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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.

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 MarĂ­timos (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...

Yilport reports increased container throughput in 2017

Istanbul, Turkey (Ports Europe) February 23, 2018 – Yilport Holding Inc has reported a 9.5% year-on-year increase in container throughput for 2017, led...

Yilport announces Lisbon and Leixões port container terminal investments

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 22, 2018 – Yilport, an operator of several port terminals in Portugal, intends to invest around €200 million...

Leixões port to receive €510 million investment

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The port of Leixões, in Matosinhos, Porto district, will receive an investment of €510 million...

Portugal launches Blue School Programme, a national ocean literacy project

Lisbon, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 21, 2018 – The Blue School Program, the national ocean literacy project, has been launched this Tuesday in...

Port of Leixões with historical record of 19.5M of goods moved in 2017

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – In 2017, 19.5 million tons of cargo were transported at the port, 1.2 million more than in 2016....

Leixões received inaugural scale of one of the largest ro-ro ships

Leixões, Portugal (Ports Europe) February 18, 2018 – On, February 14, the Port of Leixões received, for the first time, one of the largest ro-ro...

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