2018 The EU’s 2013-2020 Atlantic Action Plan has spurred over 1200 new...
Ambassador of Bangladesh has visits Leixões port
Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – On February 22, the Ambassador of Bangladesh, Ruhul Alam Siddique, visited the Port of...
Biomarine to be held in Portugal in 2018
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – Biomarine is a business platform linked to biomarine resources and, to encourage the participation...
European Commissioner Bulc to attend Portuguese transport launches
Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 25, 2018 – The Government is preparing for three ceremonies in the first week of March three ceremonies, which...